C# Developer - Trading Applications - Low Latency

Maven ,
London, Greater London

Overview

Job Description

Maven Market Making and Proprietary Trading is looking for exceptional C# software developers with the engineering, analytical and quant skills to help drive our continuing success to the next level. You will work alongside the best traders and developers to help us optimise our pricing libraries, improve our trading tools, extend our systematic trading strategies and to build cutting edge web-based user interfaces. Our approach to trading is scientific and technology driven. Tight integration between trading and software development, relying on cutting edge infrastructure is core to our success. Our teams of C++ / C# / FPGA developers and SRE's are responsible for our in-house applications, ranging from the world's lowest latency execution systems, through web-based user interfaces, to tools to interrogate multi-terabyte data sets. What you're going to do: * Design and develop fit for purpose products to drive critical business functions with a focus on performance, testability, maintainability and resilience * Craft great code and tests, using automation as your friend * Analyse, capture and communicate your design decisions * Interact and collaborate with stakeholders, SRE's and Infrastructure engineers What you're going to need: * Good sense of humour * Excellent C# * The ability to solve new and unfamiliar problems Nice to have: * Knowledge of financial markets & securities (particularly equities, futures and options) * Experience in the other programming languages we use: C++, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript * Familiarity with HTML, CSS and web development libraries such as React, Vue, ASP.NET Core, Knockout, Bootstrap, OpenRasta and Nancy * Familiarity with .NET Core, Linux, Docker / Containerization and Cloud technologies * Excel add-in design and development * Experience with automated testing (NUnit, Selenium, mocking frameworks) Maven is a proprietary trading organisation formed in 2011 . We employ the most talented traders, developers, engineers and support staff in the market, executing a diverse range of trading strategies across global equities and derivatives. Maven has a culture that is relaxed and informal but highly rewarding of strong performance; there's no dress code, there are free meals and regular social events. We have offices in Hong Kong, London and New York and about to open a new Chicago office as part of our plans to expand our coverage of derivatives markets. Find out what it's like to work at Maven: