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The ideal candidate will be an intelligent, hand-on senior leader who is a top-notch software engineer with strong quantitative development skills and experience. Candidate must have a high degree of personal integrity, superior leadership skills and a strong work ethic. In addition, the individual is required to have deep understanding, knowledge and experience building execution & algorithmic trading technology as well as big data architecture solutions to conduct performance measurement and quantitative data analysis for a leading financial services firm or best-in-class software vendor.

This role will report directly to the CIO and work closely with senior members of multiple trading desks, quantitative research teams and other members of the firm. Domain expertise will focus on equities, futures, FX, fixed income securities and other asset classes. This individual must demonstrate ability to analyze complex business and technical problems and make sound decisions proactively and in a self-directed manner. In addition, the candidate must demonstrate strong leadership skills with the ability to catalyze and coordinate various project threads to achieve successful results. The role will utilize C++ / Object-Oriented analysis, design and programming to develop robust, flexible software solutions relying on resilient ultra-high performance messaging applications and infrastructure.

Key functional job responsibilities include:

• Build/lead a team of top-notch software engineers & quantitative developers
• Responsible for the design, development, and deployment of new/existing infrastructure components pertaining to:
• Algorithmic trading infrastructure, real-time analytics, adaptive routing, signal-based scheduling
• Execution and order management trading technology including high performance electronic connectivity
• Performance measurement/transaction cost analysis, reporting and data visualization
• Big data architecture for quantitative data analysis
• Large scale portfolio optimization & scheduling
• Simulation engines for scheduling research & development
• Responsible for proposing new designs and modifying existing ones to continuously improve performance, functionality and stability of the system
• Perform a mix of senior business analysis, quantitative analysis, hands-on design, development, production support and face off to several teams
• Oversee and drive communication and collaboration with various trading desks, level 1 & 2 support groups, and peer research & technology teams
• Responsible for the design and development of advanced monitoring tools
• Responsible for infrastructure required for disaster recovery and failover

The candidate must be a strategic thinker, detail oriented with the ability to multi task and thrive within a dynamic/fast paced environment. Must be self-driven, analytical and have strong business acumen.

The candidate will build and lead a team of highly skilled technologists and will be responsible for setting technology vision and direction for the function as well as all aspects of the software development lifecycle technology usage.

The candidate must have a strong technical background (e.g., Object Oriented Design & Development Methodologies, C++, Multithreading, Networks, System-Level programming, Distributed Processing & Asynchronous Event-Driven Architectures, etc.).

Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of financial products, trading platforms and market microstructure 
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design fundamentals
• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle
• 7+ years experience in C++ in a Unix/Linux environment
• 7+ years experience in multi-threaded and real time programming w/ trading applications
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Personality characteristics:

• Passion for solving investment business problems through the use of technology
• Desire to attain a firm understanding of multiple asset classes, their business flows and front-to-back processing
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong critical reasoning skills; detail-oriented approach to solving problems
• Enthusiasm for learning & results oriented
• Strong work ethic & high degree of integrity
• Self-starter and able to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to manage tight deadlines amidst a dynamic environment
• Ability to manage multiple streams of work simultaneously

Education:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent required
• Masters or higher degree preferred

Our client is a global investment firm built around world-class talent, sound risk management, and innovative market-leading technology. For nearly a quarter of a century, their hedge funds and capital markets platform have delivered meaningful and measurable results to top-tier investors around the world, including sovereign wealth funds, corporate pensions, endowments, and institutional and retail clients. Their team of more than 500 investment professionals deploy capital across all major asset classes, in all major financial markets, including Chicago, New York, San Francisco, London, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.