Algo Developer – Electronic Execution

About the role

Société Générale Global Solution Centre (SG GSC) Morocco is hiring an Algo Developer to support electronic execution activities. You will develop, test, refine and document algorithmic trading and smart-order-routing components used in the firm's market-access infrastructure, working closely with quantitative, trading and technology stakeholders. The role also contributes to AI-powered workflows, automation and data-driven decision support.

Key responsibilities

• Develop algorithmic execution components and smart order routers for the market-access infrastructure.
• Back-test and refine the existing code base to support performance optimisation.
• Implement enhancements arising from quantitative research and strategy fine-tuning.
• Build and maintain tools for TCA, order monitoring and execution-performance analysis.
• Write technical documentation and keep code libraries well organised.
• Apply testing, version control, peer review and controlled release practices.
• Investigate defects, performance issues and execution exceptions.
• Liaise with IT for deployment into production and support validation of outputs and controls after material changes.
• Comply with risk, conduct, confidentiality and internal-control requirements.

Required profile

• Junior profile (1 to 3 years of experience).
• Strong software-development experience; Python, C++ or Java is advantageous depending on the stack.
• Experience with automated testing, back-testing, debugging, version control and controlled deployment.
• Understanding of electronic trading, algorithmic execution, smart order routing or market-access systems.
• Good understanding of algorithms, data structures, software architecture and performance optimisation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation and collaboration skills.

Required skills

• AI and automation: experience with AI-enabled applications, intelligent workflows and automated decision-support solutions.
• Familiarity with large language models, generative AI architectures and AI agents.
• Knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation, model orchestration and controlled grounding in approved data sources.
• Integrating AI services via secure APIs, cloud services or approved internal platforms.
• Model evaluation, guardrails, human-in-the-loop controls and AI monitoring.