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FIND YOUR PERFECT ROLE
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For over 30 years we at Optima have matched the perfect candidate with the perfect role by building close, collaborative relationships with our clients. We take the time to get to know your business, people, priorities, strategy, and therefore your needs when bringing new talent on board.
We also take the same approach with our candidates and will speak with you about your motivations and goals, to match you with roles that move you forward. We take pride in supporting you through the complete recruitment journey, including after you’ve joined our client.
Our ethos is all about people and our thorough methods mean we leave nothing to chance on behalf of either our clients or candidates.
You’ll notice the difference.
WE ARE MATCHMAKERS AND WE TAKE THE TIME TO DO IT BRILLIANTLY
For over 30 years we at Optima, have matched the perfect candidate with their perfect role and by building close, collaborative relationships with our clients.
We take the time to get to know their business, their people, their priorities, their strategy and therefore their needs when looking to bring new talent on board.
We also take the same approach with our candidates and will speak with you about motivations, progression, goals, to support you through the complete recruitment journey, including after you’ve joined our client.
Our ethos is all about people and our thorough methods mean we leave nothing to chance on behalf of either our clients or candidates.
You’ll notice the difference.
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LATEST JOBS
Buffalo New York, United States of America - To $115k Permanent Tags: Senior Oracle developer, PL/SQL, Unix Scripting, Bash, Java, Fixed Income, Fund Management, Quantitative Research, ABS, MBS, Bonds, Finance, Investment Banking, Architect, Buffalo. A senior Oracle Developer required by the Fixed Income Research group of a leading, medium sized financial firm who is experiencing unprecedented growth, backed by sustained revenue generation. You will join their Research and Analytics team as they grow and diversify into new Fixed Income product areas and rewrite their applications based on Oracle PL/SQL, Bash Scripting, Java on Linux. The role is communication focussed with you working with the Business Analysts and Quant Analysts, ensuring you are architecting, designing and coding the applications the business needs. You will also be guiding and mentoring junior team members and the offshore development team. You will have several years experience of designing and developing applications in Oracle (primarily PL/SQL but SQL Loader and other Oracle DB tools will also be used), strong Scripting skills preferably in Bash with any experience of Java useful but not essential. A background in Fixed Income (Bonds, ABS, MBS etc.), Fund Management and financial markets in general would be useful as this is a business facing role and will expose you to the whole financial product development cycle. This is a great time to be joining an expanding team, working on new products in a consistently highly successful, global firm who believe in Work/Life balance.
Job Features
Buffalo New York, United States of America - To $115k Permanent Tags: Senior Oracle developer, PL/SQL, Unix Scripting, Bash, Java, Fixed Income, Fund Management, Quantitative Research, ABS, MBS, Bond...
Head of Product
€100,000 - €120,000
Berlin
Outline
As the Head of Product, you will own a key role to bring our vision, mission, and strategy to life in the form of our product. You will work closely with the CEO and the rest of the management team on defining the roadmap for our product.
About you
You are responsible for defining excellence in product management together with your team
You create an environment that allows deep collaboration, ideation and innovation exploration across all functions
You define efficient processes in coordination with our Head of Engineering to ensure an optimal Discovery, Delivery and Rollout of new opportunities
You will motivate and influence key stakeholders, drive buy-in, and tell exceptional stories around why and what we are building
You establish yourself and your team as subject matter experts - understanding market demands, technology trends, and the competitive landscape
You own full accountability for the creation and execution of the Global Product strategy with our Head of Engineering and C-level team
You are leading together with our Head of Engineering our TECH Business Unit under supervision of our CEO
You build, develop, retain, and motivate a diverse team while recruiting for new members and continually raising the bar for talent, capabilities, and internal community
Key Requirements
You have had former experience in a Head of Product Role and proven yourself as a leader
Which translates into: Having gained first experience on Head of-Level and fulfilling this role for minimum 2 years successfully
You have strong leadership skills to build and mentor your product team
You easily develop a clear vision for excellence in product management and what would bring value to our company
You use data to make informed product decisions and can empathize with our user at the same time
You define and prioritize initiatives while working cross-functionally and managing complex stakeholder relationships
You have strong verbal and written communication skills in English (German is an advantage)
You should be able to clearly communicate and get buy-in from stakeholders, peers, engineers, C-level, and of course, your team
You have a strong track record of successfully delivering Product strategy and transformation within a customer-centric environment
Job Features
Salary | £100k - £120k Per Year |
Head of Product €100,000 - €120,000 Berlin Outline As the Head of Product, you will own a key role to bring our vision, mission, and strategy to life in the form of our product. You will work clos...
