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Responsible for the development of Front Office Investment Management Trading applications

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years Core Java development experience delivering applications for multi user environments. The candidate will have intimate knowledge of Core Java including the event system & threading model to ensure applications deliver responsive user experience under heavy client & server loads. Multithreading programming experience is required.

The candidate should be detail-oriented, naturally curious, passionate about solving business problems through high-quality solutions, and be someone who has demonstrated flexibility in meeting the needs of a challenging, fast-paced fixed income portfolio management business environment.

Responsibilities:

Activities include but are not limited to: contributing to design sessions, coding, code reviews, unit testing, integration testing, supporting beta testing, bug fixes and documentation. Development Frameworks which enable other team members to produce new functionality with minimal coding effort and reduce complexity. Trouble shoots any system failures and discrepancies. Work with production support to identify cause and find solution to address issues on-time for Trading Desk. Mentoring & training other team members on both Java and also the Framework and tools they development to reduce development time and code. Designs and tests systems and/or systems changes accurately to insure system efficiency, integrity, productivity and maintainability.

Qualifications:

Personality

Proactive with ability to take make minimal direction with work well on independent projects or within a team Passion for solving business problems through the use of technology Strong interpersonal and communication skills Strong critical reasoning skills Enthusiasm for learning Strong work ethic

Specific Technical Knowledge and Experience Required:

5+ years of Java software development experience in a high volume transaction environment Knowledge of in memory cache and NoSQL database (i.e., Coherence, Cassandra, Mongo DB or equivalent) Excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms Experience with distributed systems in a service based architecture Proven knowledge of different client server communication models including REST, Web services, JMS and EJB Strong written and verbal communication skills Knowledge of design patterns including ones for UI development is a plus Knowledge and experience in Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration

Specific Technical Knowledge and Experience Desired:

Application Server experience including Tomcat, Web logic, and JBOSS SVN, Maven and AnthillPro Build experience Experience with Continuous Integration build environments FixedIncome or Financial services experience would be a plus

Academic Qualifications (minimum requirements):

B.S. in computer science or equivalent education