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Position Title – WR151023082015

Lead SW Engineer – Java – J2EE – Oracle - Asset Management – Boston, MA Area

Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Green Card or US Citizens Only – Relo possible for exceptional candidates

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 equity trading systems team is responsible for providing solutions that help trader and trade administrators to streamline trading process and control operational risk. Members of the team play critical roles in our firm’s success by providing technology solutions which improve the quality, speed, and efficiency of a highly complex industry with a sophisticated client base. It is our strong belief that the tools developed by the equity trading systems team differentiate us from our competitors in the financial industry.

We are seeking candidates who will work closely with the equity trading team and lead the development of the advanced suite of trading applications.

This individual will report to the Manager of Development for Equity Trading.

Responsibilities:

As a senior member of the Equity Trading Systems team, this individual will have the following responsibilities:

· Oversight of the technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, and support of complex applications used by the firm’s equity traders and trade administrators.

· Active participation in the development of business requirements for new capabilities, including a close working relationship with users.

· A contributor to the firms technical community helping to define the direction for Architecture, development tools, delivery processes and other SDLC disciplines.

· Team management responsibilities, including the recruiting, supervision, and development of staff and consultant developers

· Interaction with other IT teams within the firm to ensure effective integration with portfolio management and other pre-trade and post-trade systems.

Required Skills and Competencies:

A candidate must possess the following qualifications:

· A solid software engineering background, including at least ten years of hands-on development experience in a commercial environment

· At least five years of experience managing software development teams

· Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with business teams

· The ability and willingness to work effectively in a business-critical production environment

· Excellent written and verbal communications skills

· Willingness to work in an energetic, fast-paced, and team-oriented environment

· The ability to work independently

· The ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively

· Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

· Financial industry knowledge is preferred

Keys to this Position:

1. 30% of the role includes the following 4 components: (1) detail, design and code reviews, (2) proof of concepts, (3) hands on coding, (4) troubleshooting code. Coding is only 10% of the role.

2. Technology Requirement: Java, Oracle, Spring, Messaging and exposure to multi-threading.

3. The other 70% of the role is Technical Leadership. We are seeking a strong Software Engineering Lead that can manage a development team of up to 12 resources (onshore/offshore model.) We would like this individual to have experience building distributed systems.

4. Domain: Ideally we would like to have a candidate with Financial Industry experience. We are open to all candidates regardless of their domain experience but they must be able to articulate to a reasonable depth the business problems they were working on.