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For our Global Technology department in London we are looking to hire a: Trading System Architect Global In an era where digitalisation and modern IT infrastructure is revolutionizing banking, we are shaping a technology-driven bank in which you as an IT professional will work closely with our business units. Our technology teams offer you an environment that will present you with exciting challenges - be it through the support and further development of legacy systems or the introduction of modern technologies such as AI, machine learning and highly automated trading applications. Our Technology department of around 300 employees works largely in an agile way using a Scrumban approach and covers areas such as Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Operations, Process and Governance, Software Development and Architecture. We are particularly proud to develop almost all of our applications in-house, which gives us unique flexibility and innovative strength. Our tech stack includes modern technologies such as Java, Kotlin, TypeScript and Python, CI/CD pipelines, containers, Kubernetes as well as Azure Cloud, Azure SQL Database and Oracle Database with PL/SQL. Your Role in the team : We are embarking on a multi-year project to revamp a large part of our equity trading technology stack. This greenfield project will involve designing and implementing new systems, such as pre/post-trade risk engines, market data distribution, reference data handling, and the build-up of trading gateways, while also aligning with the modernisation of Berenberg's proprietary Order Management System (OMS). The new system will run on Berenberg's bare-metal Kubernetes (K8s) infrastructure. This is an exciting opportunity for a Trading System Engineer / Architect with significant hands-on experience to join a delivery-focused environment. You will play a critical role in the system design and implementation of Berenberg's new Cash Equity and Electronic Execution Platform. The platform must deliver 24/5 availability, bespoke trading workflows for demanding clients across multiple trading desks, and dynamic scalability to handle sudden increases in trading activities. What will you do? Contribute to the design and implementation of Berenberg's new Cash Equity and Electronic Execution Platform. Ensure the system supports global equity market trading with high availability. Develop bespoke trading workflows tailored to clients across multiple trading desks. Design and optimise systems to dynamically scale in response to market events such as interest rate decisions or breaking news. Collaborate closely with other IB Engineering teams and project members. Who are we looking for? Solid software engineering experience (minimum five years) with expertise in modern software design, architecture patterns, and performance measurement (throughput, latency, capacity). Strong proficiency in Java, particularly in high-performance, low-latency, and microservice designs, with experience in real-time trading applications. Comprehensive knowledge of trading systems, including integration with reference and market data systems, ideally within equity trading using OMS or EMS. Experience with Kubernetes, container technologies, automation, and familiarity with additional programming languages like Go or Rust. A proactive mindset with excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a collaborative approach, alongside knowledge of agile environments and regulatory considerations. What we offer you: Private pension plan - 10% of base salary contribution by Berenberg Private Health Insurance Enhanced parental leave policies Employee Assistance Programme offering counselling sessions related to mental health, financial wellbeing and other topics Apply online now to join our team - we look forward to receiving your application!

