Trading Systems Developer

5 days ago

Boston, MA, United States The Ceres Group Full time

The IT Trading Systems team is responsible for the design, implementation, custom development, and support of a suite of vendor and proprietary trading systems. We have implemented a combination of vendor provided order management and execution management systems alongside a suite of proprietary applications to service our end users. We have proprietary software that enhances and integrates with these software packages.

Overview:
We are looking for a fulltime resource to join their Application Development team. The ideal candidate will be a self-directed, mid to senior level software development professional that has a clear track record of contributing to the successful development and implementation of vendor and proprietary based trading systems. The candidate should be able to communicate and collaborate in a team setting with project stakeholders, business users, developers, software architects, software testers, and application support resources. Frequent interaction with traders and portfolio managers will be required. This position entails requirements gathering, system analysis, software development, system integration, testing and production support responsibilities.

Primary Responsibilities
* Work with business users (Traders, Portfolio Managers & Trading Support) and the existing Trading IT team to design, develop, and implement technical solutions for trading processes, including proprietary software development, third party product implementation\integration, product customization, software enhancements, defect resolution, software version upgrades, and custom reporting.
* Participate in application requirement sessions with business users and technical staff
* Provide timely updates on progress of assigned tasks to project manager
* Coordinate/execute QA test plans before releasing product enhancements for user testing
* Assist in production release of new functionality and provide assistance in support of production issues
* Document user defined enhancement requests, product gaps, and product bugs
* Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Desired Skills and Experience:

* 5 years C# .NET development experience
* 3-5 years development experience in MSFT SQL Server
* Experience with WCF, WPF, Windows Services, WinForms, and XML is a plus
* Understanding of Order Management and Execution Management Systems
* Understanding of various securities such as Equities, Options, Futures, FX, Bonds, etc...
* Understanding of the investment management business

Non-Technical Skills

* Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, set goals and meet deadlines
* A demonstrated track record working with end users in a time-sensitive environment
* Ability to learn new concepts, systems, and software independently and quickly
* Willingness to take initiative, seeing problems through to final completion.
* The ability handle diverse situations and changing priorities
* Must be detail oriented with strong organizational and communication skills
* Ability to work effectively and efficiently with little supervision

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