The Team Machine Learning Technology is a small and agile team that facilitates the use of m achine l earning tools across Man Group , with a particular focus on generative AI. Alongside developing and provisioning the platform, we also consult with teams throughout the business assisting them in transforming their concepts into high-impact solutions. As a n engineer in the Machine Learning Technology team, you will help to develop a cutting-edge platform used by teams across Man Group. Your role will involve collaborating closely with these teams and individuals to deeply understand their needs and guide them in leveraging the platform. Where required, you will also use both the platform and your expertise to design and implement bespoke solutions to meet their requirements. Positioned at the crossroads of finance and the burgeoning field of AI engineering, the Machine Learning Technology team exists in a rapidly progressing space . This team provides an opportunity to make significant contributions across the business, developing solutions to problems that were very recently considered to be either impossible or extremely difficult to solve. Our Technology Our platform utilises Python for the backend and for developer APIs, with the frontend tooling written using TypeScript and React. Our development and production environments are based on Linux and the teams we work a nd collaborate with will typically be heavy users of the Python scientific stac k . We also engage with teams who work primarily in Java or C#. Working Here Man Tech has a small company, no-attitude feel. It is flat structured, open, transparent and collaborative, and you will have plenty of opportunity to grow and have enormous impact on what we do. We are actively engaged with the broader technology community. We host and sponsor London's PyData and Machine Learning Meetups We open-source some of our technology . See We regularly talk at leading industry conferences, and tweet about relevant technology and how we're using it. quant tech We're fortunate enough to have a fantastic open-plan office overlooking the River Thames, and continually strive to make our environment a great place in which to work. We organise regular social events, everything from photography through climbing, karting, wine tasting and monthly team lunches As well as PC's and Macs, in our office you'll also find numerous pieces of cool tech such as light cubes and 3D printers, a make r -space and music room with guitars and a piano. We offer competitive compensation, a generous holiday allowance, various health and other flexible benefits. We are also committed to continuous learning and development via coaching, mentoring, regular conference attendance and sponsoring academic and professional qualifications. Technology and Business Skills We strive to hire only the brightest and best and most highly skilled and passionate technologists. Essential Demo n strable e nthusiasm for AI engineering and harnessing it to create impact ; stays up to date with major advancements in AI tools and models A proponent of collaborative software engineering techniques and methods Strong knowledge of Python Proficient on Linux platforms with knowledge of various scripting languages Experience of data analysis techniques along with relevant libraries e.g. NumPy/SciPy/Pandas A keen interest and understanding of financial markets and instruments Relevant mathematical knowledge e.g. statistics, optimisation algorithms. Advantageou s Experience with language processing techniques or toolkits such as NLTK Experience designing or utilising document search tools Experience utilising or fine-tuning generative models ( e.g. large language models or diffusion-based models) Experience building and deploying data visualisation tools Personal Attributes Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical and computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics from a leading university Craftsman-like approach to building software; takes pride in engineering excellence and instils these values in others Demonstrable passion for technology e.g. personal projects, open-source involvement Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with competing business demands and priorities Excellent interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with traders, quantitative researchers, and senior business people alike Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views. Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter. Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme. We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
May 01, 2024
Full time
The Team Machine Learning Technology is a small and agile team that facilitates the use of m achine l earning tools across Man Group , with a particular focus on generative AI. Alongside developing and provisioning the platform, we also consult with teams throughout the business assisting them in transforming their concepts into high-impact solutions. As a n engineer in the Machine Learning Technology team, you will help to develop a cutting-edge platform used by teams across Man Group. Your role will involve collaborating closely with these teams and individuals to deeply understand their needs and guide them in leveraging the platform. Where required, you will also use both the platform and your expertise to design and implement bespoke solutions to meet their requirements. Positioned at the crossroads of finance and the burgeoning field of AI engineering, the Machine Learning Technology team exists in a rapidly progressing space . This team provides an opportunity to make significant contributions across the business, developing solutions to problems that were very recently considered to be either impossible or extremely difficult to solve. Our Technology Our platform utilises Python for the backend and for developer APIs, with the frontend tooling written using TypeScript and React. Our development and production environments are based on Linux and the teams we work a nd collaborate with will typically be heavy users of the Python scientific stac k . We also engage with teams who work primarily in Java or C#. Working Here Man Tech has a small company, no-attitude feel. It is flat structured, open, transparent and collaborative, and you will have plenty of opportunity to grow and have enormous impact on what we do. We are actively engaged with the broader technology community. We host and sponsor London's PyData and Machine Learning Meetups We open-source some of our technology . See We regularly talk at leading industry conferences, and tweet about relevant technology and how we're using it. quant tech We're fortunate enough to have a fantastic open-plan office overlooking the River Thames, and continually strive to make our environment a great place in which to work. We organise regular social events, everything from photography through climbing, karting, wine tasting and monthly team lunches As well as PC's and Macs, in our office you'll also find numerous pieces of cool tech such as light cubes and 3D printers, a make r -space and music room with guitars and a piano. We offer competitive compensation, a generous holiday allowance, various health and other flexible benefits. We are also committed to continuous learning and development via coaching, mentoring, regular conference attendance and sponsoring academic and professional qualifications. Technology and Business Skills We strive to hire only the brightest and best and most highly skilled and passionate technologists. Essential Demo n strable e nthusiasm for AI engineering and harnessing it to create impact ; stays up to date with major advancements in AI tools and models A proponent of collaborative software engineering techniques and methods Strong knowledge of Python Proficient on Linux platforms with knowledge of various scripting languages Experience of data analysis techniques along with relevant libraries e.g. NumPy/SciPy/Pandas A keen interest and understanding of financial markets and instruments Relevant mathematical knowledge e.g. statistics, optimisation algorithms. Advantageou s Experience with language processing techniques or toolkits such as NLTK Experience designing or utilising document search tools Experience utilising or fine-tuning generative models ( e.g. large language models or diffusion-based models) Experience building and deploying data visualisation tools Personal Attributes Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical and computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics from a leading university Craftsman-like approach to building software; takes pride in engineering excellence and instils these values in others Demonstrable passion for technology e.g. personal projects, open-source involvement Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with competing business demands and priorities Excellent interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with traders, quantitative researchers, and senior business people alike Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views. Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter. Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme. We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
