Development Manager

Development Manager

Join the development team at a leading asset management firm, responsible for the oversight of a mid-sized development team and of the firm’s mission critical applications. We look for candidates who are intellectually curious and have diverse interests and backgrounds:

A broad interest in the computer programming field, with motivation to work in all aspects of business applications programming such as constructing user interfaces, building problem-solving algorithms, crafting efficient data access techniques, and constructing interfaces among systems.

Must have strong leadership and motivational skills, and must be able to organize, prioritize and effectively carry out a workload that includes many pending tasks in a dynamic business environment, effectively communicating with internal staff and external associates.

Responsibilities:

• Manage planning, developing, testing, and implementing all software application changes by system development staff
• Ensure that all systems development is performed in accordance with all policies and procedures
• Accurately estimate systems development efforts
• Report systems development activities, including but not limited to the execution and status of releases associated with performance standards
• Resolve complex problems. Works with client and management to resolve issues and validate requirements within their areas of responsibility. Provide technical advice on complex programming.

Qualifications:

Preferred candidates will possess most or all of the following qualifications:

• At least 5-7 years of hands-on development experience developing enterprise scale applications
• At least 5-6 years in managing mid-size (7-10 people) application team
• Experience in developing enterprise scale applications using modern software development technologies
• Demonstrated comprehensive experience managing the planning, developing, testing, and implementing of software application changes
• Demonstrated comprehensive experience using software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies
• Manage staff in a complex IT environment
• Five (5+) plus years of experience with C#,.NET, SQL SERVER, development and maintenance.
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent communications skills and team management skills

Nice To Have:

• Experience in Investment Management Domain
• Data modeling experience in a RDBMS platform
• Experience deploying solutions to AWS
• Exposure to Angular 1.x or 2.0