[Haskell-cafe] Haskell developer roles at Standard Chartered

[Noon Silk]

> We have [...] our own compiler [...]

Why?


On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Don Stewart <dons00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Cafe,
>
> The Strats team at Standard Chartered is hiring expert typed FP
> developers for Haskell dev roles in London.
>
> This is a "front office" finance role - meaning you will work directly
> with traders building software to automate and improve their
> efficiency. The role is very development focused, and you will use
> Haskell for almost all tasks: data analysis, DSLs, market data
> publishing, databases, web services, desktop GUIs, large parallel
> tasks, quantitative models, solvers, everything. There may be a small
> amount of C++ or F# on occasion. This is a fast paced role - code you
> write today will be deployed within hours to hundreds of users and has
> to work.
>
> You will join an expert team in London, and significant, demonstrable
> experience in typed FP (Haskell, OCaml, F# etc) is strongly preferred.
> We have more than 2 million lines of Haskell, and our own compiler. In
> this context we look for skill and taste in typed API design to
> capture and abstract over complex, messy systems.
>
> Experience writing typed APIs to external systems such as databases,
> web services, pub/sub platforms is very desirable. We like working
> code, so if you have Hackage or github libraries, we want to see them.
> We also like StackOverflow answers, blog posts, academic papers, or
> other arenas where you can show broad FP ability.
>
> The role requires physical presence on the trading floor in London.
> Remote work isn't an option. Ideally you have some project and client
> management skills -- you will talk to users, understand their
> problems, and then implement and deliver what they really need. No
> financial background is required.
>
> If this sounds exciting to you, please send CVs to dons00 at gmail.com
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