Equity Derivatives Senior Java Developer

We are seeking an experienced Senior Java Developer to join our Equity Derivatives Quantitative Development (EMEA) team within UBS Global Markets. You will be working in a high performing, fast paced, and collaborative team that are responsible for the development and enhancement of the best-in-class Equity Derivatives platform, predominantly utilizing low latency Java. The team sits within the Global Markets - Principal Flow Trading stream, and has a business reporting line. You will take ownership of initiatives from initial analysis through to design, implementation and delivery. You will proactively suggest and drive through improvements to the platform and our framework. You will be involved in every aspect of algorithmic trading:

Responsibilities

• designing and building new quoting, execution and risk management flows
• designing and building trader tools to help improve business workflows and efficiency
• market connectivity
• latency analysis and optimization
• enhancing the proprietary eTrading framework that is used across the department

Your Expertise

• very strong Java programming skills including approaches to low-latency Java like lock free data structures and low-garbage programming techniques
• strong business knowledge of electronic trading, equity derivatives knowledge is a nice to have
• proven experience in designing and implementing low-latency, high-throughput, event-driven algorithmic trading platforms
• collaboration with quantitative analysts to design and implement algorithmic trading models and controls
• experience of producing model documentation and partnering with governance and second line of defence functions
• beneficial to have experience with messaging libraries and protocols including Aeron, Kafka, EMS, SBE, FIX
• familiarity with time-series databases (preferably KDB) and Python for building analytics and reports
• full stack development experience is an advantage (preferably React) particularly for building monitoring dashboards and trader-facing tools
• familiarity with AI native development to accelerate productivity