Job Description:
Job Title: Global Lead for Systematic Risk Trading
Corporate Title: Director
Location: London
Company Overview:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.
We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees.
Location Overview:
Our London office is based just a stone’s throw from the magnificent St. Paul’s Cathedral. Here you’ll find modern workspaces and a state-of-the-art auditorium space. We’re proud to host an onsite restaurant committed to sustainability. Your physical wellness is well-catered for with our onsite gym facilities and medical centre.
Role Description:
Leading a global team to build and enhance a comprehensive environment for systematic trading of risk. Components are built using modern Python and C++ along with integration with q/kdb+ for analytics and user interfaces for command and control.
* Liaising with the Equity LOB to drive a cohesive strategy supporting multiple workflows across lines of business.
* Analyzing business requirements, forming an architectural design, overseeing cross team development, and managing production issues.
* Developing roadmaps for continuous platform improvement.
Responsibilities:
* Extensive experience in both Python and C++ Development on Linux.
* Automation first mindset across the software development lifecycle.
* Ability to architect resilient, instrumented, distributed systems achieving world class reliability.
Skills that will help:
* Familiarity with Agile software development and associated best practices.
* Enthusiastic, strong-minded person able to work closely with project teams.
* Good communication and problem-solving skills.
* Exposure to Equities/Futures/Options/FX asset classes.
* Experience building Electronic Trading applications.
* Working knowledge in architecting applications for Cloud and/or Containerized Environment.
Benefits of working at Bank of America:
* Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen.
* Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover.
* 20 days of back-up childcare and adult care per annum.
* The ability to change your core benefits and select a variety of flexible benefits.
* Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline and Employee Assistance Program.
* Ability to donate to charities with matching contributions from the bank.
* Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program.
* Opportunity to volunteer in your local community.
Bank of America:
Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment. We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates.
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