Fixed Income & Currencies Front Officer Developer

Permanent contract|Hong Kong|IT (Information Technology)

Fixed Income & Currencies Front Officer Developer

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Permanent contract IT (Information Technology)

Responsibilities

Responsibilities :

Software Development

Contribute actively to the build-out of Fixed Income pricing solutions
Work hand in hand with Trading & Quant teams to support and improve the platform
Apply modern development practices such as clean code, refactoring, unit testing and continuous integration
Be part of a worldwide team supporting the Fixed Income business in Asia, Europe and US.

Profile required

Profile Requirements:

Technical Skills Requirement / Must have:

2-3 years’ experience in all phases of enterprise application development
Strong development background and object-oriented programming, preferably in .Net (C#, WPF)
Familiarity with Continuous Delivery practices
Agile or Scrum experience

Desired / Plus:

Expertise in Web development (React, Angular)
Experience with .Net Core and SignalR
Development in Excel and VBA
Bash scripting knowledge
Experience with Elasticsearch/Kibana

Competencies Requirement / Must have:

Functional knowledge in Fixed Income derivative products
Exceptional team-player mindset helping to promote team sprit
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work in an international and distributed team environment
Strong analytical & problem-solving skills

Behavioral Skills:

Client - Client focus: I nurture a long-term relationship with the clients/internal partners
Team Spirit - Open mindset/Respect: I listen and share my views and my expertise in an open mode
Innovation - Technology: I include technological breakthroughs in the strategies implemented
Commitment - Sustainability: I strive to develop my skills and knowledge
Responsibility - Risk awareness: I am constantly on the lookout for risks

Business insight

Company Description

Societe Generale is one of the leading European financial services groups. Founded in 1864, we have been playing a vital role in the economy for over 150 years. With more than 148,000 employees based in 76 countries worldwide, we accompany 32 million clients throughout the world on a daily basis. Based on a diversified universal banking model, the Group combines financial strength with a strategy of sustainable growth.

ASIA-PACIFIC (ASIA), as one of the Business Units of Societe Generale, operates in 12 locations across the Asia Pacific region, employing over 2,500 employees with the regional headquarter located in Hong Kong. Our activities here are centered on Societe Generale's Global Banking & Investor Solutions pole (GBIS), a major growth engine for the Group and a key pillar of Societe Generale's universal banking model. Our expertise in Asia Pacific ranges from Corporate & Investment Banking (Advisory, Financing and Global Markets) to Asset Management, Global Transaction Banking and specialised financial services like Equipment & Vendor Finance and Vehicle Leasing & Fleet Management. In addition, Societe Generale's Global Solution Centre (SGGSC) in Bangalore and Chennai offers customised business solutions to the Societe Generale Group globally including ASIA.

Department Description

As part of the Technology department of SG Corporate and Investment Banking, you will join a development team building and providing pricing solutions for the Front Office on Rates and FX. Based on the trading floor, the team provides an agile development capability across the full chain including pricing, risk and Pnl.

DevOps and Feature Team is operating as a “Feature Team” to develop and support the trading systems. It contains both pricing and risk developers and support analysts, working together as one, to ensure self-sufficiency, and produce synergies in incident resolution, as well as Production-awareness at all stages of the software development process.