Software Developer 842591

Rowayton, CT

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11 days ago

Job Description

Fairfield County Hedge Fund is seeking a junior-to-mid-level Software Developer to join its Trading Technology team in support of continued growth across its quantitative and discretionary trading businesses. The role will focus primarily on maintaining, enhancing, and supporting critical Windows client and server applications, while also contributing to new development projects. The successful candidate will work within a small, collaborative team and interact closely with development peers, the quantitative trading team, and other business users, with meaningful autonomy in developing technical solutions.

Responsibilities

Working closely with developers and business users, primarily within the quantitative trading team, to gather requirements and scope projects
Maintaining, enhancing, and updating existing Windows client and server applications, while also contributing to new development projects
Analyzing existing systems for robustness and performance improvements
Presenting ideas for system improvements, both technical and business-related
Producing product specifications and training peers and users on system use and maintenance
Performing unit, integration, and functional testing
Maintaining and supporting business-critical pre-trade signal and order generation systems through UAT and production, with a focus on accuracy, reliability, and timely processing

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
1-5 years of relevant software development experience; strong recent graduates with relevant internship, academic, or project experience will also be considered. Prior financial services or investment management experience is not required
Strong object-oriented programming skills; C# is preferred, but strong candidates with experience in Java, Python, or another modern programming language will also be considered
Experience with or strong knowledge of concurrency, automated unit testing, and SQL
Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with developers and business users throughout the software development life cycle
Strong attention to detail and a commitment to developing reliable, thoroughly tested software
Experience with event-driven architecture (messaging), F#, or functional programming (preferred)

This role requires commuting into our Rowayton, CT office Mondays through Fridays.

Numbers & Facts

Location

Rowayton, CT

Skills

Acceptance Testingunmatched
Business Supportunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Computer Programmingunmatched
Computer Scienceunmatched
Concurrencyunmatched
Detail Orientedunmatched
Functional Programming Languagesunmatched
Functional Testingunmatched
Hedge Fundsunmatched
Integration Testingunmatched
Javaunmatched
Microsoft C# (C Sharp)unmatched
Microsoft F#unmatched
Microsoft Windows Serverunmatched
Object Oriented Programming (OOP)unmatched
Performance Managementunmatched
Programming Languagesunmatched
Project Estimatesunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
Requirements Managementunmatched
SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
Server Programming/Applicationsunmatched
Software Developmentunmatched
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)unmatched
Systems Analysisunmatched
Systems Maintenanceunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
Test Automationunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
Trading Systemsunmatched
Unit Testunmatched

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