Java Specialist Backend Developer
£45,000 - £50,000
Fully Remote Working
Job Role:
Your responsibilities will involve designing & developing web-based SaaS software, reviewing and testing code, supporting, and maintaining applications, providing appropriate written documentation of development and programming code, and contributing technical expertise to the environment.
Responsibilities:
Participate in the design and development of SaaS web application
Develop code using latest Java, and NOSQL technologies using Google Cloud Platform
Solve technical problems using cutting edge technologies and best practices
Propose different ways to solve the same problem and showcase why one solution is better
Ensure all aspects of the technical design are correctly incorporated
Contribute technical expertise to all initiatives & team members as required
Requirements:
5+ years of experience building complex, scalable, and secure web-based applications
Native or close to native English speaker
Strong ability to abstract complex problems to their essential components and design and implement elegant solutions for them
Experience of Cloud technologies - Google Cloud Platform ecosystem
Experience with building & managing CI/CD pipelines and processes (GCP, Jenkins)
Deep knowledge on REST web services and API’s
Robust OO Programming and OO Design concepts knowledge
Strong unit/integration testing experience
Delivery Focused using Agile Development Methodology (Scrum/Kanban)
Need to be a team player while having the capacity to work independently
Strong analytical and logical skills including troubleshooting
You may be a good fit if you:
Are a Java expert, and experience working with GCP ecosystem
Experience working with Agile Framework (Scrum)
Able to work within a 100% remote team environment
Are results driven, self-starting and want to gain experience in the start-up world
Job Features
Salary | £45k - £50k Per Year |
Java Specialist Backend Developer £45,000 - £50,000 Fully Remote Working Job Role: Your responsibilities will involve designing & developing web-based SaaS software, reviewing and testing code, ...
Angular Specialist Front End Developer
Remote Working
£45,000 - £65,000
Job Role:
Your responsibilities will involve designing & developing web-based SaaS software, reviewing, and testing code, supporting, and maintaining applications, providing appropriate written documentation of development and programming code, and contributing technical expertise to the environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Participate in the design and development of SaaS web application
Develop application code and unit test in the AngularJS communicating via Rest Web
Services and Java technologies
Debug and correct code errors
Propose different ways to solve the same problem and showcase why one solution is better
Ensure all aspects of the technical design are correctly incorporated
Contribute technical expertise to all initiatives & team members as required
Key Requirements:
5+ years of experience building complex, scalable, and secure web-based applications
Native or close to native English speaker
Build internal and external-facing SaaS web applications with modern JavaScript UI frameworks, Angular js, via web-services / Rest API communication
Experience with Angular AngularJS, NodeJS, JavaScript, Typescript, HTML, and CSS
(React would be a bonus too)
Strong ability to abstract complex problems to their essential components and design and implement elegant solutions for them
Experience with building & managing CI/CD pipelines and processes (GCP, Jenkins)
Delivery Focused using Agile Development Methodology (Scrum/Kanban)
Need to be a team player while having the capacity to work independently
Strong analytical and logical skills including troubleshooting
Job Features
Salary | £45k - £65k Per Year |
Angular Specialist Front End Developer Remote Working £45,000 - £65,000 Job Role: Your responsibilities will involve designing & developing web-based SaaS software, reviewing, and testing code, ...
ESG Development Manager £95,000 - £110,000 London Outline This role is a fantastic opportunity to join an internationally recognised trading platform in Central London, heading up a team working with the newest emerging marketing. Our clients are looking for an experience developer and data analyst to come on board and lead a team of developers to build a data management platform in the emerging market in the sustainable investments sector. As the senior manager, this person will be responsible for guiding both the team and the direction of product development. They will work collaboratively with several neighbouring departments to ensure the product fits in with the existing technological landscape of the company. They will help to identify, promote, and deliver process changes to drive an improved SI Index and its adoption across the department. Purpose To lead the design and direction of new software products. Build out a team of developers to fulfil demand in a new and exciting market. Collaborate with a wide range of departments within the company. Manage an international Scrum team of developers and data scientists. Key Responsibilities Contribute to and develop high-quality software design and architecture. Identify, prioritise, and execute tasks in the software development life cycle. Develop tools and applications b producing clean and efficient code. Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting. Support validation and verification testing. Document development phases and monitor systems. Mentor the Developers and Senior Developers, providing advice and coaching. Key Requirements Degree in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering / Electronics / or related field. Strong background in software development. Significant knowledge of multiple programming languages Must include Python or Java Experience managing, and designing database structures SQL, Oracle, or Sybase Experience leading a Scrum team in an Agile house.