The Role As a Quant Developer at AHL you will be working hand-in-hand with our Quant Researchers. Your challenges will be varied, and will involve implementing new trading strategies, building new research frameworks and quant libraries, prototyping new data feeds, development of new portfolio construction techniques or building risk analysis tools. The Team AHL Portfolio Management is responsible for all of AHL's fund optimisation and allocation research along with monitoring our fund performance and reviewing our quant process. As a quantitative developer in the PM Tech team, you will be working on AHL's simulation, analytics, and reporting infrastructure; for monitoring our gearing, allocations and implementation shortfall; along with developing and supporting our production optimisers and the engineering needed to implement any outcomes of Portfolio Management research. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of financial markets, a solid grasp of portfolio analytics, an interest in analysing strategy and fund performance, and is familiar with the concepts of statistics and optimisation. This is a front office facing role, working closely with quantitative researchers and developers across multiple teams. Our Technology Our systems are almost all running on Linux and most of our code is in Python, with the full scientific stack: numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn to name a few of the libraries we use extensively. We implement the systems that require the highest data throughput in Java. For storage, we rely heavily on MongoDB and Oracle. We use Airflow for workflow management, Kafka for data pipelines, Bitbucket for source control, Jenkins for continuous integration, Grafana + Prometheus for metrics collection, ELK for log shipping and monitoring, Docker + Kubernetes for containerisation, OpenStack for our private cloud, Ansible for architecture automation, and Slack for internal communication. But our technology list is never static: we constantly evaluate new tools and libraries. Working Here Man Tech has a small company, no-attitude feel. It is flat structured, open, transparent and collaborative, and you will have plenty of opportunity to grow and have enormous impact on what we do. We are actively engaged with the broader technology community. We host and sponsor London's PyData and Machine Learning Meetups We open-source some of our technology. See We regularly talk at leading industry conferences, and tweet about relevant technology and how we're using it. We're fortunate enough to have a fantastic open-plan office overlooking the River Thames, and continually strive to make our environment a great place in which to work. We offer competitive compensation, a generous holiday allowance, along with various health and other flexible benefits. We are also committed to continuous learning and development via coaching, mentoring, regular conference attendance and sponsoring academic and professional qualifications. Technology and Business Skills We strive to hire only the brightest and best and most highly skilled and passionate technologists. Essential A proponent of strong collaborative software engineering techniques and methods: agile development, continuous integration, code review, unit testing, refactoring and related approaches Expert knowledge in Python Experience of signal research implementation Relevant mathematical knowledge e.g. statistics, asset pricing theory, optimisation algorithms Understands portfolio optimization and risk leveraging optimization workflows Experience with trade automation and order generation Proficient on Linux platforms with knowledge of various scripting languages Strong knowledge of one or more relevant database technologies e.g. Oracle, MongoDB Proficient with a range of open source frameworks and development tools e.g. NumPy/SciPy/Pandas, Pyramid, AngularJS, React Familiarity with a variety of programming styles (e.g. OO, functional) and in-depth knowledge of design patterns Personal Attributes Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical or computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics from a leading university Craftsman-like approach to building software; takes pride in engineering excellence and instils these values in others Focused on delivering value to the business with relentless efforts to improve process Strong interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with quantitative researchers, traders and senior business people alike Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views. Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with competing business demands and priorities. Demonstrable passion for technology e.g. personal projects, open-source involvement. Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter. Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme. We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
May 01, 2024
Full time
The Role As a Quant Developer at AHL you will be working hand-in-hand with our Quant Researchers. Your challenges will be varied, and will involve implementing new trading strategies, building new research frameworks and quant libraries, prototyping new data feeds, development of new portfolio construction techniques or building risk analysis tools. The Team AHL Portfolio Management is responsible for all of AHL's fund optimisation and allocation research along with monitoring our fund performance and reviewing our quant process. As a quantitative developer in the PM Tech team, you will be working on AHL's simulation, analytics, and reporting infrastructure; for monitoring our gearing, allocations and implementation shortfall; along with developing and supporting our production optimisers and the engineering needed to implement any outcomes of Portfolio Management research. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of financial markets, a solid grasp of portfolio analytics, an interest in analysing strategy and fund performance, and is familiar with the concepts of statistics and optimisation. This is a front office facing role, working closely with quantitative researchers and developers across multiple teams. Our Technology Our systems are almost all running on Linux and most of our code is in Python, with the full scientific stack: numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn to name a few of the libraries we use extensively. We implement the systems that require the highest data throughput in Java. For storage, we rely heavily on MongoDB and Oracle. We use Airflow for workflow management, Kafka for data pipelines, Bitbucket for source control, Jenkins for continuous integration, Grafana + Prometheus for metrics collection, ELK for log shipping and monitoring, Docker + Kubernetes for containerisation, OpenStack for our private cloud, Ansible for architecture automation, and Slack for internal communication. But our technology list is never static: we constantly evaluate new tools and libraries. Working Here Man Tech has a small company, no-attitude feel. It is flat structured, open, transparent and collaborative, and you will have plenty of opportunity to grow and have enormous impact on what we do. We are actively engaged with the broader technology community. We host and sponsor London's PyData and Machine Learning Meetups We open-source some of our technology. See We regularly talk at leading industry conferences, and tweet about relevant technology and how we're using it. We're fortunate enough to have a fantastic open-plan office overlooking the River Thames, and continually strive to make our environment a great place in which to work. We offer competitive compensation, a generous holiday allowance, along with various health and other flexible benefits. We are also committed to continuous learning and development via coaching, mentoring, regular conference attendance and sponsoring academic and professional qualifications. Technology and Business Skills We strive to hire only