Job Title:  Quant IT Developer

Job Description

1) Job/Group Overview:

The Alpha platform at Nomura is a set of pre-trade applications used globally by the Equity Derivatives Front Office for price discovery, quoting, parameter management & market analysis. The Alpha Development Team is primarily responsible for building & supporting the Alpha platform. We take the highly regarded Quant library and deploy it in a large-scale distributed environment to solve our mass-quoting requirements and provide in-depth analysis and market insight. We are a small, high-performing team and operate in a fast-paced environment, sitting directly on the trading desk.

2) Responsibilities:

We are looking for a dynamic software developer to join our team to help us cope with the growing business demands. Working alongside trading & sales, the candidate will work on the Alpha platform and build innovative tools that provide competitive advantage and generate revenue.

Day-to-day responsibilities involve

• Engaging with the business to understand new initiatives/ideas/issues
• Developing new features in C#.NET/SQL/KDB in a distributed environment
• Supporting & maintaining the application & environment

3) Requirements

Mandatory Requirements

• Numerate degree holder or above
• Experience building distributed systems using one or more of C#, Java, C++ or Python
• Familiar with SQL database schema, index and stored procedures
• Having strong interst in derivatives and structured products
• Practitioner of agile development & DevOps principles
• A good team player and fast learner

Optional Requirements

• Experience with C# .NET including LINQ, RX, TPL, WPF, WinForms
• Knowledge with non-SQL database, MongoDB, Redis, etc
• Python 3: Scripting, pandas/numpy, backtesting
• KDB+: Big Data querying, functional programming in Q, system maintenance
• VBA/Excel: Experience with migrating legacy spreadsheets into C#, debugging VBA
• Vendor: DevExpress, TIBCO (RV & EMS) / Reuters / Bloomberg / Horizon
• Web Technology: Experience with the MEAN stack and an eagerness to promote the use of alternative technology in our platform

Diversity Statement

Nomura is committed to an employment policy of equal opportunities, and is fundamentally opposed to any

less favourable treatment accorded to existing or potential members of staff on the grounds of race, creed, colour, nationality, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender or sexual orientation.

DISCLAIMER:

This Job Description is for reference only, and whilst this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, it is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. The management reserves the right to revise the job and may, at his or her discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.