Descripción
1 Senior Algorithm Development Expert (f/m/x) * Design, implement and improve asset-backed optimization and trading algorithms, accounting for market rules, physical asset constraints and agreed trading risk controls * Translate complex optimization problems into clear design choices and maintainable production code, challenging assumptions and proposing practical enhancements to existing strategies * Work closely with the Optimization Product Owner and Team Lead to clarify requirements, define expected outcomes and acceptance criteria, and evaluate technical options, estimates and trade-offs * Develop rigorous backtests, simulations and controlled experiments to evaluate algorithm performance across realistic scenarios, data limitations and edge cases * Analyse live trading behaviour, data quality and performance drivers to identify weaknesses and deliver evidence-based algorithm improvements * Build diagnostics, observability and safe operating behaviour into algorithms, collaborating with Trading Operations to investigate production issues and implement lasting solutions * Take ownership of technical quality through code reviews, automated testing, safe releases and maintainable, reusable designs across assets and markets * Use AI-assisted and agentic development tools to accelerate prototyping, coding, testing and analysis, applying sound technical judgement and appropriate engineering safeguards * Share knowledge and support colleagues through technical reviews, pairing and collaborative problem-solving, ensuring important design decisions and specialist expertise are documented * Contribute to prioritised discovery, pilots, backtesting and new-market enablement, working with Platform/Integration EngineeringJob requirements * Have experience developing algorithms in a compiled programming language such as Go, Rust, C++, Java, C# or similar * Bring substantial hands-on experience in designing, building and maintaining production algorithms, optimization software