Trading Desk Developer

About us:

Our mission is to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy by providing innovative financial solutions to our clients.

We are not just any energy and sustainability group; we're a dynamic, award-winning powerhouse! At the forefront of environmental innovation, we lead the charge in providing cutting-edge solutions for large-scale energy consumers. From guiding small business to corporate giants on their journey to achieve net zero emissions to expertly managing risks and supplying vital power and gas resources, we do it all. But wait, there's more! We're not content with just excelling in our current ventures - we thrive on pioneering new businesses and seizing energy investment opportunities.

Role:

Sitting within the IT Development team, and reporting into our Engineering Manager, you will work closely with the Trading Desk and Risk teams, working on enhancing existing and developing new trading and risk tools.

Key responsibilities:

• Working closely with our Trading and Risk teams to understand commercial needs and deliver effective technology solutions. A combination of POC and enduring solutions.
• Troubleshooting/resolution of quantitative trading systems and other live analytics processes.
• Developing and maintaining back-end services critical for trading operations, including risk-related services and access to markets.
• Contributing to the continuous refinement and adjustment of trading infrastructure to adapt to changing market conditions.
• Extending and optimising trading applications, with a focus on real-time data processing and display.
• Identifying opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve the overall operational stability of software applications and systems.

Ideal candidate:

• A developer who is proficient in Python and modern web development frameworks (e.g.Django, Flask, Asyncio/Aiohttp).
• Some experience in the power market, ideally for a trading desk in an energy market trading environment; utilities, producers or trading houses preferred.
• Experience of SQL databases such as MS SQL Server and snowflake.
• Knowledge of containerization tools and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and communication skills.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave in addition to Bank holidays.
• Hybrid working pattern; 3 days a week in the office and 2 days remote.
• Discretionary commission/bonus scheme.
• Company pension scheme.
• Life and medical insurance, and eyecare scheme.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Family-friendly policies.
• Recruit and Reward scheme.
• Access to perk-box benefits package.

The CF Group is committed to ensuring equal opportunities, fairness of treatment, dignity and respect, and the elimination of all forms of discrimination in the workplace for all employees/contractors and job applicants.