Job offer: Hedge Fund Trading Systems Analyst

My team is hiring! So let me know if this is appealing. Serious offers only! If you are interested, then pm me. I'll then want a CV from you.

Cheers,

John



Business Continuity Analyst – Algorithmic Trading

One of Europe’s largest hedge funds with approximately $16bn* of assets under management and a reputation as one of London’s premier investment houses. The firm started operating in 2000 and has been a leader in the European hedge fund business since. The firm possesses a high-profile client list and has received numerous awards for the superior performance of its investment products. It now has approximately 340 employees working in London and possesses additional offices in Chicago, Singapore, New York, Boston and Frankfurt.

Investment activities started in discretionary fixed income and foreign exchange trading and have expanded to encompass a broad variety of investment products and trading strategies since. Our most successful business is Systematic Trading, which focuses on the mathematical modelling of market prices in conjunction with highly computerized trading. It is within this context that this advertisement is placed. Systematic Trading currently manages $8 billion in assets, and its Trend following Fund has recently been awarded the prize of “Eurohedge Best Managed Futures Fund” two years running.

Our systematic investment approach depends critically on the interaction of complex mathematical models with high-powered computer systems using algorithmic trading.

We are now looking for a candidate helping us to consolidate the algorithmic trading function related to our various investment strategies in one consistent framework.

This is an exciting opportunity for a versatile individual to act at the interface of trading, IT and quantitative modelling. The successful candidate will possess a quantitative IT background, basic financial knowledge, and a keen desire to learn about markets and automated trading algorithms. 2-4 yrs financial systems experience is a considerable plus, ideally in an investment banking environment.

The successful applicant will grow quickly to become an important member of the Systematic Trading team, helping to develop and operate software that is constantly pushing the frontiers of modern trading technology.

Responsibilities

Support and maintain systematic trading systems and processes
Aid traders in the use of our systems
Quickly become familiar with system internals (mainly written in C#) with the intent of discovering the source of issues, providing feedback to developers and fixing deficiencies

Desirable skills:

Investment banking systems
Algorithmic trading experience
Equities, fixed income or forex market knowledge

Software

Experience of .Net and the C# language, SQL Server 2005
Quantitative background, ideally MSc in a technical subject

Personnel skills

Excellent communication skills
Ability to work in an often highly pressurised environment
Desire to learn and a strong interest in financial markets

So you sacked all the hedge fund Jonnys who b*llocksed up the economy and now you want fresh meat for the grinder?

No, that was the bankers.

[SoulKiss]

Now if you were looking for someone to help facilitate a transition to an Open Source platform, hence saving costs on the Microsoft Tax burden then I would be your guy.

But you are not, so I will make my position clear, I'm Out

You forgot the important bit - the reward for the winning candidate?! Apart from the privilege of working with your good self of course

As that made F'all sense to me I guess I'd not be the most suitbale candidate.

[G]

Originally Posted by thor

No, that was the bankers.

Bankers/Traders are the same difference.

Traders take just as big a risk. That why some hedge funds have halfed in value or have gone all together in some cases.

[timwilky]

No wonder hedge funds are dodgy if that is your architecture.

And I do code in c# .net when the client ignores my advice

[timwilky]

Not interested by the way as I found reference to team in the original post. As my boss will testify Tim does not do teams.

[appollo1]

Originally Posted by leedsmatt7

As that made F'all sense to me I guess I'd not be the most suitbale candidate.

+1 - what is it all about?