Job Title: Trading Desk Developer
Company: Belcan Workforce Solutions
Contract Duration: 21 months
Location: London
Employment Type: Full-time, On-site
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Job Description:
Belcan Workforce Solutions is seeking a highly skilled Trading Desk Developer for a 21-month contract with a prestigious multinational oil and gas corporation based in London. This full-time, on-site role involves the design, development, and maintenance of software applications across a diverse technology portfolio. The position has been classified as Inside IR35.
The Trading Desk Developer will:
* Solve technical problems in real-time with a bias for action and a hands-on attitude
* Act as the interface between Traders, Analysts and clients technical community
* Support users to best leverage the data and analytics platform
* Develop fundamental trading models in partnership with Traders and Analysts
* Develop user-friendly web applications to allow easy interaction with models and analysts
* Act as a technical mentor for a multidisciplinary team of data engineers, developers and data scientists
* Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously enhance the data analytics platform
About you
To be eligible for this role, you must:
* Be able to demonstrate:
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills
* The ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external customers
* Innovative and analytical thinking
* Intellectual rigor, strong drive and desire to lead change
* The ability to work within a multi-cultural global team
* Have experience in energy / commodity trading familiarity with commodity trading analytics use cases
* Ability to manage workload under time pressure and changing priorities
* The ability to translate business requirements into a clean technical design
* Practical working experience using cloud services (Azure preferred)
* Understanding of operational aspects like high availability, monitoring, security and robustness
Preferred Qualifications
Additionally, you should meet the following skills / experience requirements in at least one area
* Data engineering
* Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field (or hold other relevant industry experience)
* Proven experience in building, operating and supporting robust and performant databases and data pipelines
* Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with database management systems
* Solid understanding of data modelling, indexing and query optimisation techniques
* Proficient in at least one programming language (Python preferred)
* Knowledge of ETL (extract, transform, load) processes and tools
* Experience with Databricks and Snowflake
* Web development:
* Bachelor’s degree in computer science, web development, or a related field (or hold other relevant industry experience)
* Proven experience in building web applications
* Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Experience in designing and integrating RESTful APIs.
* Experience with front-end frameworks / libraries (React preferred)
* Familiarity with database systems. Full-stack development experience is helpful
* Solid understanding of web performance optimisation, security and best practices
Closing Date: The closing date for applications is the 25th of February.