Technology powers everything we do at Man Group. Our teams ensure the firm has a robust tech platform that facilitates alpha generation, portfolio management, trade execution, operations, compliance, risk management and accounting, as well as providing "firm-wide" end user collaboration tools. We are continually investing in our people, hardware, data and platform technology. We believe it's the place to be if you want to work where open, forward-thinking, collaborative technology meets both quantitative and discretionary investment management. Description of the role: The OMS Support team provides 1st and 2nd line application support across our Order Management systems, covering both systematic and discretionary order flow. Each day provides the opportunity to work with our investment professionals, traders, operations team and technologists to ensure we can efficiently realise alpha across the markets we trade. We are currently undertaking a strategic renewal of our Order Management systems and is therefore a great time to be part of the team with the opportunity to influence how we can improve the experience for our investment professionals. Specific responsibilities: Providing technical and business support to investment professionals, execution traders and support functions. This includes providing quick resolutions to app issues, driving stability and improvements to help the business to succeed. 1st and 2nd level application support for business systems with escalation to software development team, Infrastructure technology teams, end users or third parties as appropriate. Incident and Problem management, including input to post-incident reviews and resolution of follow up tasks including ensuring stakeholder communication is delivered in a timely manner and to a high standard. Recording and managing issues using Zendesk and following through to successful resolution. Identification of recurring issues that require development effort and the escalation and prioritisation of those items. Monitor hardware, applications and environmental conditions of our Order Management systems using tools such as OpsGenie & CheckMK (Nagios). Manage production releases of our Order Management systems. Participate in Disaster Recovery planning, updating run books and DR tests. Ensure that all procedures and policies are up to date in the knowledge base and are available for use by all members of the team. Writing SQL scripts to resolve user queries, testing and scheduling weeknight or weekend releases. Provide on call or out of hours support as the business requires. Required skills and experience: 2+ years' experience in providing business and technical application support for a financial services institution. Ability to communicate accurately and effectively in both written and verbal form. Strong desire to develop and deliver. Logical and analytical approach to problem solving. Ability to organise and deliver on complex and time-sensitive workload. Advantageous skills and experience: Worked with Front Office teams such as Portfolio Managers or Traders. Interest in understanding the ways in which people work and how it makes them efficient in their role. Ability to quickly gain understanding and expertise in new technologies, systems business processes. Familiarity with FIX Protocol. Good understanding of the trade lifecycle for FICC and equities. Working Here Man Tech has a small company, no-attitude feel. It is flat structured, open, transparent and collaborative, and you will have plenty of opportunity to grow and have enormous impact on what we do. We are actively engaged with the broader technology community. We host and sponsor London's PyData and Machine Learning Meetups. Aeron meetups are also held at Riverbank House. We regularly talk at leading industry conferences, and tweet about relevant technology and how we're using it. See . We're fortunate enough to have a fantastic open-plan office overlooking the River Thames, and continually strive to make our environment a great place in which to work. We offer flexible working, competitive compensation, a generous holiday allowance, health and other benefits. We are also committed to continuous learning and development via coaching, mentoring, conference attendance and sponsoring academic and professional qualifications. Our Culture, Values and Benefits at Man Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equal opportunities. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business and this is embedded in our culture and values. There are a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and that encourage inclusion and diversity across our firm and the industry. Man Group is a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter and the Race at Work Charter. Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme. We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes. Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact . Man Group is a global, technology-empowered active investment management firm focused on delivering alpha and portfolio solutions for clients. Headquartered in London, we manage $174.9 billion and operate across multiple offices globally. We invest across a diverse range of strategies and asset classes, with a mix of long only and alternative strategies run on a discretionary and quantitative basis, across liquid and private markets. Our investment teams work within Man Group's single operating platform, enabling them to invest with a high degree of empowerment while benefiting from the collaboration, strength and resources of the entire firm. Our platform is underpinned by advanced technology, supporting our investment teams at every stage of their process, including alpha generation, portfolio management, trade execution and risk management. Our clients and the millions of retirees and savers they represent are at the heart of everything we do. We form deep and long-lasting relationships and create tailored solutions to help meet their unique needs. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where difference is celebrated and everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive, as well as giving back and contributing positively to our communities. For more information about Man Group's global charitable efforts, and our diversity and inclusion initiatives, please visit: . Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at . As at 30 September 2024. All investment management and advisory services are offered through the investment engines of Man AHL, Man Numeric, Man Discretionary, Man FRM, Man Varagon, Man Global Private Markets and Man Solutions. Apply for this job indicates a required field First Name Last Name Email Phone Resume/CV Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf LinkedIn Profile Website Current Notice Period Select What is your current Salary? What is your desired salary? Do you require a visa for the country in which you are applying for a role? Select

