Flow Traders is a leading principal trading
firm with Headquarters in Amsterdam, and offices worldwide in New York,
Singapore and Cluj, Romania.
What will you work on?
C++ plays a critical role in our critical path (so called ultra-low
latency path) from handling huge amounts of market data in reliable, and
in the fastest possible manner, to making business decisions (trading
strategies) to shooting huge amounts of orders back to the Exchanges.
We expect our new colleague to write code, create new designs and
maintain existing applications with focus on low latency, and stability.
Our business users are typically only a walk away, which helps to
create short feedback loops and to see your changes provide value in the
shortest time possible.
To enable that, we strive to follow best software engineering
practices and are supported by the best working environment, latest
technology and continuous support from all parts of Flow Traders
organization.
How you do it
We work in small teams, grouped by business area. Each team is
typically responsible for a set of related applications, and works in
tight collaboration with business owners. We maintain libraries shared
across the product groups to enable code re-use and to have a common
view on application architecture. We write extensive unit tests, and
have a QA team that supports us with integration testing. We follow
agile practices, tailored to the problem area and preferred team
approach.
Some of the things we use in development process:
- C++11
- Template Meta-Programming (TMP)
- Git
- Atlassian Stack
- Bitbucket for code review. We do all work in pull requests, which are reviewed by other developers
- Bamboo for continuous integration
- JIRA, Confluence
- Python for scripts/testing
- Linux
- IDE of our choice (Vim, Emacs, CLion, Eclipse, NetBeans etc.)
A day in the life
Morning is normally started with a standup meeting with your team.
This is an opportunity to catch up on progress of development, raise
problems and discuss plans for the day. A business representative is
also present, so questions to trading can be resolved instantly. After
standup, you go back to your desk to program, review code on pull
requests submitted by colleagues, and discuss functionality with
traders. Sometimes a production issue is raised by support, and help
from development is needed to provide advice. At lunch time, you join
your team for lunch in the lounge and enjoy a company-provided lunch.
During the day, if there are no pressing issues or you feel that you
need a break, you can unwind at the pool table or table tennis, or do a
workout at the gym. After the day is done you can join your colleagues
to celebrate a successful release or just socialize at our bar.
What you need to succeed
- BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent
- 5+ post-graduation work experience
- Core experience as a Software Engineer in C++
- Knowledge of algorithms and data structures
- Interest in achieving maximum performance from available hardware and software
- Ability to write clean, reliable and highly scalable code
- Ability to communicate with technical and business colleagues
- Fluency in English
Application process
- Apply on our website: flowtraders.com/careers/jobs/tech
- Complete our HackerRank test
- Phone interview with the responsible recruiter
- Codepair with one of our Java Developers
- Face to face interviews in Amsterdam
We offer
Flow Traders offers you an exciting job and lots of opportunities
within the most dynamic of environments with an excellent compensation
package. We like to think that talent grows at Flow and stays at Flow.
To ensure this, we provide our employees with the best working
environment, the latest technology, continuous support, and we go out of
our way to retain the small business feeling with which we started. We
offer a competitive salary and reserve a percentage of our business
results for our bonus pool.
Flow Traders grew to be as successful as we are today out of the
expertise and experience of our founding partners. Our non-hierarchical
approach stimulates innovation and achievement. We invest in our
talented, highly motivated people since they hold the key to our
success. Our demanding, sophisticated work continuously puts us to the
test. We wouldn't have it any other way. We. Love. This. Job.
Company
Flow Traders is a principal trading firm. We are a leading global
technology-enabled liquidity provider specialized in Exchange Traded
Products (ETPs). We continuously provide liquidity to the major
financial markets. Our sophisticated in-house technology platform
enables us to quote prices on many exchanges simultaneously. We also
quote bid and ask prices off-exchange to institutional counter-parties
on request. Robust risk management is at the core of our business, and
our risk functions are closely integrated into our platform. Our
headquarters in Amsterdam and offices in New York, Singapore and Cluj,
accommodate over 300 employees.
Flow Traders grew to be as
successful as we are today out of the expertise and experience of our
founding partners. Our non-hierarchical approach stimulates innovation
and achievement. We invest in our talented, highly motivated people
since they hold the key to our success. Our demanding, sophisticated
work continuously puts us to the test. We wouldn't have it any other
way. We. Love. This. Job.