Electronic Trading Analyst

Key Accountabilities

- Enhancing/Maintaining Agency Execution Platform (called Gator) - critical client facing product handling large volumes of FX orders every day

- Research and develop pricing algorithm model for FX, Rates or Credit space

- Design of frameworks and functionality for development of trading algorithms

- Closely working with Quants and Developers in London and Singapore for implementation, testing, and productionisation of system features and bugfixes

- System tuning and optimisation

- Analysis of and improvements to algorithm performance

- Proactive identification and resolution of problems and issues

- Provision of required high quality support in timely manner

- Participation in team peer reviews of code, modelling and testing

- Participation in team knowledge sharing and presentations

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

This role involves significant interaction with our partners in Product, Trading, Technology, Sales, Compliance and Risk. It may involve direct interaction with clients. The ability to work and communicate across diverse teams is essential.

Decision-making and Problem Solving

This position requires strong software design, analytical and programming skills. Attention to details and ability to make independent judgement are critical for success at this position.

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

- 2+ years of hands-on modelling experience as quants research/analyst

- Familiar with statistical modelling techniques to develop model

- Experience in validating research idea by backtesting in python/Q

- Extensive experience of Java in a shared codebase

- Prior experience with algorithms or eTrading business logic

- Graduation or Masters degree from reputed institution in a quantitative, mathematical or scientific discipline

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience in developing algorithmic trading model in FX, Rates or credit space

- Experience in implanting research models into production

- Previous experience of developing Agency Execution Platform in any asset class

- Domain understanding of FX products and trading

- Knowledge of low latency and event driven programming

- Knowledge of Python, kdb+/Q languages