Fixed income Application Development Director
City of London
Hybrid (3/2 split)
6-month contract
£609 - £1000 per day (via Umbrella)
cer Financial are working alongside an international bank who are based in the City of London. They are seeking a Fixed income Application Development Director to work with them on a 6-month contract.
The responsibilities of the Fixed income Application Development Director will include:
- Responsible for effective and efficient running of the Fixed Income systems, integrated into the wider the banks environment to meet the needs of the banks trading desks.
- Delivering fast-paced agile high quality software changes and solutions, help running Scrums, Sprints and creating and deploying Releases.
- Providing guidance and advice on .Net, .Net Core, C#, and other development tools and languages, their usage and upgrades, and leveraging them to maximise the business benefit.
- Frequent .Net/C# tasks such as delivering new projects, improving and optimising the current setup, providing future-proofing guidance on all relevant data points.
- Promoting enterprise data management and governance design approach delivered through Agile SDLC.
- Delivering regulatory and internal reporting in a resilient and timely manner incorporating the latest and most suitable industry and technology solutions.
- Daily collaboration with traders and Desk heads to make sure their strategic objectives are being met through technology changes
- Advanced business knowledge and experience in Fixed income and proven ability to work closely with Fixed Income traders to help deliver their strategic objectives.
The successful Fixed income Application Development Director will have:
- Core Development Languages covering .Net Core, C#
- Experience in financial industry (ideally low-touch e-trading platforms) is required
- Experience and understanding of a Fixed Income Banking Environment, Product range and associated opportunities and risks
- Hands-on experience with automated testing environments and CI/CD
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar