Saturday, March 14, 2015

[JIMSJOBS] Lead Software Engineer - Core Java - PL/SQL - Alternative Systems - Inv. Mgt. - Boston, MA Area - Excellent Package

 

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Position Title – WR741711032015

 

Lead Software Engineer – Core Java – PL/SQL - Alternative Systems - Inv. Mgt. – Boston, MA Area – Excellent Package

 

Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS – Local Candidates Only

 

Company

 

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm – Great Company – Lots of Upside – Outstanding Compensation Package – Bonus – Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth possibilities.

 

Position Summary:

 

The Alternatives Systems team is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to help develop and advance the Investment toolsets. In addition to working in a dynamic team that is well known for its attention to detail and excellent delivery record, this role will require close interactions with the Investment teams, Engineering teams from other business units, Business analysts, Enterprise Architects and Infrastructure teams across IS department.

 

This position requires proficiency and experience in software development using Java based technologies. While prior business knowledge is not mandatory any experience in the financial industry will be a plus.  A CFA designation or a demonstrated progress towards achieving the CFA Charter will be a plus.

 

Responsibilities:

 

·          Work closely with Alternatives and Equity Engineering and Business Analyst teams to develop new and advance the existing Investment Tools

·          Ability to work independently with one or more business analysts and team of consultants to deliver Business solutions

·          Partner with in-house application and data architects while implementing systems requirements.

Required Skills and Competencies:

·          7+ years of experience as a Software Developer supporting large application development life cycles

·          Strong understanding of Object Oriented concepts

·          Demonstrated experience of Design and Development using Java based technologies.

·          In depth knowledge and experience of the Spring Framework.

·          Strong understanding and proven experience with technologies such as Web-Services, XML/XSLT, JSON is required.

·          Strong understanding and experience of Messaging Framework esp. using JMS

·          Understanding and Experience with building performance (Speed and Accuracy) critical applications is required

·          Experience with web applications and Javascript frameworks including ExtJS or Angular is desired.

·          Strong analytical and communication skills, both written and verbal are required.

·          Must possess PL/SQL programming and SQL tuning skills

·          Experience with AWS is a plus

·          Must be comfortable with test driven development and Continuous Integration (JUnit, Hudson, Code Coverage)

·          Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline (Master’s Degree is Preferred)

·          Experience in Financial Industry and esp. with Portfolio Analysis Tools is preferred

·          Strong understanding of Equity and Fixed Income Instruments is highly desirable

Keys to this Position:

1.  This is a Lead level role seeking very strong Java skills.

 

2.  Technical:  core Java, multi-threading, Web Services, XML, Spring, Hibernate and Oracle.

 

3.  Technical Leadership skills are required.

 

4.  Excellent communication skills are required as this role will directly interface with Investment professionals.  

 

5.  Financial Services is a required.  The candidate will likely come out of a Buy side, Sell side or Financial Software vendor.

 

Contact Information – Resumes in Word format to:

 

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org - WEB Site – www.wrightassociates.org

 

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