Expert Rates Consultant

Type of contract: B2B contract

Salary range: 155-205 PLN/H

What will you do?

You will join a team responsible for building and enhancing FX Forward Pricing solutions used by global trading desks. The role focuses on developing low-latency, high-availability pricing systems, integrating quantitative models and market data feeds, and delivering pricing capabilities for electronic trading channels in a fast-paced investment banking environment.

Your tasks

• Work directly with FX traders and quantitative teams to gather and refine requirements
• Design and develop FX forward pricing and trading solutions
• Create detailed technical designs for new features and enhancements
• Develop low-latency and multi-threaded Java applications
• Integrate pricing models and market data feeds into the platform
• Collaborate with development teams across the global trading programme
• Implement automated testing and continuous integration practices
• Support deployments to development and test environments
• Participate in production support and on-call activities when required

Your skills

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Java server-side development
• Strong knowledge of multi-threaded and concurrent programming
• Experience building distributed enterprise systems in high-availability environments
• Experience working in low-latency or real-time trading platforms
• Knowledge of FX markets, including Spot FX and Forward FX products
• Experience with system design, testing, and software development best practices
• Ability to work closely with traders, quants, and business stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Openness to work hybrid from our client's office (Kraków) 8 days a month

Nice to have

• Experience with FX or eRates pricing platforms
• Knowledge of KDB/Q
• Experience with Python
• Experience working in investment banking environments
• Understanding of electronic trading and eCommerce platforms