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I wanted to reach out to you regarding your availability and interest in an incredible opportunity in NYC. It's contract-perm and they will relo you once you convert to full time. I've attached a brief description of the position (which we have many available at various levels). If you're interested please respond and we can chat. If not, please feel free to forward this along to others in your network. I do have a profile on LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/steverath) which has additional positions with this very same client. Thanks for considering!
Job Description
The successful
candidate will join one of our product-oriented team specializing in analytics and display of financial data in such areas as equities, bonds,
derivatives, foreign exchange, commodities, mortgage-backed securities, structured products, or law.
Each application team is an entrepreneurial unit handling the complete development life-cycle of its products. Team members work every phase of
development from requirements and design to production roll-out and test. Development is incremental, iterative, and always on a short time fuse.
This is an opportunity to join a diverse, industry-knowledgeable, technically skilled group of software engineers who design highly visible products on
the platform.
Knowledge of the world financial markets is a definite plus but not a requirement. Superb application development skills, a strong user-orientation, and
creativity are requirements.
Skills
* 4- 6+ years
hands-on C/C++ Development Experience on Unix (or equivalent expertise)
* Strong skills in User-Oriented Design
* Solid Understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms, and Object-Oriented design, garbage collection design
* Working knowledge of Financial Markets a plus
* Practical Experience with Unit/ Regression Testing
* Practical experience with Version Control Systems
* Solid verbal and written Communication skills
* Ability to Coach and eventually Mentor team members
* BS/MS/PhD Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance or Related Field (or equivalent expertise)
