Principal Trading Systems Developer

Full time, permanent position in Boston
Candidate will be working directly with Portfolio Managers - communication is key

Principal Trading Systems Developer

This position is part of the Developer team whose main focus is the development of proprietary applications and tools for traders, operations, analysts and portfolio managers.

Responsibilities:

· Develop and enhance proprietary applications

· Develop and enhance integration with external applications and data sources

· Provide second tier support for proprietary applications and related batch processing

· Mentor junior developers and support team

· Work with business users and business analysts, and assist in requirements gathering, specifications and test planning

· Work with team to establish best practices

Qualifications:

· Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science; no other major will be accepted

· 10+ years software development experience

· 4+ years experience with front-office equity portfolio management and trading systems

· 5+ years Java experience

· 5+ years SQL experience

· 2+ years experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, GWT, etc

· Positive attitude, energetic and self motivated

· Willingness to work with changing priorities and challenging schedules

· Team player with superb verbal communication and interpersonal skills


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