Financial company looking for someone with a strong technical background in programming and software engineering, with a specific focus on financial data manipulation and risk management solutions.
Hybrid opportunity located in the Loop. This is a contract position on W2.

Job Responsibilities:
1. Server Maintenance: Maintain and service servers used by the Model Validation Group.
2. Data Manipulation and Visualization: Design systems for manipulating and visualizing data to support model backtesting.
3. Data Storage and Retrieval: Design, implement, and maintain methods for storing and retrieving high-volume financial data.
4. Software Design: Apply effective application of design patterns and expertise in object-oriented design.
5. Documentation: Create documentation for new code and test cases.
6. Version Control: Manage GIT repositories for the model validation group.
7. Model Testing: Implement and manage model change impact tests and stress tests.
8. Environment Recreation: Recreate production analysis in various test environments.

Skills, Education, and Experience Required:
- Education: Master's degree preferred in Physics or Chemistry.
- Experience: At least 3 years of production-level programming experience.
- Programming Languages: Proficiency in C# and .NET is required. Additional skills in JavaScript, SQL, IntelliJ/Eclipse (or SpringSource), R language, or Java are beneficial.
- Technical Writing: Ability to demonstrate proficiency in technical or scientific writing.
- Software Development Practices: Evidence of proficiency in clean code software development, particularly in developing risk management solutions.
- Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills are necessary.
- Financial Data Knowledge: Knowledge and experience with financial data and large financial datasets.
- ASP.NET CORE: Experience in both front-end client-side and server-side development using ASP.NET CORE.
- SQL Skills: Strong skills in SQL for retrieving large-scale datasets with high performance from SQL Server.
- Technology: Experience working with .NET 8 is preferred.