Software Engineer

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Job description

About us

GHCO is one of the fastest-growing liquidity providers specialising in exchange-traded funds (ETFs). We strive to create more transparent and accessible financial markets for all types of investors. We make ETFs accessible worldwide by focusing on intelligent algorithmic trading, building a reliable market presence, and cultivating the expertise to price a wide range of products.

We are a small team of expert traders and software engineers looking for bright, kind and passionate people who have an interest in advancing the state of the art products in algorithmic trading. We are building a team with diverse perspectives, skills and backgrounds. Working at GHCO means more than just a job. You will develop lifelong friendships, learn new skills, discover new abilities and be part of a team making an impact on financial services. To each one of us, GHCO stands for something different. Whether it's diversity, creativity, or career development, we all find meaning at GHCO.

Engineering at GHCO

GHCO takes a holistic and collaborative approach to solving the firm's core business problems. You won't just write and review code - you'll have responsibilities ranging from designing and implementing the software solutions and deliverables, and for communicating these decisions effectively and clearly.

As a Software Engineer at GHCO you will…

• Be responsible for the implementation, operation, and maintenance of our trading systems.

• You will get involved in the trading and strategy development as well as improving our newly-built applications, thinking deeply about user and market interactions.

• Here are some of the projects you could be working on:

• pricing and hedging models

• trading risk and position monitoring

• trading and strategy user interfaces

• strategy configuration process

• underlying high frequency automated trading platform

A little bit about you

• You are dynamic and unafraid, love to challenge the producing the status quo

• You are curious with a strong desire to solve complex challenging problems

• You have an insatiable appetite to acquire skills and implement new technologies

• You collaborate easily with a team and are comfortable with honest and constructive feedback and are eager to give and receive feedback

• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills both virtually and in-person

Your skills and experience

• Experience with Java or Rust

• Functional programming experience is a bonus

• Familiarity with databases (e.g. SQL Server, Postgres)

• Familiarity with developing, testing, or deploying with a Cloud Server Provider (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)

• Experience using version control software (e.g. git)

• Strong programming ability and a mindset open to testing and experimentation

Benefits

The expected

• Competitive Salary

• Career development opportunities

• 25-day holidays + bank holidays

• WFH policy covering all hardware requirements

• Comprehensive pension plan

• Private health insurance via Vitality Health

The unexpected

• Casual work environment - no need for a suit, unless that's your preferred attire

• Free lunch delivered every day

• Free breakfast from the company's kitchen

• Regular team gatherings

• 50% off gym membership via Vitality Health

• Your birthday off

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• Competitive Salary
• Career development opportunities
• 25-day holidays + bank holidays
• WFH policy covering all hardware requirements
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Private health insurance via Vitality Health
• Free breakfast
• Regular team gatherings
• 50% off gym membership via Vitality Health
• Your birthday off

• Introduction call
• Take home technical test
• 3-hour technical interview (one pair coding exercise and technical questions)
• Personal fit interview
• Offer

Java, RustJava, Rust, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, AWS, GCP, Git