Python Developer (eTrading Support team)

Company Description

For the last 20 years, Talan has been advising companies and administrations, supporting them and implementing their transformation projects in France and abroad. With a presence on four continents, Talan has more than 4,500 consultants and aims to exceed $1B in revenue by 2024.

Talan leverages innovation and operates in areas related to technological changes such as Big Data, Cryptocurrency, and Artificial Intelligence.

We rely on both technological leverage and the strength of our DNA based on collective intelligence, agility, and a taste for entrepreneurship.

Talan has been operating in the US since 2006, advising major companies in the Finance and Luxury Goods industries.

Job Description

Talan is hiring a new consultant to join its client Electronic Market Making Support team as a Python Developer.

The day-to-day responsibilities of the EMM Support team include but are not limited to the following:

• Operate, administer, and extend a 1,000 live servers’ platform, built with state-of-the-art and low latency technologies, connected to more than 40 Trading Venues, and processing from 10 to 30 million orders per day and a vast amount of financial information in real time
• Monitor performances, fine-tune processes, and manage capacity planning to be consistent with the low latency expectations
• Collaborate with worldwide IT departments
• Implement new solutions for business initiatives, investigate new technologies and keep up-to-date with industry standards and latest innovations
• Manage python scripting environment, maintain GIT repositories shared worldwide
• Manage lab environment: work with the business and developers to build testing framework and automate tests for end-to-end latency

Qualifications

Required Skills:

Technical:

• Proficiency with Unix/Linux system administration
• Strong experience in scripting languages (Python, SQL)
• Basic knowledge in networking (TCP/IP, routing, multicast)
• Preferred:
  • Corvil certification
  • Experience with Jenkins
  • Experience with ELK stack

Functional:

• Stocks and Derivatives products
• American markets (Primary Exchanges and ECNs)
• Order Lifecycle

Interpersonal:

• Be passionate, determined, and have intellectual curiosity
• Have the capacity to solve problems in a high-pressure environment, prioritize critical tasks and learn on the fly
• Be results oriented, highly flexible, and a team player
• Be able to manage multiple priorities, commitments, and projects
• Have the flexibility to experiment with novel solutions and the determination to test assumptions and conventional methods
• Strong communication skills

Education: BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Language:

English (required)

French (preferred)

Additional Information

Python, network, switching, routing, Jenkins, automation, front office