C++ Lead Developer

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For our most important client a British multinational investment bank and financial services company with head ofice in London we looking for C++ Lead Developer.

Do you like to work in an open culture society where everyone has room to influence the working environment?
Where you can work anywhere in the world within a company after one year?

It has operations in over 40 countries and regional Development Center in Prague.

 

What will you be doing?

The successful candidate will be responsible for day-to-day management of an agile team of 4-6 developers which will contribute to the build-out our system platform and also provide development. This is a hands-on technical team lead role with direct responsibility for the deliveries of the local team as well as strong focus on cross-region collaboration between Prague, London and New York based teams. The role requires expert technical knowledge in C++, strong appreciation of best development practices, good knowledge of enterprise architecture patterns and very good sense for what good-quality and maintainable codebase looks like. In addition, good people management skills are essential for succeeding in this role.

  • lead an agile team of 4-6 developers in terms of project deliveries as well as line management responsibilities
  • line manage all team members, including defining objectives, providing regular feedback and helping with setting up personal development plans
  • recruitment and on-boarding of new team members
  • contribute to design decisions and planning for project
  • work closely with the quantitative analytics team and various risk management IT teams to define and agree the interface between our system and other systems
  • ensure that the team delivers very good quality and maintainable code with high test coverage
  • hands-on development, code reviews, unit testing, etc.

What we’re looking for:

  • Bachelor degree (or higher) in a technical, science, engineering, or mathematical discipline
  • multiple years of experience as a development lead of a back-end system or framework
  • very strong knowledge of C++, OOP and design patterns
  • excellent knowledge of SW development best practices
  • working knowledge of DevOps, source control, unit and integration testing, continuous integration
  • excellent communication skills, excellent written and spoken English
  • strong personality that can present and defend his/her viewpoint in front of senior stakeholders
  • proactive, thorough, well organized and energetic
  • excellent problem-solving skills

Skills that will help you in the role:

  • experience writing C++ code running on both Windows and Linux is a plus
  • prior knowledge of financial derivatives and their pricing and risk is a big plus, but not a strict prerequisite
  • knowledge of additional programming languages such as C#, Java and Python would be welcome
  • prior experience with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

What the comany provide:

  • 5 weeks holiday
  • meal vouchers 90CZK fully paid by the company
  • 60 Sick days per year fully covered by employer
  • 3% of base salary for pension allowance (paid with your salary)
  • 7 days extra for maternity leave
  • technical, Soft skills and Finance training
  • English and Czech language courses
  • yearly Bonus based on personal and company performance (non-guaranteed bonus)
  • assistance with Visa and Working Permit
  • private health care – EUC Premium
  • parking space in the office building area
  • multisport card sponsorship (790 CZK deduction from your salary)
  • possibility to work remotely if needed after discussion with the Line manager

Culture:

  • open culture where anyone has space to influence our working environment
  • internal mobility after 12 months
  • company events 2x a year
  • various technologies
  • graduates, Internships program
  • multicultural environment
  • library
  • working hours with some flexibility based on agreement with Manager
  • team presentations
  • wednesday Fruit salad day – provided to all employees
  • relaxation areas (table football, play stations)
  • once a week excercise/stretching in the office with proffessional instructor

Finance:

  • According to the candidate’s experience, based on your ideas and if you have sufficient experience, they accept your claim
  • HPP
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