London - Graduate Analyst - Global Markets IT - Business-Focussed Developer

Europe
UK
London
Graduate / Analyst

Cortex FX is an award winning single dealer platform, delivering electronic capabilities to internal sales users and external institutional clients.

The Cortex GUI team is responsible for the design and development of the Cortex FX GUI and its related server side components. The application supports FX Cash streaming and RFQ, Orders, Algorithmic trading, FX Options and IR products. The high profile system has thousands of users in different divisions within BNP Paribas and also our customer organizations. It’s developed by a distributed team across both London and India.

 This graduate position would be on the Cortex GUI team as a developer, initially working with the existing .Net/Silverlight platform but also assisting with engineering task to port it to an HTML5/Javascript version.

Cortex FX Developer Key Responsibilities

  • Participate in an agile based software development life-cycle including technical analysis, documentation, development and testing.
  • Collaborate with the production support team for release and maintenance of the components.
  • Work closely with the other developers in determining and following best development and architecture practice.
  • Propose and provide feedback from experience/knowledge on architecture, design, technology choices and technology direction of the platform.
  • Participate in requirement and design meetings for new functionality.
  • Provide 3rd line application support on a rotation basis within the team.

 

Person Specification

  • Masters (or equivalent) in IT-related discipline
  • Background in Computer Science a strong plus
  • Proficiency in Java, and HTML with good knowledge of Javascript – any other IT languages a strong plus
  • Experience working in Agile environments
  • Experience providing application support
  • Experience working in geographically dispersed team
  • An aptitude for learning new technologies
  • Proficient in English

 

Location: London

Closing date: 23rd July 2015

Salary: Competitive

This programme is closed to applications.