Technical Program Manager

Description:

Final is a world leader in trading algorithms and trade execution technologies development. Our multi-disciplinary teams have developed a unique and highly successful machine learning algorithmic based HFT platform that delivers excellent results. 

In a world increasingly dominated by learning machines and artificial intelligence, we at Final are especially proud of our humans. Our elite team of exceptional people are the soul of our company, and it is our top priority to provide them with a professionally fulfilling environment that supports healthy work-life balance. Our employees are encouraged to pursue their passions outside of work and we are proud to offer them a variety of opportunities, multiple resources and an agile work environment which promotes their well-being. 

The Connectivity team is looking for a highly skilled, business-aligned technologist responsible for the design, delivery and maintenance of exchanges’ low latency connectivity solutions and identifying new business opportunities.

What you'll do :

• Work with external vendors to design, implement and deliver low latency connectivity solutions both from a technical and business perspective.
• Lead the on boarding of new trading platforms and integration projects. Work closely with R&D, Research, IT, Risk, Compliance.
• Deep dive into Exchanges’ technological architecture (GWs, APIs, network topology) to make sure optimal implementation is in place.
• Stay up to date with platform upgrades/changes.
• Stay current with existing, emerging, and evolving technologies in the HFT industry.
• Identify and lead new business opportunities.
• Analyze trading behaviors to identify technological deficiencies.

• Proven experience as a Technical Program Manager (or other in-depth technical role), with a strong track record of successfully leading and delivering large-scale, cross-functional projects.
• Familiarity with network components and configurations (reading network topology, tracing IP routes, pcap files)
• Strong analytical decision-making skills, business thinking, Independent and organized.
• Experience with BI tools (Spotfire, Grafana) and a data driven approach.
• You should be able to discuss and negotiate technical tradeoffs with software engineers and present project status to senior management.
• Ability to work independently and in ambiguous situations.

 Advantages:

• Experience as a software engineer.
• Experience in troubleshooting logs (Application logs, pcaps, FIX logs).
• Experience with low latency trading solutions (Exchanges architecture, trading APIs, low latency network components, known vendors, HFT common practices)
• Familiarity with Financial markets.