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Full Stack Developer

Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services, requires a Full Stack C# .net Developer with experience working in Support role and leading Support Function to be based in their client’s office in London, UK.

This is a hybrid role – You can work remotely with 1-2 days based in the office per week.

This is a 6-Months temporary contract to start ASAP

Day rate: Competitive Market rate

Key Responsibilities

• The Market Analysis team has an opportunity for an experienced support lead (5+ years’ experience) with C#/.NET knowledge to establish and lead the support function across capture of market data, forecasting models and data visualisations used in key trading decisions.
• The purpose of the Market Analysis team is to source market data which helps our traders gain competitive insight across power, gas, regulated carbon and weather markets. You will be leading support in a Front Office trading environment, dealing directly with analysts and traders to resolve issues with the existing platform.
• Whilst this role will be focused on support, you will be Embedded and working day to day within the development function responsible to adding new features to the platform (rather than as a separate support team). You will have overall responsibility for establishing and improving the support capability and will manage day to day work of 1 or 2 junior team members.
• The existing platform is rapidly growing and being utilised more widely, hence the support model will need to be matured in line with growing criticality of the platform. You will be responsible for leading that evolution. This is an opportunity for an experienced support professional to gain exposure and knowledge of the energy trading domain whilst working with a range of Azure components (Azure Functions, Message Bus, Machine Learning etc.).
• Gain knowledge of external market data sources and their importance in the market analysis processes
• Understand the daily process for execution of forecasting models and the criticality to trading activity
• Proactive monitoring of data timeliness and quality, model execution and system stability
• Ensure the support functions is closely co-ordinated with Analysts and Traders to identify and resolve support issues
• Ensure team is providing timely workarounds & bug fixes for urgent production issues and drive continuous improvement to existing platform
• Own and improve the overall support process, procedures and documentation
• Work with development team to define changes to improve the long-term stability and supportability of the platform

Key Requirements

• Experience and expertise working in a support role and establishing/growing a support function
• Strong academic record to degree level and mathematically literate (Maths, Science, Engineering, Compute Science, etc.)
• Strong .net/C#
• Strong SQL Server
• Understanding of REST APIs and awareness of authentication models
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving demand driven trading environment
• Strong communication, people skills, able to balance diplomatic and pragmatic approaches with formal process
• Proactive learner, able to develop understanding of the domain and existing solution quickly with support and guidance from the lead developer
• Awareness of code management principles and CI/CD (Git, ADO/Jenkins/Github)

Desirable

• Experience with fundamental modelling of commodities, ideally energy (power, gas, environmental products), and with meteorology, would make the top candidates stand out
• Azure or other Cloud based hosting
• Entity Framework
• Blazor – serverside
• Net Api
• Redis Cache
• Azure Service Bus – or some other form of messaging technology
• Azure Event Hubs
• Able to work target support hours UK 7am – 4pm (aligned with daily trading processes).
• Open to future working in 24*7 support model (not current requirement of role)