Luxoft is a global leader in high-end software development.
Luxoft is looking for talents with a passion for technology & ready to create original solutions. Once on board, you are invited to expand your knowledge & skills, offering you a continuous learning experience helping you stretch your potential.
So if you’re enthusiastic by the idea of accessing cutting edge technology & innovation to make an impact, why don't you join us?
The successful applicant will partner with the (a) Equity Derivatives desk in NY and (b) a number of other fixed income front office desks in NY and London (c) the Locus marketing team to drive business development and deployment of the Locus cross-platform product to internal and external clients.
The role is to deliver innovative and quick solutions for internal users and external clients, via the Locus platform. More specifically:
Specify and develop focused content (calculators, graphs, grids, charts) onto Locus platform.
Work directly with front office sponsors to include end-to-end implementation of enhancements, modifications and new features.
Demonstrate, implement, train and deploy the Locus product.
Serve as subject matter expert on client workflow, Locus technology and Locus value proposition, so that analysis, design and technical implementation services can be provided.
Manage client delivery against book of work and business priorities.
Liaise with development teams to assist in upgrades, optimizations and fixes of server based analytics as well as tools and interfaces for end users.
The duties corresponding to this role can vary enormously depending on the needs of our business users at any one time, but as a general guide time may be spent as follows:
70% Javascript content development 20% Content maintenance and support 10% Data/Business analysis
The Locus project is a great way to learn about the trade research and trade idea generation process for a variety of different investment banking businesses.
The main challenge is in trying to bring user requirements to market as quickly as possible, when the solution requires input and work from outside of the candidates immediate area of expertise i.e. different areas of the locus team (front end UI Java development or back end C#/C++ analytic development) or from other client providers such as the Quant Strategy or Data teams. The role can involve a lot of coordination and expectation/relationship management.
The Locus project has been around a long time, and as research ideas evolve so the platform has to evolve with them. As such there is a continuous stream of requirements either for new work or for updates and consolidations of existing content. Particular focus at the moment is on the structured products, rates and equity derivative business areas.
N.B. the role will involve coding in a bespoke Javascript/UI environment, which is completely different from a standard web-development Javascript.
Candidates should have hands-on experience programming; capable of learning new programming interfaces quickly; Java / Javascript / JSON / VBA / XML knowledge preferable.
Data analysis skills. Proficient in Excel and SQL
Candidates should have strong troubleshooting skills and an interest in diagnosing problems and finding creative solutions.
The candidate should have a working knowledge of general IT infrastructure environments and tools.
He/she should have strong communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work independently on business development activities.
An interest in Investment Banking / Fixed Income products is desirable.
Locus is an award winning system which provides real-time data, analytics and research, so that sales staff can collaborate with customers on current and future trade ideas. Locus supports our premier Fixed Income Sales, Research & Analytics clients, both internal and external.