Quantitative Developer

4 weeks ago


Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ADSS Full time

ADSS Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Talent Acquisition Partner based in the United Arab Emirates, with a demonstrated history of supplying the best talent globally.

*No Recruitment Agencies.*

ADSS is a successful retail and institutional brokerage based in Abu Dhabi. The company is currently undergoing a multi-year transformation to become a fast growing, purpose-led, data-driven enterprise that delivers market-leading personalized content, propositions and experiences to traders. To reinforce client-centricity the company structure, technology and operations are being redesigned alongside the crafting of a high-performance culture underpinned by The ADSS Way.

This is an opportunity to join the Front Office Quant team, responsible for the design and management of the trading analytics, algorithmic trading and pricing technology stack for our market-making business. The ideal candidate should be well-rounded and highly driven, and keen to develop innovative solutions to complex sell-side trading challenges. Candidates should exhibit genuine interest in the application of developments in computer science, machine-learning and probability theory to real-world issues.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Develop cross asset KDB+ solutions to support the Front Office trading business as prioritized. Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle (design, development, testing).
  2. Develop current KDB+ based infrastructure to ensure support for time series queries from native Q and other languages (including Java, C++, Python). The goal is to provide easy access to a broad range of trading analytics, pricing and market information for the business units to help them make informed business decisions.
  3. Develop tools for data acquisition/loading, data quality and production support, covering a range of asset classes, data types, and frequencies that meet current and future trading, analytic and operational needs.
  4. Develop robust, high performance, unit tested KDB+ solutions both tactical and strategic as required.
  5. Deliver solutions in line with the strategic ADSS KDB+ architecture as defined by the Lead Quant Developer.
  6. Provide estimates for tasks including design, development and testing including documentation and release notes.
  7. Support the continuous integration and development of DevOps methodologies.
  8. Support the release and deployment teams as required.

Qualifications & Experience:

  1. Degree qualified in a STEM subject.
  2. 1-5 years of development experience in front office/trading environments within Financial Services.
  3. Significant KDB+ experience within this time.
  4. Understanding of Java/C++/Python would be helpful.

Skills:

  1. Knowledge of Agile, Change Management and SDLC processes.
  2. Knowledge of FIX protocol, Unix scripting / KDB+ programming on Linux.
  3. Communication – listening, speaking, writing and presenting.
  4. Feedback – giving, receiving and acting on feedback.
  5. Problem solving – advanced analysis and effective problem solving.
  6. Collaboration – team working and networking to synthesize the views and ideas of others.
  7. Fluency in English – spoken and written.
  8. Attentiveness – attention to detail in all aspects of the job.

THE ADSS WAY

We exist to help our clients become better traders. We obsess about improving the opportunities and experiences we offer to clients and their ability to achieve positive outcomes. We set the pace on innovation by unlocking potential. Speed matters, so we think and act with urgency. We are relentless in staying at the forefront of the market and clients' minds. To do this we hire and develop the best and we invest for the long term. We achieve trust through collaboration and accountability. We are better by working together openly and transparently across the company, and we take responsibility for what we say and do. We positively impact the world in which we all live. We are proud of what we do, we insist on the highest standards and inspire others to achieve their goals. We live to our values.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Finance, Consulting, and Information Technology

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