Hedge Fund Software Engineer (VB.NET, C#, Fixed Income)

This is a full time, onsite position with a hedge fund!

• Maintenance and surgical changes to existing code
• Migration to modern code for tools that need it
• Migration and integration to 3rd party offerings to replace segments of legacy code

In addition, the right candidate is a strong communicator and can build trust, communicate with precision, and take care in their work. This client doesnot have the layers of BAs and PMs that other firms may have, so it’s important that candidates can work directly with this team member. This includes taking ownership of an issue and seeing it through to the end.

*Some Fixed Income experience is a must*

*Must be local to tri-state or willing to relocate immediately*

*No C2C or Consultants**

*No work sponsorship of any kind will be considered**

The Senior Engineer role entails responsibilities within our engineering department spanning a number of domains—from data engineering to workflow development—with a focus on project ownership and delivery. As an integral member of the team, you will collaborate closely with other engineers, portfolio managers, department heads, and senior management to identify requirements and build robust internal tools.

Specific responsibilities are expected to include:

• Identifying stakeholder priorities, creating technical specifications and projecting project costs
• Delivering projects via both individual engineering contribution and direction of internal and external staff
• Improving the architecture of existing systems by employing engineering best practices
• Use modern, proven architectural designs to help enhance existing and build new APIs, frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines and testing suites
• Performing engineering design and code reviews for both engineering staff and others
• Performing data analysis and reconciliations to validate system functionality
• Providing production support for various time-sensitive systems such as signal dashboards, portfolio management systems, external trade feeds, risk systems, operational/accounting systems and many others
• Evaluation of new technologies and third-party solutions
• Vendor and counterparty relationship management

The role requires solid understanding of engineering principles, very strong programming capabilities, the ability to troubleshoot time-sensitive issues, collaborative spirit, project and team leadership, and an analytical orientation.

Finding the Right Fit

• Strong data analytics and problem-solving skills
• Deep expertise with scalable systems and database architecture
• Experience working collaboratively with business users to develop design specifications
• Experience collaborating with researchers/data scientists to industrialize their processes
• A strong sense of ownership and responsibility for one’s work
• Strong command of SQL programming, database engineering principles and query optimization
• Expertise in C#, JavaScript, & TypeScript (and related frameworks such as Angular and React)
• Working knowledge of Python (helpful but not required)
• Comfort developing front-ends, UI mock-ups, and process flow diagrams

You will possess a Bachelor’s or Master’s, in Computer Science or related engineering discipline such as Electrical Engineering, coupled with a minimum of five years’ relevant work experience with at least two years in a project or team leadership position.