eFinancialCareers

• Company

  All Options

• Location

  Netherlands-North-Holland

• Remuneration

  Extremely competitive base + excellent bonus and secondary benefits

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  04 Sep 2008

• eFC Ref no

  386105

ALL OPTIONS Amsterdam is now looking for an experienced high-end application developer with expert knowledge of C++ programming, high-performance systems design, and a solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms.

ALL OPTIONS is a market leading international trading house, based in the centre of Amsterdam. Due to our success and rapid growth we need to expand our teams with ambitious professionals wanting to work in a dynamic environment with cutting edge technology.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supporting quantitative trading initiatives.
• Research and report on proposed strategies.

• Understanding of high-performance programming and large scale, high availability software design and implementation.

• Liase with traders to understand business requirements and design efficient and scalable solutions.

• Design, develop, test, rollout and maintain automated trading systems, applications and modules.

• Work closely with quantitative research team for implementation of equity option volatility and theoretical pricing options.

• Create and maintain up to date work plans, communicating status to traders.

• Keep pace with new technologies, directions, directions and the latest industry trends.

• Follow company and industry standards, procedures and methodologies for development of efficient systems.

 

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree. (Ideally MSc or above in Math, Computer Science, Statistics, Finance or related field).

• Minimum 2 years development experience maintaining high end software and with C/ C++ on multiple platforms.

  - Sound experience with either or all of multithreading, messaging, data feeds, exchange interfaces, Tibco rendezvous, Real Time Systems, IBM IQ series.

• Experience with large-scale system design and implementation with solid software development and project management experience is a plus.
• In depth knowledge of MS Excel, particularly statistical functions.

• Some experience with scripting languages (perl, python etc).

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work in and contribute to a team environment in order to achieve business goals.

• Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to identify and develop resolutions to complex problems.

• Self-motivated with the ability to complete time-sensitive tasks and meet deadlines in a high-paced, at times high pressure, environment.

• Passionate interest in financial markets.

  It is important to us that you'll become part of the ALL OPTIONS family, where we highly value the individual, your personal effort and teamwork. The combination of the three allows you and us to work in a professional ambitious organization with an absolute personal touch, where all options remain open for your development within the organization and as an individual.

  ON OFFER:

 

All Options is offering a tremendous opportunity for the right professional to take their career to the next level. Providing a competitive salary and package and placing a high importance and investment in employee development, we are an innovative and dynamic company, enjoying sustained growth and operating in an exciting and challenging industry.

If you are looking for a career and personal growth opportunity, a challenging learning curve, fantastic working environment and the freedom to express yourself in a fast paced company, look no further, apply now!