Trading Systems Engineer , QIS

BMO•New York, NY

3d•$260,000

About The Position

BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service financial services provider. We offer corporate and investment banking, treasury management, as well as research and advisory services to clients around the world. #bmocapitalmarkets Global Markets Engineering collaborates directly with Sales, Trading and Technology colleagues to build and improve sales and trading capabilities and to streamline and automate trading processes. This specific role is to develop and support new trading and analytic capabilities for the Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS) trading desk.

Requirements

A post-secondary degree in a technical or quantitative field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience;
At least 3 years of experience in software development, ideally in trading technology;
Strong software development skills including C++, C# and Python;
Strong communication skills including an ability work worth with a range of colleagues from technical professionals to sales and trading to senior management.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) is preferred;
Experience with DevOps tools and processes; databases, trading protocols and analytics is preferred;
Familiarity with equities and/or equity derivatives trading is helpful;

Responsibilities

In conjunction with colleagues from Sales, Trading and GME, identify opportunities to improve trading processes and analytics;
Communicate directly with stakeholders to understand requirements;
Participate in strategic architectural and design decisions;
Application Development of trading systems and analytical tools in an agile/rapid release environment including backend services, interfaces to upstream and downstream systems, and user interfaces;
Approximately 20% of time will be spent in analytics and support of deployed applications.