Selby Jennings

About the Company

From Investment Banking, Risk Management, Quantitative Trading, and Insurance, to Investment Management, Sales & Trading, Technology, and Wealth Management, Selby Jennings supports the world's largest financial institutions to revolutionary fintech start-ups with all their hiring needs as a leading Financial Sciences and Services talent partner.

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Listed Jobs

Company Name

Selby Jennings

Job Title

Java Developer - FX Options

Job Description

Your Expertise:
Strong server-side Java development experience with concurrency skills.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.
Familiarity with agile SDLC and TDD methodologies, including Git and CI/CD.
A solid understanding of derivatives and trading concepts is advantageous.
Ability to thrive in a trader-facing role, providing solutions that enhance trading efficiency.

London, United Kingdom

Hybrid

13-01-2025

Company Name

Selby Jennings

Job Title

Market Risk Analyst

Job Description

Job Title: Market Risk Analyst

Location: London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
Maintain and revise risk monitoring reports (market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk); proficiency in Visual Basic programming or Python required.
Trade modelling and validation.
Configure and model forward pricing curves.
Design, conduct, and analyze stress tests for liquidity, market, and credit risks.
Maintain and enhance the market risk VaR model, including model backtesting.
Oversee new product onboarding control and release.
Conduct month-end valuation control (CVA/DVA, model and liquidation reserves).
Perform risk control assessments and audits.
Drive change management to improve current processes and controls.
Complete ad hoc tasks and project work.
Liaise with risk teams and trading desks in London, Paris, New York, and Singapore.

Person Specification:
Degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Mathematical Finance, Physics, or Engineering.
Excellent numeracy and analytical skills, combined with strong communication abilities.
Advanced problem-solving aptitude and intellectual curiosity.
Proficiency in Excel VBA or Python.
Experience within market risk in energy (oil, gas, power) markets.
Knowledge of Openlink Endur or similar ETRM systems is highly advantageous.
Solid understanding of commodity derivatives.
Organized, able to work to strict deadlines, and capable of multitasking.
Ability to work both independently and as part of a global team.

London, United Kingdom

On site

13-01-2025

Company Name

Selby Jennings

Job Title

Senior C++ Developer | Crypto Trading Desk

Job Description

Senior C++ Developer | Crypto Trading Desk
Company: Multi-Asset Class Quantitative Trading Firm
Location: London
Company Overview
We are working with a leading multi-asset class quantitative trading firm that provides liquidity on global markets and directly to their clients. The firm is driven by technology, and the code you write is their business. They pride themselves on collaborative culture and a performance-driven environment.

Responsibilities
Work on small, highly productive, and efficient teams to design, improve, and maintain the technology that powers worldwide trading.
Collaborate with developers across the firm who write trading algorithms, monitor trading, build and maintain a world-class research environment, and more.
Develop and optimize critical software in an extremely fast-paced, real-time environment.
Continuously learn and develop deep knowledge of C++, OS internals, CPU architecture, and networking hardware and protocols.
Contribute to a distributed system that is on the Pareto frontier of latency and throughput.

Ideal Candidate
Experience: 3–8 years of front-office development experience in a top-tier trading firm or bank
Skills: Expert in C++ with hands-on experience building trading systems for crypto, ideally in an ultra-low latency environment. Experience in options, credit, or other financial domains is valuable
Attributes: Highly skilled programmers who love to code and solve complex problems, appreciate a culture of collaboration, and thrive in a performance-driven environment.

What They Offer
Opportunity to work alongside a range of developers and experts in the field.
A challenging and dynamic work environment where you can make a significant impact.
Limitless opportunities for learning and professional growth.

If you are passionate about coding, enjoy solving complex problems, and are looking for a challenging role in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you!

London, United Kingdom

Hybrid

20-01-2025

Company Name

Selby Jennings

Job Title

Site Reliability Engineer

Job Description

About the Company
Join a leading global financial services firm where technologists and investment professionals collaborate to drive innovation and operational excellence. Our team is committed to building and maintaining cutting-edge systems that support high-performing, fast-evolving investment strategies.

About the Role
As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), you will apply your expertise in both software and systems engineering to design, build, and maintain the robust infrastructure powering our business. You’ll be a key player in reducing system complexity, improving performance, and ensuring that mission-critical applications run smoothly from development through to production.
The SRE team brings a wealth of diverse technical experience, from production engineering and software quality metrics to chaos engineering, networking, UNIX internals, and cloud architecture. In this role, you’ll drive automation, optimization, and incident response, and provide hands-on support to other engineering teams. You will also collaborate closely with key business and technical stakeholders to create reliable, resilient applications and systems.
You’ll be joining a dynamic and supportive team, working together to develop world-class tools and infrastructure. If you thrive on innovation, and automation, and enjoy using data to drive continuous improvement, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities
Understand and manage the full lifecycle of applications at a business level.
Ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of critical systems.
Automate repetitive tasks and resolve complex system issues.
Investigate new solutions to enhance system operations and address technical challenges.
Develop green-field engineering solutions based on root cause analysis.
Lead incident response, driving both tactical fixes and long-term improvements.
Promote SRE principles across engineering teams and the broader organization.
Learn from and collaborate with industry leaders and top-tier engineers.

Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.

Required Skills
Strong foundation in computer science principles, including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Python is preferred).
Experience with software development tools and best practices (testing, version control, CI/CD, etc.).
Strong database knowledge, with SQL experience being a plus.
Web UI development skills (JavaScript, CSS, React) are beneficial.
Excellent communication skills and a passion for solving challenging technical problems.
An entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to adapt to new technologies and evolving requirements.
A drive for learning and applying novel solutions to hard problems.

London, United Kingdom

Hybrid

03-02-2025