Job Features
Salary | £95k - £110k Per Year |
ESG Development Manager £95,000 - £110,000 London Outline This role is a fantastic opportunity to join an internationally recognised trading platform in Central London, heading up a team working wit...
Blockchain Architect £90k - £120k London Role Responsibilities Support the technical design, product & operational design as well as delivery and execution for distributed ledger technology-based strategic product development. Support Capital Markets in creating a leading position leveraging blockchain & DLT to develop commercial products, support and steer execution & delivery and ultimately shape & manage transition towards BAU. Support the solution architecture design & development of DLT proof-of-concepts (PoCs), proof-of-values (PoVs), pilots and final production architectures for business-driven use-cases across the Capital Markets portfolio. Support the definition, documentation, and advocacy of DLT standards across capital markets technology, as well as collaborating with Group technology to contribute towards technology standards and strategic technology evaluation and decision-making. Maintain up-to-date expert knowledge of blockchain & DLT, technology trends and market adoption as it relates to financial markets infrastructure, capital markets institutions, FinTech’s, industry associations and bodies as well as optimal use cases. Candidate Profile Computer science, solution architecture or software engineering background Extensive professional experience across relevant domains. Deep knowledge & (practical) expertise in DLT and blockchain technology from a software development, product development life cycle & architecture perspective. Broad technical knowledge and expertise in general software architecture & design as well as practical experience with financial markets technology and real-time systems. Commercial awareness and knowledge of financial services, markets, and market structure, as well as the challenges faced by regulated players in the financial sector. Excellent communicator, interact with stakeholders, both internally and externally Vision and creativity: Ability to foresee roadblocks and design intelligent solutions and contribute innovative ideas and manage change effectively and confidently. Innovation: An interest in new technology and the ability to work with early-stage ideas. Consultative skills, communicate technical information to non-technical audiences. Technical Skills 5+ years programming Java, C++, C#, Python Cloud-native software architecture design Containers, scalability, resilience, orchestration, data 3+ years blockchain/DLT expertise Corda, Hyperledger, Ethereum CI/CD pipelines Automated provisioning, deployment, configuration management Solid understanding of information security in the cloud as well as specific to blockchain and DLT cryptographic concepts and primitives.
Job Features
Salary | £90k - £120k Per Year |
Blockchain Architect £90k - £120k London Role Responsibilities Support the technical design, product & operational design as well as delivery and execution for distributed ledger technology-base...
LATEST JOBS
Buffalo New York, United States of America - To $115k Permanent Tags: Senior Oracle developer, PL/SQL, Unix Scripting, Bash, Java, Fixed Income, Fund Management, Quantitative Research, ABS, MBS, Bonds, Finance, Investment Banking, Architect, Buffalo. A senior Oracle Developer required by the Fixed Income Research group of a leading, medium sized financial firm who is experiencing unprecedented growth, backed by sustained revenue generation. You will join their Research and Analytics team as they grow and diversify into new Fixed Income product areas and rewrite their applications based on Oracle PL/SQL, Bash Scripting, Java on Linux. The role is communication focussed with you working with the Business Analysts and Quant Analysts, ensuring you are architecting, designing and coding the applications the business needs. You will also be guiding and mentoring junior team members and the offshore development team. You will have several years experience of designing and developing applications in Oracle (primarily PL/SQL but SQL Loader and other Oracle DB tools will also be used), strong Scripting skills preferably in Bash with any experience of Java useful but not essential. A background in Fixed Income (Bonds, ABS, MBS etc.), Fund Management and financial markets in general would be useful as this is a business facing role and will expose you to the whole financial product development cycle. This is a great time to be joining an expanding team, working on new products in a consistently highly successful, global firm who believe in Work/Life balance.
Job Features
Buffalo New York, United States of America - To $115k Permanent Tags: Senior Oracle developer, PL/SQL, Unix Scripting, Bash, Java, Fixed Income, Fund Management, Quantitative Research, ABS, MBS, Bond...