the brightest and best and most highly skilled and passionate technologists. Essential A proponent of strong collaborative software engineering techniques and methods: agile development, continuous integration, code review, unit testing, refactoring and related approaches Expert knowledge in Python Experience of signal research implementation Relevant mathematical knowledge e.g. statistics, asset pricing theory, optimisation algorithms Understands portfolio optimization and risk leveraging optimization workflows Experience with trade automation and order generation Proficient on Linux platforms with knowledge of various scripting languages Strong knowledge of one or more relevant database technologies e.g. Oracle, MongoDB Proficient with a range of open source frameworks and development tools e.g. NumPy/SciPy/Pandas, Pyramid, AngularJS, React Familiarity with a variety of programming styles (e.g. OO, functional) and in-depth knowledge of design patterns Personal Attributes Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical or computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics from a leading university Craftsman-like approach to building software; takes pride in engineering excellence and instils these values in others Focused on delivering value to the business with relentless efforts to improve process Strong interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with quantitative researchers, traders and senior business people alike Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views. Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with competing business demands and priorities. Demonstrable passion for technology e.g. personal projects, open-source involvement. Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter. Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme. We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
The Role We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced engineer to join the Responsible Investment Tech team within Man Technology. You will play a pivotal role in our strategic build-out of cutting-edge technology to achieve our ESG goals. Collaborating with our Responsible Investment (RI) team, Data Science and the investment engines across the company, you will contribute to the development of our quant-driven RI strategies and discretionary RI portfolios. Your Responsibilities Onboarding and analysing the best vendor ESG datasets for research, analysis, and reporting in collaboration with our Data Science team. Implementing quantitative methods to establish evidence-based views of security's ESG alignment. Creating Python APIs to facilitate easy access to ESG data and analysis for systems and researchers. Developing tools and reports to ensure actionable ESG data is available firm-wide, including interactive tools, static reports, and Jupyter notebooks. Integrating ESG data into Man's back-office systems. Your Impact and Growth In this role, you will gain a deep understanding of the Responsible Investment space contributing to and supporting research conducted by our teams. You will have the opportunity to apply technology, and quantitative strategically, shaping our technology landscape and making a significant impact from the start Analysing and productionising the best vendor ESG datasets for research, analysis, and reporting in collaboration with our Data Science team. Implementing quantitative methods to establish evidence-based views of the key metrics and aid the development of innovative research across the RI space. Designing, creating and maintaining python based data pipelines and APIs to facilitate easy access to ESG data and analysis for systems and researchers. Developing solutions to ensure innovative and robust ESG data is available firm-wide, including proprietary tools and webapps used within investment making decisions. Our Technology We primarily work with Linux and Python, utilizing the full scientific stack (numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn) extensively. MongoDB serves as our primary storage solution. We leverage Docker, Kubernetes, and Airflow for streamlined deployments, while OpenFin and React drive our front-end development. Working Here At Man Tech, we foster a small company, no-attitude culture that is transparent, collaborative, and open. You will have ample opportunities for growth and the chance to make a real difference. We actively engage with the broader technology community, hosting and sponsoring London's PyData and Machine Learning Meetups. We also contribute to open-source projects and share our technology innovations. In our fantastic open-plan office overlooking the River Thames, we organize regular social events ranging from photography to climbing, karting, and wine tasting. We offer competitive compensation, a generous holiday allowance, flexible benefits, and a commitment to continuous learning and development through coaching, mentoring, and sponsoring professional qualifications. Technology and Business Skills We strive to hire only the brightest, best and most highly skilled, passionate technologists. Essential Extensive programming experience, preferably in Python. Proficiency in handling large structured and unstructured datasets. Advocate for collaborative software engineering techniques (agile development, continuous integration, code review, etc.). Proficient with Linux platforms and scripting languages. Working knowledge of one or more relevant database technologies (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server). Proficiency with open-source frameworks and development tools (NumPy/SciPy/Pandas, Spark, Jupyter). Advantageous Prior experience with financial market data or alternative data. Familiarity with the ESG space and investment technology/approaches. Experience in data visualization and modern web app frameworks (e.g., React). Proficiency with git. Personal Attributes Strong academic background with a degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or Physics from a leading university. Commitment to engineering excellence and a passion for technology. Analytical problem-solving skills. Strong time management and organization skills. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter. Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme. We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
May 01, 2024
Full time
The Role We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced engineer to join the Responsible Investment Tech team within Man Technology. You will play a pivotal role in our strategic build-out of cutting-edge technology to achieve our ESG goals. Collaborating with our Responsible Investment (RI) team, Data Science and the investment engines across the company, you will contribute to the development of our quant-driven RI strategies and discretionary RI portfolios. Your Responsibilities Onboarding and analysing the best vendor ESG datasets for research, analysis, and reporting in collaboration with our Data Science team. Implementing quantitative methods to establish evidence-based views of security's ESG alignment. Creating Python APIs to facilitate easy access to ESG data and analysis for systems and researchers. Developing tools and reports to ensure actionable ESG data is available firm-wide, including interactive tools, static reports, and Jupyter notebooks. Integrating ESG data into Man's back-office systems. Your Impact and Growth In this role, you will gain a deep understanding of the Responsible Investment space contributing to and supporting research conducted by our teams. You will have the opportunity to apply technology, and quantitative strategically, shaping our technology landscape and making a significant impact from the start Analysing and productionising the best vendor ESG datasets for research, analysis, and reporting in collaboration with our Data Science team. Implementing quantitative methods to establish evidence-based views of the key metrics and aid the development of innovative research across the RI space. Designing, creating and maintaining python based data pipelines and APIs to facilitate easy access to ESG data and analysis for systems and researchers. Developing solutions to ensure innovative and robust ESG data is available firm-wide, including proprietary tools and webapps used within investment making decisions. Our Technology We primarily work with Linux and Python, utilizing the full scientific stack (numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn) extensively. MongoDB serves as our primary storage solution. We leverage Docker, Kubernetes, and Airflow for streamlined