Equity Trading Systems Developer

Contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent candidates will be considered.


Department Profile:

The IT-Research Systems Group provides development and support to various Investment Divisions in all areas of the investment process, including research, portfolio construction and optimization, pre and post trade analytics, trading, middle and back office.

Position Overview:

Client is looking to fill an open development position on the Trading Systems team. The ideal candidate will be a self-directed, mid to senior level software development professional that has a clear track record of productive contributions to the delivery of successful custom development projects dealing with equity trading. The candidate should be able to communicate and collaborate in a team setting with other developers, analysts, project managers, and end-users. Frequent interaction with traders, analysts, and portfolio managers may be required.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and test multiple .NET applications as part of a trading systems implementation and integration project.
• Work closely with the project team to understand requirements and ensure that requirements are satisfied. The team consists of technical, project management and trading professionals.
• Provide any technical expertise for the trading systems implementation and integration project.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• 5 years .NET development experience
• 3-5 yrs development experience in MSFT SQL Server 2005 (2008 a plus)
• Experience with WCF, WPF, LINQ, XML, and MSMQ a plus
• LineData LVTS, Charles River, XIP, LatentZero or similar a plus
• InfoReach, FlexTrade, Portware, EMSX or similar a plus.
• Java, perl, kdb+, wombat, data cache/fabric technology all a plus.

Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albertb@avidtr.com or via phone at 617-951-1893.