Job #: 10215 – 8
Title: Director – FX Development
Job Type: Permanent
Region: New York City
Salary Range: $225,000 and above
Contract Pay Rate:
Function: Management
Specialty: C++
Degree: Bachelors
Job Details:
A strong analytically minded , senior dev manager is required to lead FX Benchmark Execution Strategies (BXS) in NA. BXS is part of the Algorithmic Trading Services group , which is responsible for building and deploying electronic trading strategies for multiple asset classes globally (including benchmark execution, liquidity seeking, and crossing). The candidate will lead a dev team of 4 ( 2 VPs) and would work closely with our business partners and the global dev team to manage prioritization and delivery. He or she will be responsible for building, testing and deploying new strategies and algorithms . He or she will also be responsible to manage IT risk, changes to trading environment, developing tools to help better manage the plant, and manage plant capacity and scalability. The candidate should have strong technical skills and experience in the electronic / algorithmic trading space. Qualifications Required Skills: – Strong C++ – Linux/Unix – Scripting (Perl or Python) – Databases / SQL – Experience managing a large scale real time trading plant – FIX protocol – Experience with trading algos (e.g. VWAP, SOR) – Experience with FX asset class