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2024 Graduate Program - Technology

This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated and dynamic individual who is interested in financial markets and in particular, financial risk management to kick start their software development career. 
We are looking for an aspiring software developer with an interest in designing and building software components and growing understanding of data structures and database engines to join our technology team. The development team builds and maintains the firm’s information processing platform and supports trading desks, portfolio management teams and other support functions throughout the firm. This two-year program involves contributing to building of software components of the firm’s information processing platform.
You will move through three eight-month rotations, working on challenging, meaningful projects and gaining exposure to various investment strategies across multiple asset classes and different investment teams. Capstone will also provide you with hands-on training opportunities to help advance your professional acumen and technical knowledge. You will have the opportunity to work with our top Portfolio Managers and traders daily, receiving accelerated training and exposure to the Asset Management industry. Throughout the duration of the program, you will also have a dedicated mentor who will provide career guidance and institutional support. Upon successful completion of the program, you will have the opportunity to be selected for a permanent position in one of our global offices. 
 
RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Support and help build automated workflows as part of a processing platform to support trading in equities, fixed income, FX and commodities
  • Create significant efficiencies in the firm’s post-trade workflows by gaining detailed knowledge of data structures and object modeling of many instruments in these asset classes
  • Modeling of data structures and processes for our products
  • Setting up of new funds and strategies
  • Import of files and data mapping from market data vendors, Prime Brokers and other third parties
  • Design and implementation of trade files to prime brokers and fund administrators within a managed queue processing framework
  • Design and implementation of processing around calculating margins, balance sheet usage, P&L and risk measures, regulatory, etc. 
 
DESIRABLE CANDIDATES:
  • On track to graduate from an Undergraduate or consecutive Post-graduate degree in 2024 in Computer Science, Management Information Systems or a related technical field
  • Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment 
  • Experience with either Java or C#
  • Working knowledge of SQL Server or Sybase, SQL including stored procedures
  • Experience with Python is a plus
  • A keen interest in financial markets
  • Able to work independently, but team-player mentality