Job Description :
Location: Boston, MA
Length: 12 Months
Interview Process: Phone then F2F
Description:
Basic Purpose:
The Senior Developer works as a member of the Research and Market Data Team to design, develop, and support research applications.
Primary Responsibilities:
Design and develop software systems, working both independently and collaboratively with the rest of the team.
Analyze and resolve production system issues independently or in conjunction with business system analysts to methodically reproduce a problem, identify root causes, and design a solution.
Maintain and enhance any existing applications the team is responsible for.
Manage technical debt, placing a high value on refactoring, collective code ownership, and improving the design of existing code.
Provide advice and assistance to others throughout the company, subsidiaries, and partners.
Work closely with Portfolio Managers, Analysts, and Traders.
Manage client expectations and balance priorities as part of the team.
Desired Skills:
Full Stack development experience (Web UI, C# backend, SQL Server database
o UI Layer - Experience developing Web interfaces using Angular2, Java
o Service Layer – Experience building restful C# web services.
o Persistence Layer – SQL Server database
From a database perspective, ideal candidate would have:
o a working understanding of relational database design, including data modeling, normalization and denormalization.
o Experience with SQL Server
o Solid understanding of SQL, including knowledge of different join types and grouping, as well as SQL for creating schemas
o programming experience using Transact-SQL
o basics of SQL Server administration, security, index creation, and performance tuning
Ability and desire to collaborate, sketch and discuss designs at a whiteboard, engage in pair programming, ask for help before you need it, and openly share code, designs, and ideas.
Experience with the following techniques, libraries, and tools are helpful:
o Agile Methodologies – any of Scrum, Kanban, and/or Lean
o Test driven development (TDD)
o Git, Jira
Job Requirements:
Overall 5+ years of software development experience
3+ years with web UI development – ideally experience with Angular2, Angular, React, or similar.
3+ years of experience programming with C#
3+ years of experience with SQL server
Excellent communication and organizational skills and ability to communicate with non-technical investment professionals
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science preferred