deployments, while OpenFin and React drive our front-end development. Working Here At Man Tech, we foster a small company, no-attitude culture that is transparent, collaborative, and open. You will have ample opportunities for growth and the chance to make a real difference. We actively engage with the broader technology community, hosting and sponsoring London's PyData and Machine Learning Meetups. We also contribute to open-source projects and share our technology innovations. In our fantastic open-plan office overlooking the River Thames, we organize regular social events ranging from photography to climbing, karting, and wine tasting. We offer competitive compensation, a generous holiday allowance, flexible benefits, and a commitment to continuous learning and development through coaching, mentoring, and sponsoring professional qualifications. Technology and Business Skills We strive to hire only the brightest, best and most highly skilled, passionate technologists. Essential Extensive programming experience, preferably in Python. Proficiency in handling large structured and unstructured datasets. Advocate for collaborative software engineering techniques (agile development, continuous integration, code review, etc.). Proficient with Linux platforms and scripting languages. Working knowledge of one or more relevant database technologies (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server). Proficiency with open-source frameworks and development tools (NumPy/SciPy/Pandas, Spark, Jupyter). Advantageous Prior experience with financial market data or alternative data. Familiarity with the ESG space and investment technology/approaches. Experience in data visualization and modern web app frameworks (e.g., React). Proficiency with git. Personal Attributes Strong academic background with a degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or Physics from a leading university. Commitment to engineering excellence and a passion for technology. Analytical problem-solving skills. Strong time management and organization skills. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter. Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme. We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
The Team The Market Data Platform team is responsible for the data feeds that drive research and trading processes across Man Group. Tick data is our primary source of intraday market data, and we efficiently capture and store around 5bn ticks every day from a range of L1 feeds. We rely on a mix of external vendor products for other sources of market and reference data. From these sources we create pipelines that post-process data for investment use and build tooling and applications to manage the lifecycle of raw and derived data. Man Group is investing heavily in faster trading strategies and algos that require access to lower latency and higher quality sources of tick data. The Market Data Platform team is a crucial part of this initiative, ensuring we have the technical capability to capture, store, manage and deliver that data, at petabyte scale. The Role We are looking for an experienced engineer to join the Market Data Platform team. It is an exciting time to join the team as we extend our tick data capabilities as well as ensuring our existing sources of market data are reliable and that the technology underpinning those is fit for purpose. Your challenges in the role will be varied and might include: Working with real-time tick and historical data vendors and their technologies to ingest and distribute data at Man Group Contributing to the design of a low latency, high throughput tick data platform Generating high quality, intraday price datasets across multiple liquid asset classes Building tools for visualisation and management of datasets at terabyte scale Continually improving the reference data systems in use by systematic strategies Optimising the use of open-source technologies such as Kafka, ArcticDB and MongoDB Our Technology Our systems run on Linux and most of our code is in Python3, using the full scientific stack: e.g. numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn. We implement the systems that require the highest data throughput in Java. We use RMDS/TREP and Kafka for data pipelines, ArcticDB and MongoDB for storage, Bitbucket for source control, Jenkins for continuous integration, Prometheus + Grafana for metrics collection, ELK for log shipping and monitoring, Docker for containerisation, Kubernetes for container orchestration, Airflow for scheduling, OpenStack for our private cloud, Ansible for architecture automation, and Slack for internal communication. Our technology list is never static: we constantly evaluate new tools and libraries. Working Here Man Tech has a small company, no-attitude feel. It is flat structured, open, transparent and collaborative, and you will have plenty of opportunity to grow and have enormous impact on what we do. We are actively engaged with the broader technology community. We host and sponsor London's PyData and Machine Learning Meetups We open-source some of our technology including parts of our Data Platform. See We regularly talk at leading industry conferences, and tweet about relevant technology and how we're using it. We're fortunate enough to have a fantastic open-plan office overlooking the River Thames, and continually strive to make our environment a great place in which to work. We offer flexible working, competitive compensation, a generous holiday allowance, health and other benefits. We are also committed to continuous learning and development via coaching, mentoring, conference attendance and sponsoring academic and professional qualifications. Technology and Business Skills We strive to hire the brightest most highly skilled and passionate technologists. Essential Very strong technology skills A proponent of collaborative software engineering techniques and methods: agile development, continuous integration, code review, unit testing, refactoring and related approaches Proficient in one or more programming languages: Python, Java or C/C++ Proficient on Linux platforms Good knowledge of one or more relevant database technologies e.g. Oracle, MongoDB Familiarity with a variety of programming styles (e.g. OO, functional) Advantageous An understanding of financial markets and instruments Prior experience of working with financial market data, particularly tick data A knowledge of modern practices for data engineering and stream processing Prior commercial experience working with Java Proponent of automation and observability when building applications Proficient with a range of open-source frameworks and development tools e.g. NumPy /Pandas, Spark, Apache Kafka Experience of web-based development using modern frameworks. Relevant mathematical knowledge e.g. statistics, time-series analysis Personal Attributes Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical and computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving Self-organised and focused on delivering value to the business with relentless efforts to improve process Strong interpersonal skills: able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with quantitative researchers, traders and software engineering colleagues Confident communicator: able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter. Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme. We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
May 01, 2024
Full time