Head of Product
€100,000 - €120,000
Berlin
Outline
As the Head of Product, you will own a key role to bring our vision, mission, and strategy to life in the form of our product. You will work closely with the CEO and the rest of the management team on defining the roadmap for our product.
About you
You are responsible for defining excellence in product management together with your team
You create an environment that allows deep collaboration, ideation and innovation exploration across all functions
You define efficient processes in coordination with our Head of Engineering to ensure an optimal Discovery, Delivery and Rollout of new opportunities
You will motivate and influence key stakeholders, drive buy-in, and tell exceptional stories around why and what we are building
You establish yourself and your team as subject matter experts - understanding market demands, technology trends, and the competitive landscape
You own full accountability for the creation and execution of the Global Product strategy with our Head of Engineering and C-level team
You are leading together with our Head of Engineering our TECH Business Unit under supervision of our CEO
You build, develop, retain, and motivate a diverse team while recruiting for new members and continually raising the bar for talent, capabilities, and internal community
Key Requirements
You have had former experience in a Head of Product Role and proven yourself as a leader
Which translates into: Having gained first experience on Head of-Level and fulfilling this role for minimum 2 years successfully
You have strong leadership skills to build and mentor your product team
You easily develop a clear vision for excellence in product management and what would bring value to our company
You use data to make informed product decisions and can empathize with our user at the same time
You define and prioritize initiatives while working cross-functionally and managing complex stakeholder relationships
You have strong verbal and written communication skills in English (German is an advantage)
You should be able to clearly communicate and get buy-in from stakeholders, peers, engineers, C-level, and of course, your team
You have a strong track record of successfully delivering Product strategy and transformation within a customer-centric environment
Job Features
Salary | £100k - £120k Per Year |
Head of Product €100,000 - €120,000 Berlin Outline As the Head of Product, you will own a key role to bring our vision, mission, and strategy to life in the form of our product. You will work clos...
Java Specialist Backend Developer
£45,000 - £50,000
Fully Remote Working
Job Role:
Your responsibilities will involve designing & developing web-based SaaS software, reviewing and testing code, supporting, and maintaining applications, providing appropriate written documentation of development and programming code, and contributing technical expertise to the environment.
Responsibilities:
Participate in the design and development of SaaS web application
Develop code using latest Java, and NOSQL technologies using Google Cloud Platform
Solve technical problems using cutting edge technologies and best practices
Propose different ways to solve the same problem and showcase why one solution is better
Ensure all aspects of the technical design are correctly incorporated
Contribute technical expertise to all initiatives & team members as required
Requirements:
5+ years of experience building complex, scalable, and secure web-based applications
Native or close to native English speaker
Strong ability to abstract complex problems to their essential components and design and implement elegant solutions for them
Experience of Cloud technologies - Google Cloud Platform ecosystem
Experience with building & managing CI/CD pipelines and processes (GCP, Jenkins)
Deep knowledge on REST web services and API’s
Robust OO Programming and OO Design concepts knowledge
Strong unit/integration testing experience
Delivery Focused using Agile Development Methodology (Scrum/Kanban)
Need to be a team player while having the capacity to work independently
Strong analytical and logical skills including troubleshooting
You may be a good fit if you:
Are a Java expert, and experience working with GCP ecosystem
Experience working with Agile Framework (Scrum)
Able to work within a 100% remote team environment
Are results driven, self-starting and want to gain experience in the start-up world
Job Features
Salary | £45k - £50k Per Year |
Java Specialist Backend Developer £45,000 - £50,000 Fully Remote Working Job Role: Your responsibilities will involve designing & developing web-based SaaS software, reviewing and testing code, ...
Angular Specialist Front End Developer
Remote Working
£45,000 - £65,000
Job Role:
Your responsibilities will involve designing & developing web-based SaaS software, reviewing, and testing code, supporting, and maintaining applications, providing appropriate written documentation of development and programming code, and contributing technical expertise to the environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Participate in the design and development of SaaS web application
Develop application code and unit test in the AngularJS communicating via Rest Web
Services and Java technologies
Debug and correct code errors
Propose different ways to solve the same problem and showcase why one solution is better
Ensure all aspects of the technical design are correctly incorporated
Contribute technical expertise to all initiatives & team members as required
Key Requirements:
5+ years of experience building complex, scalable, and secure web-based applications
Native or close to native English speaker
Build internal and external-facing SaaS web applications with modern JavaScript UI frameworks, Angular js, via web-services / Rest API communication
Experience with Angular AngularJS, NodeJS, JavaScript, Typescript, HTML, and CSS
(React would be a bonus too)
Strong ability to abstract complex problems to their essential components and design and implement elegant solutions for them
Experience with building & managing CI/CD pipelines and processes (GCP, Jenkins)
Delivery Focused using Agile Development Methodology (Scrum/Kanban)
Need to be a team player while having the capacity to work independently
Strong analytical and logical skills including troubleshooting
Job Features
Salary | £45k - £65k Per Year |
Angular Specialist Front End Developer Remote Working £45,000 - £65,000 Job Role: Your responsibilities will involve designing & developing web-based SaaS software, reviewing, and testing code, ...
