eFX Quantitative Developer

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• Operate within a high-performing, fast-paced quant development team whose goals are directly aligned to the success of the business.
  
• Take ownership of initiatives from initial analysis through to design, implementation and delivery.
  
• Proactively suggest and drive improvements to the eFX platform and its underlying framework.
  
• Involve in every aspect of algorithmic trading: market connectivity, designing, implementing and back‑testing pricing and execution strategies, building analytics to assess model and platform performance, latency analysis and optimisation.
  
• Enhance the proprietary eTrading framework used across the department.
  
• Collaborate with quantitative analysts to design and implement algorithmic trading models and controls.
  

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• Strong business knowledge of electronic trading, ideally eFX.
  
• Proven experience in designing and implementing low‑latency, high‑throughput, event‑driven algorithmic trading platforms.
  
• Advanced Java programming skills, including low‑latency techniques such as lock‑free data structures and low‑garbage GC‑friendly design.
  
• Beneficial low‑level experience with messaging libraries and protocols including Aeron, Kafka, EMS, SBE, FIX, ITCH, OUCH.
  
• Familiarity with time‑series databases (preferably KDB) and Python for building analytics and reports.
  
• Full‑stack development experience is an advantage, particularly React for monitoring dashboards and trader‑facing tools.
  
• Experience producing model documentation and partnering with governance and second‑line defence functions.
  

UBS is the world’s largest and the only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and breadth of expertise set us apart from our competitors.

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