A top hedge fund based in New York is looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer to their Trade Operations Technology team. The fund manages more than $50 billion in total assets and executes more than 10 million trades per day across various strategies including fundamental equities, systematic equities, L/S credit, systematic credit, global macro, and commodities.
Current systems are built in Java, so the ideal candidate will have a strong track record in building post-trade systems in Java, executive presence and ability to manage projects and prior experience working in a fast-paced hedge fund environment. The firm is growing significantly so this individual will lead large-scale development and enhancement projects, and will have dotted lines to key executive level stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
- Own systems and processes related to post-trade capture
- Lead innovation focused development projects focused on improving the funds trade processing and settlement ability in Java
- Assist in the migration to a fully cloud based environment
- Build API's to replace stored procedures and reduce dependency of legacy databases
- Architect trading software engines using Java
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering in the financial services industry
- Proven track record in trading focused Java development
- Experience mentoring and guiding junior level developers
- Strong communication skills to work with stakeholders in a fast paced environment
