Cash Equities CRB Quant Developer

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and enhance high-performance algorithmic trading platforms and execution strategies.
• Take ownership of technical initiatives from initial analysis through to design, implementation, and delivery.
• Develop market connectivity and build analytics to assess model and platform performance.
• Perform latency analysis and optimization to improve the proprietary eTrading framework.
• Collaborate with quantitative traders to implement algorithmic trading models and controls.
• Proactively suggest and drive improvements to the existing platform and framework.

Requirements

• Advanced Java programming skills, including low-latency techniques such as lock-free data structures and low-garbage programming.
• Proven experience designing and implementing low-latency, high-throughput, event-driven algorithmic trading platforms.
• Strong knowledge of electronic trading and market structure (ideally Cash Equities and EU/US/Asia markets).
• Experience with messaging protocols and libraries such as Aeron, Kafka, FIX, SBE, ITCH, or OUCH.
• Familiarity with Python and time-series databases, preferably KDB, for building analytics and reports.

Preferred Qualifications

• Full stack development experience, particularly with React, for building monitoring dashboards and trader-facing tools.
• Experience producing model documentation and partnering with governance and second line of defense functions.

About the Company

UBS is a leading global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland. We provide diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities, operating in more than 50 markets around the globe. We place collaboration at the heart of everything we do to drive ongoing success for our clients and our people.