Junior Python Developer - Trading
The Company:
As Australia's leading proprietary trading firm, with headquarters internationally, this business has focused on technology and culture first, to build a business that is highly successful and expanding at an exceptional rate. With this focus on technology and culture, they have built an environment that encourages open collaboration and teamwork above all else, which has resulted in exceptional growth over the past 10 years.
The Role:
An opportunity exists for a Python Developer within an established trading team to support future growth. The desk applies quantitative data analysis and techniques to drive trading decisions of a diverse set of exchange traded future instruments.
As the Python Developer you would be expected to implement and operate software tools to
support the desk and its trading. The trading system is implemented in Python as well as most operational and monitoring software around it. The ideal candidate would improve, maintain and create new tools in order to improve day to day desk operations.
This is an opportunity to join a growing team where ideas are shared openly among software
engineers and quantitative traders. Your contributions can make a big difference to the future
success of the team, as such, we are looking for a developer that is able and willing to contribute to other areas beyond their immediate responsibilities.
Responsibilities:
- Monitoring, support and maintenance of existing Python-based systems and infrastructure
- Develop tools to be used for pre-trade and post-trade analytics including market data downloads, data cleansing jobs, backtest/live reconciliations, performance reports
- Take part in the operation of the trading system in collaboration with the Application Support team
- Document internal operational procedures
- Be prepared to be on call for overnight support duties, which are shared between team members
Skills & Experience:
- Proactive approach and willing to take ownership
- 1+ years Python development experience
- Confident working in a Linux environment
- Attention to detail
- Good communication skills
- Graduate qualifications in computer science or related field
