Margo is a Tech Native consultancy covering high value-added IT expertise for the market finance industry. We believe that the smart alliance between complex IT topics and the finance area brings the most challenging topics to our consultants: low latency, multithreading, high data volume…
Joining Margo as an IT consultant, is the promise to be part of a human-sized company with an internal monitoring and tailor-made training policy that assure you to develop your skills.
Its offers are organised around 3 main expertise: IT Support, Rapid Application Development and Software Development.
Margo is seeking a Rapid Application Developer – IT Quant to integrate its teams within a worldwide corporate and investment bank.
Key Responsibilities
Use rapid application development techniques for quick turn-around of high-profile projectsBuild the trading framework software, through close interaction with traders and quantsSupport and enhance various ad-hoc infrastructure applications, processes, databases, production surveillance and control toolsReport and track performance indicators for the front office traders with many aspects of electronic and algorithmic trading, back testing, and data management systemsContribute to design and implement data store and its APIMonitor fetching processes and data healthIntegrate alternative datasets
Financial products
ForexEquities and derivativesEmerging marketsCommoditiesRisk and PnLCredit and ratesExchange-traded fundsConvertible bonds
Skills required
Strong skills in C++ or Java or Python development (depending on the team/project) with good understanding of their ecosystemGood database, SQL, VBA knowledgeProficient use of common tooling: Git, Unix ShellExperience in structured, unstructured data management and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP…)Proactive and flexible approach to deal with challenges, lean complex quantitative concepts and identify emerging and alternative dataInterest to work within front-office environment and interact with traders, researchers and business managersAbility to work independently within a global team and deliver when under pressure and time constraints