Mindlance
Backend Developer - Commodities Trading
Mindlance, Houston, Texas, United States, 77246
Backend Developer - Commodities TradingDuration: 12 months plus (possible extension or conversion)
Location: HYBRID W/ ONSITE REQUIREMENT - 3 days onsite
Houston, TX 77056
Position OverviewClient is one of the
largest players in the financial industry , employing more than 200,000 people across the globe.
Their
Commodities trading business in Houston, employs around 200 staff .
The
Commodities trading
business has grown significantly in the last 10 years to become one of the leading industry players. It is a federated business model that covers market making across all types of
assets including Oil, Gas, Power, Agriculture, Emissions, Metals, Freight, Exotics and Indices.
This role is within the
Houston Commodities Risk Technology team
, focussing on services and auxiliary components for our
front-office trading platform
.Our
proprietary trading platform
is
currently going through an exciting green-field re-engineering phase
and we are
seeking to build out the development team .
On the risk management side, one of our greatest engineering
challenges is the amount of computational effort required to continuously generate millions of risk sensitivities per hour in real-time.
Since we
calculate large volumes of results data on a front-office risk system , there are considerable challenges in data modelling, processing & grid computing.
Hence, we require a seasoned server-side developer who can efficiently design and develop services and components which can handle and process large amount of data with optimal performance.
We are committed to hiring the brightest and best technical experts and in return can offer roles with direct business interaction and day-to-day usage of the latest technology.
Key Responsibilities
BAU (Business As Usual Support):
Interact with stakeholders such as
traders, finance, business unit managers
for day-to-day support including
enhancements, analyzing the issues reported in detail and addressing/resolving the issues
by identifying the root cause and remediating the same. In doing so, provide feedback to the development team of any shortcomings, enhancement requests from the stakeholders.Services Development and maintenance
:
Design and develop and maintain high performing and fault tolerant C#/.NET and Python services
in order to deliver seamless user experience for the users.Collaboration with internal technology teams
:
Collaborate with Markets Quantitative Analytics (MQA) team
who develop analytics pricing models to best
integrate with the Risk Platform
and with
Commodities Market Data (CMD) team
who are
golden source of all the market data
used for Risk computation.Collaboration with Global Teams
: Commodities Technology team is spread across various geographies worldwide and this is key responsibility to collaborate and work with these global teams.Integration with other supporting libraries
: Work on
integrating other libraries such has Market Data ,
Trade Repository libraries
in the Risk Platform. It is necessary to understand the design and working of these components to effectively integrate and work with Risk Platform.Continuous Learning
: Stay updated with latest trends and developments in frontend technology, especially in React ecosystem.
Experience / Background
Solid Commodities Risk background
, experience with
interacting with the trading desks and capability to analyze and address immediate issues, queries.10+ years of proven hands-on experience with C#, SQL Server and Python,
preferably with
multi-threading . This experience needs to be recent/current. Capability to
write code using RAD
(
Rapid Application Development
) to analyze, troubleshoot prod issues.Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex system and application issues.
Preferred Skills
Commodities
risk and PnL background
with
different commodities assets
such as
Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Power etc.
know-how of
various risk greeks and PnL
Explains, understanding of
various types of trades (Options, Features, etc) and market data (curves, fixings/settlements, etc) with respect to commodities business.Experience with C#, SQL Server, Python on Services development preferably with distributed services architecture
.Experience with
Microsoft Orleans Framework - PreferableExperience in a
Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery
and
Automated Deployment environment
with tools such as
Jenkins, OpenShift/Client Project, TeamCity, uDeploy
.
"Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans."
Location: HYBRID W/ ONSITE REQUIREMENT - 3 days onsite
Houston, TX 77056
Position OverviewClient is one of the
largest players in the financial industry , employing more than 200,000 people across the globe.
Their
Commodities trading business in Houston, employs around 200 staff .
The
Commodities trading
business has grown significantly in the last 10 years to become one of the leading industry players. It is a federated business model that covers market making across all types of
assets including Oil, Gas, Power, Agriculture, Emissions, Metals, Freight, Exotics and Indices.
This role is within the
Houston Commodities Risk Technology team
, focussing on services and auxiliary components for our
front-office trading platform
.Our
proprietary trading platform
is
currently going through an exciting green-field re-engineering phase
and we are
seeking to build out the development team .
On the risk management side, one of our greatest engineering
challenges is the amount of computational effort required to continuously generate millions of risk sensitivities per hour in real-time.
Since we
calculate large volumes of results data on a front-office risk system , there are considerable challenges in data modelling, processing & grid computing.
Hence, we require a seasoned server-side developer who can efficiently design and develop services and components which can handle and process large amount of data with optimal performance.
We are committed to hiring the brightest and best technical experts and in return can offer roles with direct business interaction and day-to-day usage of the latest technology.
Key Responsibilities
BAU (Business As Usual Support):
Interact with stakeholders such as
traders, finance, business unit managers
for day-to-day support including
enhancements, analyzing the issues reported in detail and addressing/resolving the issues
by identifying the root cause and remediating the same. In doing so, provide feedback to the development team of any shortcomings, enhancement requests from the stakeholders.Services Development and maintenance
:
Design and develop and maintain high performing and fault tolerant C#/.NET and Python services
in order to deliver seamless user experience for the users.Collaboration with internal technology teams
:
Collaborate with Markets Quantitative Analytics (MQA) team
who develop analytics pricing models to best
integrate with the Risk Platform
and with
Commodities Market Data (CMD) team
who are
golden source of all the market data
used for Risk computation.Collaboration with Global Teams
: Commodities Technology team is spread across various geographies worldwide and this is key responsibility to collaborate and work with these global teams.Integration with other supporting libraries
: Work on
integrating other libraries such has Market Data ,
Trade Repository libraries
in the Risk Platform. It is necessary to understand the design and working of these components to effectively integrate and work with Risk Platform.Continuous Learning
: Stay updated with latest trends and developments in frontend technology, especially in React ecosystem.
Experience / Background
Solid Commodities Risk background
, experience with
interacting with the trading desks and capability to analyze and address immediate issues, queries.10+ years of proven hands-on experience with C#, SQL Server and Python,
preferably with
multi-threading . This experience needs to be recent/current. Capability to
write code using RAD
(
Rapid Application Development
) to analyze, troubleshoot prod issues.Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex system and application issues.
Preferred Skills
Commodities
risk and PnL background
with
different commodities assets
such as
Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Power etc.
know-how of
various risk greeks and PnL
Explains, understanding of
various types of trades (Options, Features, etc) and market data (curves, fixings/settlements, etc) with respect to commodities business.Experience with C#, SQL Server, Python on Services development preferably with distributed services architecture
.Experience with
Microsoft Orleans Framework - PreferableExperience in a
Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery
and
Automated Deployment environment
with tools such as
Jenkins, OpenShift/Client Project, TeamCity, uDeploy
.
"Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans."