Role: Sr. Full stack – front and back end........Boston, MA - F2F - Only Locals

Role

Sr. Full stack – front and back end.

Location

Boston, MA

Duration

6-12 months contract

Interview: Phone AND F2F

Basic Purpose

The Senior Developer works as a member of the Research and Market Data Team to design, develop, and support research applications.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design and develop software systems, working both independently and collaboratively with the rest of the team.
• Analyze and resolve production system issues independently or in conjunction with business system analysts to methodically reproduce a problem, identify root causes, and design a solution.
• Maintain and enhance any existing applications the team is responsible for.
• Manage technical debt, placing a high value on refactoring, collective code ownership, and improving the design of existing code.
• Provide advice and assistance to others throughout the company, subsidiaries, and partners.
• Work closely with Portfolio Managers, Analysts, and Traders.
• Manage client expectations and balance priorities as part of the team.

Desired Skills

• Full Stack development experience (Web UI, C# backend, SQL Server database).
• UI Layer - Experience developing Web interfaces using Angular2, Java
• Service Layer – Experience building restful C# web services.
• Persistence Layer – SQL Server database

From a database perspective, ideal candidate would have

• a working understanding of relational database design, including data modeling, normalization and denormalization.
• Experience with SQL Server
• Solid understanding of SQL, including knowledge of different join types and grouping, as well as SQL for creating schemas
• programming experience using Transact-SQL
• basics of SQL Server administration, security, index creation, and performance tuning
• Ability and desire to collaborate, sketch and discuss designs at a whiteboard, engage in pair programming, ask for help before you need it, and openly share code, designs, and ideas.
• Experience with the following techniques, libraries, and tools are helpful:
• Agile Methodologies – any of Scrum, Kanban, and/or Lean
• Test driven development (TDD)
• Git, Jira

Job Requirements

• Overall 5+ years of software development experience
• 3+ years with web UI development – ideally experience with Angular2, Angular, React, or similar.
• 3+ years of experience programming with C#
• 3+ years of experience with SQL server
• Excellent communication and organizational skills and ability to communicate with non-technical investment professionals
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science preferred

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.