ESG Development Manager £95,000 - £110,000 London Outline This role is a fantastic opportunity to join an internationally recognised trading platform in Central London, heading up a team working with the newest emerging marketing. Our clients are looking for an experience developer and data analyst to come on board and lead a team of developers to build a data management platform in the emerging market in the sustainable investments sector. As the senior manager, this person will be responsible for guiding both the team and the direction of product development. They will work collaboratively with several neighbouring departments to ensure the product fits in with the existing technological landscape of the company. They will help to identify, promote, and deliver process changes to drive an improved SI Index and its adoption across the department. Purpose To lead the design and direction of new software products. Build out a team of developers to fulfil demand in a new and exciting market. Collaborate with a wide range of departments within the company. Manage an international Scrum team of developers and data scientists. Key Responsibilities Contribute to and develop high-quality software design and architecture. Identify, prioritise, and execute tasks in the software development life cycle. Develop tools and applications b producing clean and efficient code. Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting. Support validation and verification testing. Document development phases and monitor systems. Mentor the Developers and Senior Developers, providing advice and coaching. Key Requirements Degree in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering / Electronics / or related field. Strong background in software development. Significant knowledge of multiple programming languages Must include Python or Java Experience managing, and designing database structures SQL, Oracle, or Sybase Experience leading a Scrum team in an Agile house.
Job Features
Salary | £95k - £110k Per Year |
ESG Development Manager £95,000 - £110,000 London Outline This role is a fantastic opportunity to join an internationally recognised trading platform in Central London, heading up a team working wit...
Blockchain Architect £90k - £120k London Role Responsibilities Support the technical design, product & operational design as well as delivery and execution for distributed ledger technology-based strategic product development. Support Capital Markets in creating a leading position leveraging blockchain & DLT to develop commercial products, support and steer execution & delivery and ultimately shape & manage transition towards BAU. Support the solution architecture design & development of DLT proof-of-concepts (PoCs), proof-of-values (PoVs), pilots and final production architectures for business-driven use-cases across the Capital Markets portfolio. Support the definition, documentation, and advocacy of DLT standards across capital markets technology, as well as collaborating with Group technology to contribute towards technology standards and strategic technology evaluation and decision-making. Maintain up-to-date expert knowledge of blockchain & DLT, technology trends and market adoption as it relates to financial markets infrastructure, capital markets institutions, FinTech’s, industry associations and bodies as well as optimal use cases. Candidate Profile Computer science, solution architecture or software engineering background Extensive professional experience across relevant domains. Deep knowledge & (practical) expertise in DLT and blockchain technology from a software development, product development life cycle & architecture perspective. Broad technical knowledge and expertise in general software architecture & design as well as practical experience with financial markets technology and real-time systems. Commercial awareness and knowledge of financial services, markets, and market structure, as well as the challenges faced by regulated players in the financial sector. Excellent communicator, interact with stakeholders, both internally and externally Vision and creativity: Ability to foresee roadblocks and design intelligent solutions and contribute innovative ideas and manage change effectively and confidently. Innovation: An interest in new technology and the ability to work with early-stage ideas. Consultative skills, communicate technical information to non-technical audiences. Technical Skills 5+ years programming Java, C++, C#, Python Cloud-native software architecture design Containers, scalability, resilience, orchestration, data 3+ years blockchain/DLT expertise Corda, Hyperledger, Ethereum CI/CD pipelines Automated provisioning, deployment, configuration management Solid understanding of information security in the cloud as well as specific to blockchain and DLT cryptographic concepts and primitives.
Job Features
Salary | £90k - £120k Per Year |
Blockchain Architect £90k - £120k London Role Responsibilities Support the technical design, product & operational design as well as delivery and execution for distributed ledger technology-base...