Lead Front Office Developer - Analytics

Location: London (Hybrid - 3 days in-office)
Employment Type: Contract/Permanent
Industry: Commodities Trading

Cititec Talent has partnered with a leading global commodities firm to find a highly skilled Lead Front Office Developer. This role is ideal for a technical leader with Front Office trading experience and expertise in Python, SQL, market data, and analytics, particularly within oil, agriculture, power, gas, or metals trading. You will be at the forefront of developing and optimising analytics and data solutions to support traders and analysts in making data-driven decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and enhance analytics platforms, working closely with traders, analysts, and technology teams to streamline data workflows.
• Lead development initiatives, facilitating regular stand-ups to drive progress and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Architect and implement scalable data engineering solutions, including analytics dashboards using Tableau, BI, and React.
• Automate and manage fundamental and market data releases, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and accessibility.
• Integrate and optimise new market data sources, collaborating with third-party vendors to expand data capabilities.
• Deploy, maintain, and optimise cloud-based analytics models, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability in a trading environment.

Key Skills Required:

• Proven experience leading development in a Front Office trading environment, ideally within the oil trading/commodities space.
• Expert-level Python programming and strong SQL skills for data extraction, transformation, and analysis.
• Hands-on experience in building and optimising market data pipelines, analytics tools, and trading applications.
• Deep expertise in market data structures, pricing models, market curves, and settlement curves, with the ability to implement scalable solutions.
• Experience in data visualisation and analytics tool development, using Tableau, BI, and React.
• Strong background in cloud-based architectures, API integrations, and deploying models for Real Time data processing.
• Ability to design, develop, and maintain high-performance systems in a fast-paced, high-pressure trading environment.