Fidessa Developer

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Fidessa Developer to sit onsite in NYC with one of their largest financial institutional clients supporting a global, front-office equities trading team. This role is highly hands-on and development-focused, supporting critical trading infrastructure used across multiple regions. The developer will work extensively within the Fidessa platform, performing daily scripting and development while also contributing to a Java-based technology layer depending on project needs.

On a day-to-day basis, this individual will support several active initiatives, including a major migration from a legacy Sybase database to Oracle, requiring strong object-oriented Java development skills. The role involves 90% coding, with the remaining 10% consisting of third level production support. This is a fast-paced, front-office environment with strong regulatory considerations, ideal for a developer with deep Fidessa expertise or closely related trading platform experience who wants to work on business-critical systems.

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• Hands-on Fidessa development experience (implementation or customization)
• Experience supporting front-office equities trading
• Strong TCL scripting experience within Fidessa
• Java (OOP) experience, particularly for system migrations
• Database migration experience (e.g., Sybase to Oracle)
• Experience working in regulated financial environments Experience with FIX Protocol and Order Management Systems
• Python development experience
• Messaging technologies: IBM MQ, TIBCO, Kafka
• Linux OS experience and shell scripting
• Experience collaborating with global teams across time zones
• Fidessa-adjacent trading platforms if Fidessa is not exact