About The Role
A boutique Asset Manager who offers bespoke, high-calibre trading and analytics solutions to top-tier investment giants as Platform-as-a-Service are building out a completely Greenfield trading platform in Scala, hosted on AWS. They focus heavily on bleeding-edge data analytics solutions and ultra-performant trading systems and have already integrated their systems into some of the biggest names in global finance.
You need to be a highly proficient Scala engineer with a truly Agile mindset, keen to follow TDD, BDD, XP or similar as a rule. You will be working in a small team, facing off directly to key stakeholders including Traders and Analysts, so you must have excellent communication skills. This multi-year program of work forms an integral part of the firm’s offering moving forward, so the work you do will have a significant impact on the future of the firm.
Must have:
4+ years’ experience in Scala engineering or functional programming on the JVM.
Agile engineering mindset including experience with TDD, BDD, Pair programming, eXtreme Programming etc.
Strong background in computer science / software engineering principles.
Nice to have:
Cloud engineering experience ideally in AWS.
Front-end UI engineering experience with ReactJS, ScalaJS, AngularJS or similar.
Experience working in a financial organisation.
Please email Seb.Coughlin@stanfordblack.com for more information.