Information Technology Analyst – 3 Month Internship Position
Sector Software Development, Trading Application Development
Start Date June 2012
Duration Temporary (3months)
Background
A proprietary trading company is seeking a smart and talented individual to work on IT systems used in its systematic trading platform. This position will involve maintenance and improvement of existing IT infrastructure, including its data acquisition engines and trading engines as well as development of new systems to meet the fast moving business requirements. The candidate must have a Software Engineering background with a strong passion for software development and must have a good knowledge of at least one of the following programming language: Java, C#, C++. Good numerical skills are a must. No prior financial knowledge is required. Send CV to apply@aurescapital.com
Role Description
Maintenance of existing market data acquisition systems pertaining to over 60+ global financial instruments including Equity Futures, Commodity Futures, Rates Futures and Foreign Exchange.
Development of new applications used for market data acquisition, market data processing and systems trading.
Implementation of systems used for backtesting trading strategies developed by the company’s traders.
Providing IT assistance to traders during all stages of research and development of quantitative trading strategies.
Development of reporting systems allowing fair and conclusive comparison across various different backtested trading strategies.
Development of fast realtime applications that use third party APIs from different market data providers and brokers as part of the High Frequency Trading (HFT) trading platform.
Maintenance and improvement of the company’s main automated trade execution systems linked to the prime broker’s platform using a proprietary Application Programming Interface API.
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