NYC Financial Software Engineer

Imported from previous forum

A NYC based Hedge fund is looking for a
strong Developer to work within the firm’s
growing Statistical Arbitrage group, the
Financial Software Engineer will be a highly
motivated and skilled object oriented C++
developer with experience in high
performance distributed and multi-threaded
development. The position will be based in
the firm’s New York office, and the individual
will report to a senior Financial Software
Engineer in the Statistical Arbitrage team.

Responsibilities
The Financial Software Engineer will be
primarily responsible for:

  • developing real-time distributed services,
  • integrating a newly developed real-time
    infrastructure into an existing code base, and
  • leveraging the new real-time infrastructure to
    work on trading and order management
    systems.

Qualifications

  • C++ experience
  • Strong OOP skills
  • Familiarity with design patterns
  • Exceptional academic background,
    advanced degree a plus

Desirable Traits
Personal

  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills
  • High degree of intelligence
  • Exceptional communication skills
  • Ability to work well in a team-oriented
    environment

Functional

  • Client-Server or Peer-To-Peer development
    experience
  • Financial software development experience

Additional

  • Trading systems or Real-Time analytics
    experience
  • Experience with Fix
  • Experience with Reuters (SFC, SSL)
  • Familiarity with Tibco Rendezvous
  • Windows development experience

Compensation will be competitive, consisting
of a base salary and bonus component, and
will be commensurate with experience.

Please contact me
Steve Ozyck
203-222-2222
so@chaves.com