The Team The Market Data Platform team is responsible for the data feeds that drive research and trading processes across Man Group. Tick data is our primary source of intraday market data, and we efficiently capture and store around 5bn ticks every day from a range of L1 feeds. We rely on a mix of external vendor products for other sources of market and reference data. From these sources we create pipelines that post-process data for investment use and build tooling and applications to manage the lifecycle of raw and derived data. Man Group is investing heavily in faster trading strategies and algos that require access to lower latency and higher quality sources of tick data. The Market Data Platform team is a crucial part of this initiative, ensuring we have the technical capability to capture, store, manage and deliver that data, at petabyte scale. The Role We are looking for an experienced engineer to join the Market Data Platform team. It is an exciting time to join the team as we extend our tick data capabilities as well as ensuring our existing sources of market data are reliable and that the technology underpinning those is fit for purpose. Your challenges in the role will be varied and might include: Working with real-time tick and historical data vendors and their technologies to ingest and distribute data at Man Group Contributing to the design of a low latency, high throughput tick data platform Generating high quality, intraday price datasets across multiple liquid asset classes Building tools for visualisation and management of datasets at terabyte scale Continually improving the reference data systems in use by systematic strategies Optimising the use of open-source technologies such as Kafka, ArcticDB and MongoDB Our Technology Our systems run on Linux and most of our code is in Python3, using the full scientific stack: e.g. numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn. We implement the systems that require the highest data throughput in Java. We use RMDS/TREP and Kafka for data pipelines, ArcticDB and MongoDB for storage, Bitbucket for source control, Jenkins for continuous integration, Prometheus + Grafana for metrics collection, ELK for log shipping and monitoring, Docker for containerisation, Kubernetes for container orchestration, Airflow for scheduling, OpenStack for our private cloud, Ansible for architecture automation, and Slack for internal communication. Our technology list is never static: we constantly evaluate new tools and libraries. Working Here Man Tech has a small company, no-attitude feel. It is flat structured, open, transparent and collaborative, and you will have plenty of opportunity to grow and have enormous impact on what we do. We are actively engaged with the broader technology community. We host and sponsor London's PyData and Machine Learning Meetups We open-source some of our technology including parts of our Data Platform. See We regularly talk at leading industry conferences, and tweet about relevant technology and how we're using it. We're fortunate enough to have a fantastic open-plan office overlooking the River Thames, and continually strive to make our environment a great place in which to work. We offer flexible working, competitive compensation, a generous holiday allowance, health and other benefits. We are also committed to continuous learning and development via coaching, mentoring, conference attendance and sponsoring academic and professional qualifications. Technology and Business Skills We strive to hire the brightest most highly skilled and passionate technologists. Essential Very strong technology skills A proponent of collaborative software engineering techniques and methods: agile development, continuous integration, code review, unit testing, refactoring and related approaches Proficient in one or more programming languages: Python, Java or C/C++ Proficient on Linux platforms Good knowledge of one or more relevant database technologies e.g. Oracle, MongoDB Familiarity with a variety of programming styles (e.g. OO, functional) Advantageous An understanding of financial markets and instruments Prior experience of working with financial market data, particularly tick data A knowledge of modern practices for data engineering and stream processing Prior commercial experience working with Java Proponent of automation and observability when building applications Proficient with a range of open-source frameworks and development tools e.g. NumPy /Pandas, Spark, Apache Kafka Experience of web-based development using modern frameworks. Relevant mathematical knowledge e.g. statistics, time-series analysis Personal Attributes Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical and computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving Self-organised and focused on delivering value to the business with relentless efforts to improve process Strong interpersonal skills: able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with quantitative researchers, traders and software engineering colleagues Confident communicator: able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter. Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme. We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
Senior Product Designer - EY's Hive About Our mission is to transform the working lives of tax and finance professionals. Here at the Innovation Hive, we are an energetic and driven team with a passion for revolutionising the ways in which tax and finance teams work. Founded only a few years ago, we have built a platform leveraging the latest technology (including AI) and have already enjoyed strong internal and external adoption. Our early success has ensured significant ongoing investment to scale the platform and build new features, we are well set to become the leading tech solution in the market. With the move towards making tax digital and increased remote working, there has never been a better time to join our team, work on real challenges and help build game-changing digital solutions for our industry. The opportunity We are looking for a talented senior product designer who can work across all stages of design, from understanding the core user problem to shipping a well-tested UI. As a senior member of the team, you will help build UX maturity within the Innovation Hive and champion human-centred design. You will enjoy working with stakeholders, engineers, and product managers to create simple solutions that solve complex problems for our users. The ideal candidate is someone who: Can empathise with users and have a holistic view of the product in mind Enjoy s working on problems, rather than features Acts as a facilitator and can work effectively alongside product managers and engineers Welcomes and invites feedback regularly from stakeholders and users Is comfortable working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment Proactively identifies and tackles opportunities to improve our ways of working What you will do Innovate - own every aspect of the product's design, focusing on the key user problems and creating innovative solutions that deliver a simple and intuitive user experience Manage - gather user and business requirements for design briefs Discover - collaborate with our researcher and product managers to conduct user research Prototype and test - create wireframes and prototypes to validate with users for rapid iteration Deliver - create beautifully polished UI and be able to communicate the detail to development scrum teams ensuring seamless hand-offs Collaborate - foster strong working relationships with product managers and engineers Communicate - be transparent and be able to communicate ideas to stakeholders Coach - coach and encourage junior product designers in a continuous learning environment What You Definitely Need We expect our product designers to be well rounded so you should have user experience, user interaction and commercial product experience Ability to apply a wide range of design thinking techniques, able to deliver innovative conceptual thinking, whilst also having the right analytical and technical mind-set and skills to work out the details to deliver real value to the product Experience running design workshops Proven experience with design systems, grid frameworks, delivering to and creating style guides and other responsive design experience Experience working alongside developers in an iterative way as part of an agile team Recognised Degree or similar experience (essential) and Masters (desirable) Proficient with design tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe CS, InVision, Zeplin, Marvel Experience designing enterprise or financial software (desirable) Our core values Empathetic - you take the time to understand what drives other team members, what motivates them and how to achieve mutual objectives Humble - you actively seek feedback and feel comfortable providing it to others. You are not overly influenced by organisational hierarchy Hungry - you are excited by what you do, and you bring an enthusiasm to your job Adaptable - you are comfortable re-evaluating your view when presented with contrasting facts and your opinions What working at EY offers We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer: Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that's right for you EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client- facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance. About EY As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services, we're using the finance products, expertise and systems we've developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities, and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. Want to build a better working world? We'd love to hear from you.