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk. Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets. We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it's not just what we do that matters-it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus. UP (Unified Platform) consolidates data and technologies into a comprehensive solution, accelerating time to market. Optimizing decision-making and research, our platform simplifies implementing new ideas, enhancing our competitive edge. We work from high-level requirements where programmers are expected to gain an intimate understanding of the business. We strive for an environment where developers have the autonomy to pursue business solutions without arbitrary management constraints. We are a group of polyglots and technologists always seeking to find the right tool for each problem. Broadly, the development teams at DRW believe in rapid deployment and feedback, automated testing, and cohesive, transparent, lightly-coupled service architectures. UP teams are segmented into multiple areas including: Platform Engineering - Teams within platform engineering provide cross-cutting capabilities that enable other teams to focus on domain- or business-specific needs by streamlining and standardizing technical approaches. For example, one of these teams provides data mapping tools, access management, and usage tracking capabilities for development teams. Domain Engineering - Teams within domain engineering own critical capabilities that extend beyond a single desk or business area, building services and data solutions to optimize for a broad array of use cases. For example, these teams work on problems like managing and enhancing DRW's instrument and organizational reference data models for seamless interoperability across the firm; handling real-time message flow and integrations with third-party trades and orders feeds; or providing trading desks and business units with current, historical, and real-time streaming portfolio views. Expectations: Building systems with a constant focus on testing, reliability, scalability, and maintainability. Designing, modeling, and programming in a variety of languages and technologies. Working on legacy code as well as green field development. Initiative driving projects to completion. Learning and promoting new technologies with a focus on best practices. Providing on-call support as needed. Sometimes working alongside other developers on the same task. Desirable Experience: We are looking for strong developers of any stripe, but familiarity with the below will give candidates a leg up in working on our systems. Multiple years of server-side development. A solid understanding of micro-service architectures and CAP theorem. A good understanding of functional paradigms and type theory. Confident JVM knowledge. Modern Java, Ruby, or Clojure knowledge. Experience with Airflow or other Python-based workflow orchestration tools. Proficiency in domain driven design and domain modeling. Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or git. Working knowledge of SQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Knowledge of financial concepts, exchange trading, or physical energy trading.

Please visit our website for more information - mufgemea.com. The Operations division is core to all of MUFG's business activities. With employees based in London, New York and Hong Kong, the function consists of five pillars Middle Office, Business Management, Transaction Processing, Clearing and Settlement, and Operational Control. A diverse product range is covered including Equities, FX, Fixed Income, and Derivatives. The division has a wide range of responsibilities including oversight of the business and our ability to achieve strategic goals via our change program; interface to the business, customer, branch and agent network; managing the processing lifecycle for trades and transactions from the single touch, single entry items through to the complex, multi-entry trades; providing a shared service/utility function by receiving the output of Transaction Processing and executing the cash and/or clearing of processed transactions; independent control function ensuring Transaction Processing and Clearing & Settlement Services execute appropriate controls to mitigate regulatory and operational risks. Operations NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS 0 MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE The opportunity is for an enthusiastic and intelligent individual to join the Middle Office Derivatives Trade Support team within Operations, responsible for providing control and support for multiple trading desks. The desks are engaged in pricing and trading of vanilla and structured derivative products across multiple assets classes including rates, equity, commodity, credit and FX. The team provides trader support to facilitate the accurate and timely booking and post execution care of all trades executed. Acting as a vital intermediary between Trading, Sales, Structuring and various back office areas, the Derivatives Trade Support team has a pivotal role in BAU whilst contributing to the planning and development of new product offerings on a regular basis. The successful candidate will spend time learning the day-to-day processes, interactions and many relationships managed by the team, helping to provide continuous development ideas and driving through required improvements. The role will focus on supporting flow derivative products, therefore a very strong understanding of the trading infrastructure, pricing inputs and lifecycle management mechanics of these products is critical. The position will require daily face off to the business, performing real time validation control routines across the platform, and running daily reconciliations to identify discrepancies and ensuring they are fully understood, explained and communicated to relevant stakeholders. A detailed understanding of the front to back process is essential since daily interaction with internal and external stakeholders is required to ensure relevant updates are processed in a timely manner. This is a demanding role which requires the candidate to undertake a multitude of disciplines, and has existing multi-asset derivatives experience in flow products. