Develop and deliver robust and scalable algorithmic trading systems and smart order routing engines for UBS's Agency Trading electronic-trading business, focusing on the US Algo Product Development book-of-work.
Requirements
practical working knowledge of Core Java in a server-side environment;
experience developing, delivering and maintaining software in a real-time, event-driven, distributed application environment;
successfully applied solutions to meet non-functional requirements such as stability, capacity, latency/ throughput, monitoring and logging;
hands-on experience of agile software development practices and methodologies, automated testing and CI/CD build and deployment processes;
proven background in software engineering
experience in a similar Investment Banking / Electronic Trading environment is highly desirable
understand the constraints of engineering solutions in a regulated setting and ensure compliance will all bank regulations and controls.
Responsibilities
work as part of a front-office Product Development technology team responsible for development of the Algorithmic Trading and Smart Order Routing engines.
implement algorithmic order execution requirements and help design business solutions with our Quants and Algorithmic Trading desks, delivering change in an Agile way.
help deliver new product features and adapt trading system components to enhance order internalization, interaction with external liquidity venues and execution at benchmark prices.
bring an engineering mind-set to systems development; Contribute to the evolution of our global platform target-state architecture; implement functionality and features that can be reused across regions and asset-classes.
ensure that non-functional requirements around performance, stability, recovery and resiliency of the platform are being met.
Increase automated testing of distributed algo-engine components.
perform level 3 support, assisting production operations team in rollout and support-related matters.
Other
passionate about delivering real business value
collaborate with other global IT teams, Quants and Traders across regions and asset-classes.
passionate about using software to solve complex business problems
proven team player able to work in a collaborative way across business units, teams and regions
self-motivated and are able to progress tasks with autonomy and integrity, you challenge when appropriate