Feb 01, 2022
Full time
Senior Product Designer - EY's Hive About Our mission is to transform the working lives of tax and finance professionals. Here at the Innovation Hive, we are an energetic and driven team with a passion for revolutionising the ways in which tax and finance teams work. Founded only a few years ago, we have built a platform leveraging the latest technology (including AI) and have already enjoyed strong internal and external adoption. Our early success has ensured significant ongoing investment to scale the platform and build new features, we are well set to become the leading tech solution in the market. With the move towards making tax digital and increased remote working, there has never been a better time to join our team, work on real challenges and help build game-changing digital solutions for our industry. The opportunity We are looking for a talented senior product designer who can work across all stages of design, from understanding the core user problem to shipping a well-tested UI. As a senior member of the team, you will help build UX maturity within the Innovation Hive and champion human-centred design. You will enjoy working with stakeholders, engineers, and product managers to create simple solutions that solve complex problems for our users. The ideal candidate is someone who: Can empathise with users and have a holistic view of the product in mind Enjoy s working on problems, rather than features Acts as a facilitator and can work effectively alongside product managers and engineers Welcomes and invites feedback regularly from stakeholders and users Is comfortable working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment Proactively identifies and tackles opportunities to improve our ways of working What you will do Innovate - own every aspect of the product's design, focusing on the key user problems and creating innovative solutions that deliver a simple and intuitive user experience Manage - gather user and business requirements for design briefs Discover - collaborate with our researcher and product managers to conduct user research Prototype and test - create wireframes and prototypes to validate with users for rapid iteration Deliver - create beautifully polished UI and be able to communicate the detail to development scrum teams ensuring seamless hand-offs Collaborate - foster strong working relationships with product managers and engineers Communicate - be transparent and be able to communicate ideas to stakeholders Coach - coach and encourage junior product designers in a continuous learning environment What You Definitely Need We expect our product designers to be well rounded so you should have user experience, user interaction and commercial product experience Ability to apply a wide range of design thinking techniques, able to deliver innovative conceptual thinking, whilst also having the right analytical and technical mind-set and skills to work out the details to deliver real value to the product Experience running design workshops Proven experience with design systems, grid frameworks, delivering to and creating style guides and other responsive design experience Experience working alongside developers in an iterative way as part of an agile team Recognised Degree or similar experience (essential) and Masters (desirable) Proficient with design tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe CS, InVision, Zeplin, Marvel Experience designing enterprise or financial software (desirable) Our core values Empathetic - you take the time to understand what drives other team members, what motivates them and how to achieve mutual objectives Humble - you actively seek feedback and feel comfortable providing it to others. You are not overly influenced by organisational hierarchy Hungry - you are excited by what you do, and you bring an enthusiasm to your job Adaptable - you are comfortable re-evaluating your view when presented with contrasting facts and your opinions What working at EY offers We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer: Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that's right for you EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client- facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance. About EY As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services, we're using the finance products, expertise and systems we've developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities, and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. Want to build a better working world? We'd love to hear from you.
Senior UX Designer - Lead - Poker/Gaming
Our client a world leading gaming organisation require a Senior UX Designer to join a newly formed CX/Product experience team. The role will form an integral part of the customer centric design process and will contribute to the growth and client awareness of UCD. This is a Senior role with the chance to design and build the team within the business while still being a hands on designer.
The UX Designer will work closely with UX Researchers, Build relationships with key stakeholders in product, marketing and development, development and define channel solutions, work closely with Visual designers.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Designer to join a new team which will be grown to be an integral part of the organisation.
Skills Required: Interest in Poker/Gaming, UX project planning, strong UX design preferably in an in house environment, experience of implementing best practice processes to ensure effective user facing solutions and designed during the development lifecycle.
Note: No salary guide is quoted as the client would like to hire the best candidate possible.
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Oct 29, 2018
Senior UX Designer - Lead - Poker/Gaming
Our client a world leading gaming organisation require a Senior UX Designer to join a newly formed CX/Product experience team. The role will form an integral part of the customer centric design process and will contribute to the growth and client awareness of UCD. This is a Senior role with the chance to design and build the team within the business while still being a hands on designer.
The UX Designer will work closely with UX Researchers, Build relationships with key stakeholders in product, marketing and development, development and define channel solutions, work closely with Visual designers.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Designer to join a new team which will be grown to be an integral part of the organisation.
Skills Required: Interest in Poker/Gaming, UX project planning, strong UX design preferably in an in house environment, experience of implementing best practice processes to ensure effective user facing solutions and designed during the development lifecycle.
Note: No salary guide is quoted as the client would like to hire the best candidate possible.
People Source Consulting Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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UX Interaction Designer - Music Technology
Audio Technology / Music Technology / Consumer Electronics
Manchester
Mid and senior level salaries available, plus benefits
Unique opportunity for a music loving / music making / music producing UX Interaction Designer to join a music technology company and work on ground-breaking products used by musicians, producers and DJs all over the world. If you’re a UX Interaction Designer who makes music of ANY kind, this is your dream job.
There are multiple roles available at mid and senior levels, with progression and development plans for both mid level and senior designers.
