Thursday, February 01, 2007

Principal Software Engineer Equities Cash & Derivatives Trading systems C++, C# ,NET GUI Heavy 120base +/-10k plus bonus 15-20%


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CODE INRJA8901 

Principal Software Engineer

 

Requisition Principal Software Engineer

Product: Radical (Equities Cash & Derivatives Trading

platform)

Reports To Bill Shen

Location: 380 Madison, NYC

Platform Windows

Position / Title Principal Software Engineer

Application is:. The Radical Equities Cash and Derivatives (Options & Futures) trading platform includes servers

(Execution, Best Price Router and Market Data) and Radical Client XE (GUI).

Responsibilities of the Initial Assignment (What will the person be doing?)

Hands-on development under guidance of project management on the development of Radical servers and client XE

with C++, C#/.NET and RDMBS on Windows.

Work in an Agile (XP) Development environment

Essential Technical Knowledge / Skills

What level of expertise is needed? 1 = Familiar With 3 = Working Knowledge of 5 = Expert

5 in C++/C# and related libraries such as STL

5 in server and/or GUI (MFC) experience with distributed enterprise systems

4 in OO design and programming (UML, C++, C#, Java, etc)

4 on design patterns and best practices

3 on RDBMS

Other Desired Skills / Experience

Solid working knowledge of financial systems, especially those with comparable trading systems

Knowledge of equity markets, FIX protocol and market data API’s is highly desired

Experience with high volume real-time equities cash & derivatives (Options & Futures) trading systems is

highly desired

Experience with EU and Canadian equities trading systems is a plus

Will this position include production support responsibilities? To what extent?

Yes - On-going support and troubleshooting - approximately 10%

Degree

Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field

Communication Requirements Scale 1= Not Important 3 = Important 5 = Critical

Importance of Written Communication Skills 4

Importance of Spoken English Skills 5

Travel Requirements minimum

 

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