Company
Aures Capital
aurescapital.com
Designation
Software Developer
Date Listed
02 Mar 2014
Job Type
Entry Level / Junior Executive, Experienced / Senior Executive
Free/ProjIntern/TS
Job Period
Immediate Start, For At Least 3 Months
Profession
IT / Information Technology
Industry
Computer and IT, Finance
Location Name
Central Business District (CBD)
Allowance / Remuneration
$700 - 1,000 monthly
Company Profile
Aures Capital Pte Ltd is an independent proprietary trading firm established in Singapore and trades for its own account. We seek to generate absolute returns that are uncorrelated with traditional investments. The company operates several proprietary trading systems that seek to identify market inefficiencies in the short, medium and long term in a systematic fashion.
We attach great importance to rigorous scientific research in designing and developing trading strategies as well as the use of the latest technologies to implement trading systems. The company has access to all major global exchanges and can take both long and short positions in a wide range of financial instruments.
Job Description
We are seeking a smart and talented intern to work on cutting-edge automated trading applications. This position will involve developing high performance software used for data acquisition and trading as well maintaining and enhancing existing trading tools. The candidate must have a Software Engineering background with a strong passion for software development and must have a good knowledge of Java or .NET.
Role Description
- Work closely with the company’s traders to implement High Frequency Trading strategies.
- Develop automated trading systems using various brokers Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) based in the US and UK.
- Build distributed systems to help scale and speed up data mining and analysis used for backtesting strategies.
- Build historical and real-time data acquisition systems that fetch data for over 60 futures contracts traded on global markets.
- Responsible for ongoing maintenance of the market database including resolving any data issues with market data providers.
- Participate in all aspects of a project’s life cycle from design, implementation, testing and documentation.
- Develop reporting systems allowing fair and conclusive comparison across various different trading strategies.
- Assist traders in identifying new trading algorithms and refining existing ones.
- Possibility of a full time position for outstanding interns.
Requirements
- A minimum of Bachelor or Masters Degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering.
- Excellent programming skills with clear demonstrable past experience in Java or .net
- Well versed in SQL and Database System Management software such as MS SQL, Oracle, or HBase.
- Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle steps and Design Patters.
- Strong communication skills and fluency in English.
- Passion for solving problems through the use of technology.
- Detail-oriented approach to solving problems.
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