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES In this role, you will be responsible for Derivatives Trade Support across MUFG's banking arm and securities business under a dual-hat arrangement. Under this arrangement, you will act and make decisions on behalf of both the bank and the securities business, Responsibilities will include: Review of complex bookings, structures and bespoke transactions Ensure accuracy of all components of new and existing trade bookings across multiple systems and exception management of approximate bookings Development and testing of in-house systems Day to day accurate execution of processes, being a direct contributor to re-engineering or building of controls Liaising closely with Trading, Sales and Structuring to ensure accurate and timely bookings of trades Act as a key liaison between trading, other support functions and the counterparty Trade lifecycle management including T0 validation, fixings, coupon calculations, trigger monitoring, break clause and expiry monitoring Fully understand the controls required to support the business through inter-system reconciliations Strict adherence to internal control and escalation protocol Maintain a consistent and robust control environment Contribute to continuous process improvements Participate in strategic projects across multiple infrastructures Compose and maintain process manuals to ensure accurate and efficient trade support WORK EXPERIENCE Essential: Middle Office, Trading Assistant or Product Control experience in flow or exotic derivatives SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Functional / Technical Competencies: Essential: A strong understanding of different asset classes particularly rates, credit and FX derivatives and complex booking methodologies Strong understanding of derivative products and payoff features including risk profile analysis. Strong understanding of the various lifecycle events and associated risks on these products Infrastructure knowledge of electronic trading platforms including MarkitWire, TradeWeb, Bloomberg TOMS, ICE Link, etc. Working knowledge of Confirmations, ISDA documentation and ISDA swap definitions Understanding and experience in clearing mechanics and compression optimization Understand the key elements of the front to back process flow including other infrastructure groups i.e. Market Risk, Credit Risk, Finance, Product Control, Legal, Compliance, etc. Financial Math knowledge Fundamentals of P&L substantiation Basic understanding of the term structure of projection/discount curves and swap pricing Appreciation of the Greeks Understanding of the Good understanding of the regulatory reporting requirements in various jurisdictions Familiar with running robust reconciliations and controls and implementing relative controls Familiar with implementing VBA solutions / End User Applications Understanding of the lifecycle event management on both vanilla and structured products Understand the cash flows and dynamics of a banking business such as funding requirements and their importance Knowledge of collateral processes, Initial Margin, Variation Margin, general CSA familiarity Accounting knowledge, ability to identify impacts to P&L and Balance Sheet from trade bookings Education / Qualifications: Essential: Bachelor or Master's Degree in a technical or appropriate field of study (Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Engineering, etc.) PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS Strong technical ability - marrying exemplary product knowledge with meticulous attention to detail and analytical skills Creates a culture of creativity and innovation - identify ways to improve processes and develop creative solutions Excellent communication skills - ability to communicate complex issues in clear and concise terms to a broad audience Stakeholder management - ability to communicate with senior stakeholders, constructively managing feedback and prioritise accordingly BoW Responsible - highly motivated self-starter who takes ownership of a given process, executes it with due diligence and efficiency Problem solving and judgement - proactive, thinks ahead, plans for contingencies, anticipates questions from different perspectives, seeks alternative solutions and delineates clear objectives Excellent interpersonal skills - team focus, gives evidence of a strong collaborative working ethic Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability A proactive, motivated approach. The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly Strong decision making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement A creative and innovative approach to work together with structured and logical reasoning The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Excel, VBA) A confident approach, with the ability to provide clear direction to the team A strategic approach, with the ability to lead and motivate a team PERFORMANCE AND DUTIES The role holder will be assessed in accordance with their employing entity's performance framework and process with relevant input obtained from the dual hatting entity as relevant. As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and emended in consultation with the role holder. The role holder will carry out other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the role as requested by their line manager or Department Head. MANAGING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The role holder will have responsibilities for both MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities EMEA plc. The role holder will be required to perform their duties and responsibilities on an entity neutral basis, without favour. The role holder is required to follow regulatory requirements applicable to ensure each business is appropriately supported and to maintain the legal entity integrity of each of MUFG Bank and MUS. Working terms are dictated by functional mandates..... click apply for full job details