The R&D team is very well funded, the team environment is really collaborative, the atmosphere is relaxed, and you’ll also have access to the latest music, acoustic and audio technology. It’s a team where you are genuinely encouraged to bring your own ideas to the table rather than being told how to think, so if you’re seriously creative this is an excellent place to get your unique ideas out.
As part of the UX and UI team, you’ll be designing interactions for digital products, with a strong focus on detailed interactive behaviour that enables users to accomplish tasks as easily as possible, ensuring their music apps and software are the best of the best. From creating prototypes, carrying out user research and designing specifications, to testing, design reviews and shipping finished products, this is a role where you can truly see your ideas developed and released into the wild!
The team are looking for like-minded UX Interaction Designers who are interested in or make music, have a diverse portfolio and want to deliver world-class interactive software experiences.
What will I do in this job all day?
- Design innovative interactions for music technology products
- Analyse user needs and define architecture layouts, workflows and interactions
- Produce high quality aesthetics for final designs
- Create rapid prototypes to demonstrate ideas and concepts
- Validate design concepts and carry out user research and testing
- Take part in design reviews to make improvements and share ideas
- Carry out detailed research to stay ahead in the industry and generate unique ideas
The person I’m looking for –
- Is familiar with music tech of any kind – mixing consoles, amps, speakers, synths, guitar pedals, DAWs…anything!
- Has a diverse portfolio of UX and UI design projects that have shipped commercially
- Knows about Agile workflows
- Can explain design concepts to stakeholders and other team members
- Likes to work collaboratively and has a creative, thoughtful approach
- Is an active researcher who loves to stay ahead in design concepts and is always looking for new ideas
If this sounds like you, please apply and I will contact you with further details if you’re successful. If this isn’t quite the right role but you’re looking to work in music technology please contact me directly or via Twitter (NoiseyTess) to find out about other music jobs.
People Source Consulting Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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Oct 29, 2018
UX Interaction Designer - Music Technology
Audio Technology / Music Technology / Consumer Electronics
Manchester
Mid and senior level salaries available, plus benefits
Unique opportunity for a music loving / music making / music producing UX Interaction Designer to join a music technology company and work on ground-breaking products used by musicians, producers and DJs all over the world. If you’re a UX Interaction Designer who makes music of ANY kind, this is your dream job.
There are multiple roles available at mid and senior levels, with progression and development plans for both mid level and senior designers.
The R&D team is very well funded, the team environment is really collaborative, the atmosphere is relaxed, and you’ll also have access to the latest music, acoustic and audio technology. It’s a team where you are genuinely encouraged to bring your own ideas to the table rather than being told how to think, so if you’re seriously creative this is an excellent place to get your unique ideas out.
As part of the UX and UI team, you’ll be designing interactions for digital products, with a strong focus on detailed interactive behaviour that enables users to accomplish tasks as easily as possible, ensuring their music apps and software are the best of the best. From creating prototypes, carrying out user research and designing specifications, to testing, design reviews and shipping finished products, this is a role where you can truly see your ideas developed and released into the wild!
The team are looking for like-minded UX Interaction Designers who are interested in or make music, have a diverse portfolio and want to deliver world-class interactive software experiences.
What will I do in this job all day?
- Design innovative interactions for music technology products
- Analyse user needs and define architecture layouts, workflows and interactions
- Produce high quality aesthetics for final designs
- Create rapid prototypes to demonstrate ideas and concepts
- Validate design concepts and carry out user research and testing
- Take part in design reviews to make improvements and share ideas
- Carry out detailed research to stay ahead in the industry and generate unique ideas
The person I’m looking for –
- Is familiar with music tech of any kind – mixing consoles, amps, speakers, synths, guitar pedals, DAWs…anything!
- Has a diverse portfolio of UX and UI design projects that have shipped commercially
- Knows about Agile workflows
- Can explain design concepts to stakeholders and other team members
- Likes to work collaboratively and has a creative, thoughtful approach
- Is an active researcher who loves to stay ahead in design concepts and is always looking for new ideas
If this sounds like you, please apply and I will contact you with further details if you’re successful. If this isn’t quite the right role but you’re looking to work in music technology please contact me directly or via Twitter (NoiseyTess) to find out about other music jobs.
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Java Developer | Sheffield | £450 - £500 per day | Security clearance required
Requires SC/CTC clearance - This role is deemed outside of IR35
Role Synopsis:
As our clients developer you'll have strong skills in web development and want to work within multidisciplinary agile teams of developers, designers and researchers focused on products. You'll provide technical leadership, working closely with the wider team to ensure high quality code is delivered in line with the project goals and delivery cycles. You'll work closely with designers to deliver rapid prototypes as well as production code for which you'll ensure high accessibility standards are upheld. We expect familiarity with modern frameworks and languages, as well as working practices such as TDD, continuous integration, continuous delivery and DevOps.
Essential skills and experience
* Experience building server-side web applications and detailed knowledge of Java 8 (we use a range of languages including Ruby, Python, and Java)
* and/or detailed understanding and experience of front-end web development (HTML/CSS/JS)
* Outstanding ability to develop efficient, highly optimised and clear code
* Understanding of and experience with a range of approaches to testing application code and systems for behaviour and performance
* An ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
* Experience working on technical projects within a team
* Working knowledge of Unix-like operating systems such as Linux and/or Mac OS X
* Knowledge of the git version control system
* Ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques
* Understanding of the use of Responsive Web Design
* Deep knowledge of accessibility standards and developing web products that can be used easily by users with a range of assistive technology needs
Nice-to-have skills and experience
* Mentor and train other developers in a non-line management capacity
* Act as a "tech lead" on complex projects, providing support for product and delivery management and pragmatically weighing the complexities involved against the need to act
* Experience mentoring or helping colleagues optimise their code
* Knowledge of relational and non-relational database systems
* System administration and configuration management skills
* Experience presenting work at user groups and conferences
* Experience of building and scaling high-traffic websites
* Experience of handling large data sets and scaling their handling and storage
* Experience of working with Java Spark
* Experience of working with JavaScript libraries to produce data visualisations
* Experience of designing and maintaining public HTTP APIs
Please apply with latest up to date CV to be considered for this role
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May 02, 2017
Java Developer | Sheffield | £450 - £500 per day | Security clearance required
Requires SC/CTC clearance - This role is deemed outside of IR35
Role Synopsis:
As our clients developer you'll have strong skills in web development and want to work within multidisciplinary agile teams of developers, designers and researchers focused on products. You'll provide technical leadership, working closely with the wider team to ensure high quality code is delivered in line with the project goals and delivery cycles. You'll work closely with designers to deliver rapid prototypes as well as production code for which you'll ensure high accessibility standards are upheld. We expect familiarity with modern frameworks and languages, as well as working practices such as TDD, continuous integration, continuous delivery and DevOps.
