Front-Office Trading Developer - Charles River Development Job Toronto area,Ontario Canada,Software Development

What we are looking for

As a Front-Office Developer you will be an integral player of the Charles River implementation team. Senior Consultants brings technical expertise and direction to implementation teams, ensuring proper implementation of Charles River’s IMS suite at our clients. Technical implementations include all aspects of a consulting project, from installation of n-tier software and integration with third party systems to DR/HA design to documenting and performing technical training for the client.

This role is a highly technical role and spans XML messaging, Charles River web services API, ETL tool usage, Java and/or C# programming, and database administration tasks.

Why this job is important to us

The team you will be joining is a part of Charles River Development (or CRD), that became a part of State Street in 2018. CRD helps create enterprise investment management software solutions for large institutions in the areas of institutional investment, wealth management and hedge funds. Together we have created the first open front-to-back platform - State Street Alpha, that was launched in 2019.

Join us if delivering next generation infrastructure, using emerging technologies like AI and Blockchain sounds like a challenge you are up for.

What you will be responsible for

Java and C# programming

Lead and manage multiple technical initiatives, potentially on multiple projects simultaneously.

Develop with a result-driven approach while maintaining implementation schedules.

Participate in functional and technical requirements gathering and review

Create, test, and correct inbound and outbound interfaces based on

Collaborate with team members including business analysts, project managers, and customer staff

Serve as a technical expert in implementation projects

Contribute to the technical documentation

What we value

Java and C# programming

Windows and Unix (Linux)

Knowledge of ETL tools such as Kettle and Talend

Familiar with at least one SCM (Perforce would be a plus)

XML and XSLT

Understanding of ERDs

Tomcat configuration and optimization

N-tier application architecture

SOAP/XML and messaging software like MQ Series, MSMQ, Sonic MQ, Open JMS, Kafka

In-depth knowledge of one of the following RDBMS:
Oracle or MS SQL Server

Perl

Crystal Reports or Sql Server Reporting Services

Self-motivated and Self-driven

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent field.

Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, team environment.

Experience in methodology-based solution delivery and managing customers’ expectations.

Problem solving skills and ability to recognize long term solutions across multiple projects.

Must be detail-oriented and have the ability to multi-task.

Self-starter, able to work both independently and as part of a team.

Excellent communication skills (verbal and written); good interpersonal skills; ability to gather and understand requirements in the financial sector; solid client interaction skills.

The ability to travel as the assignment requires (50-80%)

Strong preference

Financial services industry experience

Previous consulting background

Previous OMS implementation experience

System integration using ETL tools

Experience with Azure and Snowflake

Education &

Preferred Qualifications:

A BA/BS degree in a business or technical field including Finance, Economics, Engineering or Computer Science.

A minimum of 5 + years of progressively responsible experience in the Financial / Software Services industry (Financial market information systems background preferred)

The ability to travel to client sites throughout the United States and Canada as well as the ability to work effectively when remote from clients. Travel of 35%-50% is typical and but may exceed that in any given year.

About State Street

What we do: State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation we're making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we've been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investments research & trading and investment…