Trafigura

Front Office D&A Application Engineer

LocationHouston, TX
Job TypeFull-time

About This Job

Main Purpose:

We are recruiting for a software engineer to work directly with the traders and research analysts in our trading teams. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced commercial setting, playing a vital role in a real time, data and software driven trading environment.


Whilst working directly with the trading team locally in Houston there is also a global engineering team across several international locations, the engineer will be part of the global data science and engineering team who are responsible for the ingestion and management of market and fundamental data, sophisticated modelling techniques, data & analytics applications and solutions.


The software engineer will be technically leading and building applications and software using cutting edge cloud and software technology stacks. Building end to end software platforms and stacks in a modern and innovation fueled business.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:* Engineer software such as components, frameworks and micro-services, applications and tools for front office.
Build core infrastructure and common services for use across DnA applications, such as common services and frameworks.
Build cloud native big data platforms and analytics solutions
Build and maintain time critical data integration pipelines (ETL/ELT)
Implement a strong SDLC and agile principles to software delivery
Apply domain driven design
Problem solving and applying software solutions and automation to complex business issues and processes

Abilities, Experience and Qualifications:* 5+ years of software engineering experience

Java or Python experience necessary
Object oriented programming understanding
Test driven development experience
Cloud and modern development experience
Experience building micro-views/mini-apps would be welcome
AWS experience (E.g. S3, Redshift, Glue, Lambda) nice to have, willingness to learn – essential
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related subject
AWS certifications are a plus
Prior front office experience in Commodities, Fixed Income, Equities, Asset Management would be a plus
Any experience working in a trading floor environment at a trading company, bank, hedge fund etc would be welcome.

Competencies:* Outstanding communication and ability to interact with a diverse set of partners across business lines and technology

Understanding and experience implementing software engineering best practices
Ability to tackle problems under pressure
Ability to effectively prioritize tasks of high importance

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

The Data Science and Engineering team researches, develops, and provides sophisticated analytics and data services and applications to the trading business, and other commercial operations at Trafigura.

Trafigura’s European Gas and Power teams handle both physical and derivative portfolios. The team heavily relies on data, analysis and process automation. They are looking to work with someone who can develop an understanding of their business and ultimately take ownership for a variety of technical applications and processes on the desk

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse workforce! We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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