Essential skills and experience
* Experience building server-side web applications and detailed knowledge of Java 8 (we use a range of languages including Ruby, Python, and Java)
* and/or detailed understanding and experience of front-end web development (HTML/CSS/JS)
* Outstanding ability to develop efficient, highly optimised and clear code
* Understanding of and experience with a range of approaches to testing application code and systems for behaviour and performance
* An ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
* Experience working on technical projects within a team
* Working knowledge of Unix-like operating systems such as Linux and/or Mac OS X
* Knowledge of the git version control system
* Ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques
* Understanding of the use of Responsive Web Design
* Deep knowledge of accessibility standards and developing web products that can be used easily by users with a range of assistive technology needs
Nice-to-have skills and experience
* Mentor and train other developers in a non-line management capacity
* Act as a "tech lead" on complex projects, providing support for product and delivery management and pragmatically weighing the complexities involved against the need to act
* Experience mentoring or helping colleagues optimise their code
* Knowledge of relational and non-relational database systems
* System administration and configuration management skills
* Experience presenting work at user groups and conferences
* Experience of building and scaling high-traffic websites
* Experience of handling large data sets and scaling their handling and storage
* Experience of working with Java Spark
* Experience of working with JavaScript libraries to produce data visualisations
* Experience of designing and maintaining public HTTP APIs
Please apply with latest up to date CV to be considered for this role
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Front End Developer (Java) | Sheffield | £450 - £550 | Security clearance required
Requires SC/CTC clearance - This role is deemed outside of IR35
Role Synopsis:
As a developer within our clients digital framework you will have strong skills in web development and be willing to work within multidisciplinary agile teams of developers, designers and researchers focused on one or more projects. You will provide technical leadership, working closely with delivery managers and the wider team to ensure high quality code is delivered in line with the project goals and delivery cycles. We expect you to be familiar with modern frameworks and languages, as well as working practices such as TDD, continuous integration, continuous delivery and DevOps.
Essential skills and experience
* Experience building user facing web applications and detailed knowledge of Javascript, CSS and modern frontend frameworks, libraries and methodologies.
* Outstanding ability to develop efficient, highly optimised and clear code
* Understanding of TDD and BDD and experience of automated testing approaches to web services
* Experience working with UI and UX designers and translating designs to production code
* An ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
* Experience working on technical projects within a team
* Working knowledge of unix-like operating systems such as Linux and/or Mac OS X
* Knowledge of the git version control system
* Ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques
Nice-to-have skills and experience
* Experience with React.js
* Act as a "frontend lead" on complex projects, providing support for product and delivery management and pragmatically weighing the complexities involved against the need to act
* Experience mentoring or helping colleagues optimise their code
* Knowledge of relational and non-relational database systems
* System administration and configuration management skills
* Experience presenting work at user groups and conferences
* Experience of building and scaling high-traffic websites
* Experience of prototyping and working closely with end users to iterate a product
* Experience of designing and consuming REST APIs
* Mentor and train other developers in a non-line management capacity
Please apply with latest CV for consideration.
People Source Consulting Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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May 02, 2017
Front End Developer (Java) | Sheffield | £450 - £550 | Security clearance required
Requires SC/CTC clearance - This role is deemed outside of IR35
Role Synopsis:
As a developer within our clients digital framework you will have strong skills in web development and be willing to work within multidisciplinary agile teams of developers, designers and researchers focused on one or more projects. You will provide technical leadership, working closely with delivery managers and the wider team to ensure high quality code is delivered in line with the project goals and delivery cycles. We expect you to be familiar with modern frameworks and languages, as well as working practices such as TDD, continuous integration, continuous delivery and DevOps.
Essential skills and experience
* Experience building user facing web applications and detailed knowledge of Javascript, CSS and modern frontend frameworks, libraries and methodologies.
* Outstanding ability to develop efficient, highly optimised and clear code
* Understanding of TDD and BDD and experience of automated testing approaches to web services
* Experience working with UI and UX designers and translating designs to production code
* An ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
* Experience working on technical projects within a team
* Working knowledge of unix-like operating systems such as Linux and/or Mac OS X
* Knowledge of the git version control system
* Ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques
Nice-to-have skills and experience
* Experience with React.js
* Act as a "frontend lead" on complex projects, providing support for product and delivery management and pragmatically weighing the complexities involved against the need to act
* Experience mentoring or helping colleagues optimise their code
* Knowledge of relational and non-relational database systems
* System administration and configuration management skills
* Experience presenting work at user groups and conferences
* Experience of building and scaling high-traffic websites
* Experience of prototyping and working closely with end users to iterate a product
* Experience of designing and consuming REST APIs
* Mentor and train other developers in a non-line management capacity
Please apply with latest CV for consideration.
People Source Consulting Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
People Source specialise in technology recruitment across niche markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy, Business Intelligence, Manufacturing, Telecoms, Public Sector, Healthcare, Finance and Oil & Gas