Company purpose:
Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.
Our employer promise is built around three pillars:
• Being a great place to work
• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact
• Being dedicated to the development of our people
Business area
The Electronic Equities business provides clients execution services on over 100 markets in more than 30 countries worldwide.
We provide the full spectrum of capabilities: from Sponsored or Direct Market Access to Smart Order Router and Algorithmic Execution.
Technology is a key factor in the success of this business; hence we focus on a small number of technologies and platforms, each dedicated and optimised for a particular function to achieve best results.
We look to build compact, flat and global teams, actively collaborating between each other and with the business.
We are a team with engineering culture, we value hands-on technical skills at any level.
Job Purpose
Trading Algorithm Strategist is a senior role within the Algo dev team as a highly skilled engineer. Responsible for developing and implementing sophisticated trading algorithms that enhance the execution capabilities of our broker platform for our valued clients.
This role requires a blend of strong technical skills and the ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams. Required to optimize our algorithmic logic and develop high-performance logic for quantitative trading strategies. Ability to build, design and architect technological solutions.
The Trading Algo Strategist will join a globally distributed team developing strategic Algo applications. The applications are deployed providing Best Execution Algorithms, SOR (Smart Order Routing), CRB (Centralized Risk Book) and IOB (Internal Order Book) capabilities.
These are low-latency, high-throughput, resilient applications which require careful consideration of both functional and non-functional requirements.
Typically, the team will work on various development tasks depending on experience such as implementing new features for clients further improving latency, and others.
Expected to suggest technological improvements for the platform to ensure the good evolution of the platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize trading algorithms to ensure the best execution for our broker platform.
- Collaborate with various teams, including development, quantitative analysts, and business stakeholders, to understand and address their needs.
- Design and implement strategic components that drive the performance and efficiency of our trading systems.
- Liaise directly with business users to understand systems issues affecting trading algorithm and software
- Conduct thorough analysis and research to identify opportunities for algorithmic improvements.
- Ensure the security and reliability of trading algorithms through rigorous testing and validation.
- Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to continuously enhance our trading strategies.
- Provide technical support and troubleshooting for any issues related to trading algorithms.
- Contribute to the core development of our trading framework, ensuring robustness, scalability, and efficiency.
- Provides hands-on development assistance and mentoring on distributed architecture, design patterns, coding best practices as necessary for other members of the development team
- Being autonomous on project management and being pro-active on suggesting technical solutions
Requirements
Essential
- Strong programming skills, particularly in C++ and other relevant languages.
- Proven experience as a Trading Algorithm Strategist or a similar role.
- Deep understanding of financial markets, trading strategies, and algorithmic trading.
- Excellent communications skills, able to communicate clearly and effectively.
- Ability to comprehend and translate business, quantitative, and technological requirements into effective solutions.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Finance, Mathematics, or a related field.
Preferred
- Prior experience with Linux (RHEL preferred) scripting, common tools.
- Prior experience with TCP/IP and UDP/Multicast networking and inter-process communication
- Working knowledge of enterprise development toolchain and approaches
- Experience with market data feeds, order execution, and risk management systems.
- Experience with Python and/or scripting languages.
- Experience with automated testing harnesses for performance and functional testing.
And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).
A bit more about why you should join us
1. We’re a great place to work
We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)
We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:
• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.
• Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.
• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.
• Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.
• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.
* Subject to relevant caps
2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.
For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.
But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year - in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.
3. We believe in our people
We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.
We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally.
Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:
• Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.
• Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:
Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.
Equal opportunities
BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
Adjustments
We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.
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