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.
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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.).
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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.