Base Salary Range: $62,000 - $260,000
Base salary range does not include overtime pay, bonus and/or other benefits, where applicable. Actual base salary offer will vary based on skills and experience.
Primary tasks include but are not limited to:
Develop, ensure baseline, and support low latency trading systems and related tools.
Take full ownership of algorithmic systems from inception to delivery.
Work directly with traders to understand their needs and to implement their trading strategies.
Analyze performance of end-to-end systems
Communicate and liaise with support, infrastructure, and market access development teams to improve the trading systems.
Adapt existing tools, used in other regions, to the US electronic business
Understand key industry trends in algo development and market microstructure.
Collaborate with other members of algo development team globally
Improve the research infrastructure
Study new indicators and strategy (understand user needs, suggest solutions, etc)
The candidate will need to work very closely with various teams:
Liaise & interact with worldwide team members (developers working on the same platform in Paris/Asia)
Front Office in U.S. will provide the functional guidelines
In house IT market access teams (dev and support) in charge of the market connectivity
PROFILE REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
Excellent programming skills
Adaptive mindset being able to switch gears quickly
Ability to self-organize work
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong communication skills – ability to work as part of a global team
Ability to function in a high-pressure environment and to meet stringent deadlines for completing tasks
Technical skills:
Strong technical skills in C# - real-time, parallelism / asynchronicity, high availability, efficient / performance sensitive code
Strong object-oriented programming skills and design patterns
Experience developing in Python
Experience with Development on Windows
Experience with performance testing and profiling
Understanding of distributed design concepts including computer architecture and network architecture
Experience with Agile development methodologies, and continuous delivery
Memory/CPU profiling and multithreaded debugging experience.
Experience on trading algorithm/strategies
Behavioral Skills
Client focus: Put long term relationship with our clients at the center of actions
Team Spirit – Synergies, cooperation with colleagues in and outside team a priority
Innovation - Thinking out of the box/Creativity
Innovation – Adopting new technology
Commitment - Strive to develop skills and knowledge
Prior Work experience
Minimum of 3 years of experience as front office algo developer, with strong knowledge of real time trading application and exchange connectivity
2-3 years minimum financial market exposure. Fixed income a plus
Manual or automatic trading applications in C++, Java or C#
Experience of electronic market accesses, market data or real time applications in C# or C++ is a plus
Education
B.S degree in computer science, engineering, math, physics, or similar
Masters degree or equivalent work experience would be a plus
OUR CULTURE:
At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate.
D&I:
Our Diversity & Inclusion Mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.
Our Diversity & Inclusion Vision:
• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents
• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients
For more information about our D&I initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/societe-generale-about/diversity-and-inclusion/)
HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Societe Generale offers a hybrid work arrangement that offers employees the flexibility to work remotely, as well as on-site, in order to promote interaction and collaboration with colleagues while adhering to all SG standard protocols. Hybrid work arrangements vary based on business area. The applicable Business lines will determine and communicate the work arrangements that best meet their business needs.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. Societe Generale is committed to recognizing and promoting all talents, regardless of their beliefs, age, disability, parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, membership of a political, religious, trade union or minority organisation, or any other characteristic that could be subject to discrimination.