Lead Software Engineer / eCommunications / NLP / Financial Trading Data

Tribus Consulting Ltd ,
London, Greater London
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £100,000 per annum

Overview

Lead Software Engineer / eCommunications / NLP / Financial Trading Data My client is a rapidly expanding Financial Services Technology (FinTech) company. Recently the firm was given an award in recognition for our contribution to trade and investment by the Department for International Trade and the UK Board of Trade. We build cutting edge, AI-assisted, trade analysis software for our clients which consist of banks, hedge funds, asset managers, and other financial services institutions. Our products are used by these organisations to detect financial crime and enhance business performance based on the client’s day to day trading data. These products include: • Best execution analysis • Trader performance profiling and enhancement • Insider trading and market abuse detection • Rogue trader detection Our products are market leading in each category: • Advanced analytics and machine learning algorithms allow us to perform statistically rigorous analysis of all asset classes uniquely • We use in-house programming languages, optimised for fast and complex analysis of large trade volumes • All our tools have an intuitive user interface (built using in-house programming languages) that make it very easy for our clients to access our analysis We view ourselves as a disruptive FinTech company that is nimble enough to move fast, innovate quickly and provide a premium level of client service and support. Summary of role: The key remit of this individual would be working with the CTO and Senior Engineers to develop a greenfield product intending to seamlessly trace any potentially nefarious links between electronic communications and financial trading data. With an already rich resource of financial trade data and successful analytics and machine learning techniques, we are looking to transfer our trade surveillance methodologies into the eCommunications space, to uncover patterns, people networks, and capture sentiment and determine suspicious behaviours. This project is in its infancy so will seek a creative mind with a hands on approach as well as an understanding of big data analytics. Requirements: Programming in an OO language C++/C# etc. • NLP either in an academic or commercial context preferably relating to chat logs and IM / E-mails (Experience of phone transcription and/or phone logs a bonus) • Integration with front end preferable • Experience of mentoring junior engineers a bonus • Proactive, self-starter approach • Creative mindset