Our client a large commodity trading firm in London is seeking an experienced and capable Software Engineer with expertise with C#, REST API and SQL/Sybase.

This role will suit an experienced and very ‘hands-on’ Microsoft ‘back-end’ analyst/developer with a broad, yet modern skill set and a proven track-record. To be successful they would need to be tenacious and give careful attention to detail. The role demands a curious mind who needs to own and understand the full context of the problem in a complex trading domain.

Our client a large commodity trading firm and they are currently actively growing its use of modern-web technologies within the IT department.

This role will suit an experienced and very ‘hands-on’ Microsoft ‘back-end’ analyst/developer with a broad, yet modern skill set and a proven track-record. To be successful they would need to be tenacious and give careful attention to detail. The role demands a curious mind who needs to own and understand the full context of the problem in a complex trading domain.

Knowledge and experience of the commodity or financial trading sectors would be advantageous to the role

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

* Design and develop applications using agreed coding standards and quality targets.

* Liaise with immediate scrum team, other scrum/project teams, line manager and development leads to ensure accurate and complete delivery.

* Contribute to the development and implementation of software development best practices within the company IT.

* Support and mentor other developers in all areas of the development lifecycle.

* Any other ad hoc duties that may be required from time to time.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

* Extensive experience of designing and developing applications both individually and as part of a team

* Extensive knowledge of commodity or financial trading domains (Not equities)

* Evidence of direct interaction with a Trading Exchange or processing feeds from a Trading Exchange is preferred

* Strong inter-personal and communication skills (both verbal and written)

* Strong problem solving skills and the ability to develop innovative solutions to technical problems

* Ability to coach and mentor peers within the scrum team

* Experience of working in an Agile/Scrum team environment

* Educated to Degree-level (or equivalent), as a minimum requirement

KEY COMPETENCIES & SKILLS:

* Expertise of back-end development to include most of the following:

* C#

* Rest API’s incorporated with SQL Server or Sybase DB

* DB Tech to include Sybase IQ

* Webpack, Karma, Jasmine, Protractor, Selenium

* Svn, Jira, Crucible, Confluence

* NHibernate

Demonstrate a good understanding of:

* API Design and development fundamentals

* API testing using tools such as Swagger

* Good SQL/Sybase knowledge

Expertise in all areas of the development life cycle to include:

* Functional requirements and system design specifications

* Test case preparation and execution

* Setup of development environments to include source code and version control

* Software build procedures