Position: Lead SW Eng.
Location: Boston, MA Area
Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS
Local Candidates Only - No Sponsorship

Company:
Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Excellent Compensation Package - Bonus -
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities - Summary:
The Equity Trading team is seeking a Lead software engineer to be an
integral member of the development team responsible for developing the
firm’s next generation Equity Trading System. This role will report to the
Software Engineering Manager for the Equity Trading applications.

Great Opportunity to be involved in building a complete Trading System from
the ground up in a elite Buy Side Firm.

Detailed Responsibilities:
As a Lead member of this team, the individual will have the following
responsibilities:
- Technical design, implementation, deployment, and support of the
Equity Trading System

- Partner with Business Analysts to review and implement business
requirements

- Partner with Project Managers, Technical and QA Leads on
estimates, statuses, identify issues and raise risks

- Partner with the Architecture team to ensure track work is aligned
with the strategic direction of the enterprise

- Stay current with evolving Trading industry and technical trends
to ensure systems and team are of highest caliber

Keys to This Position:
Looking for a Lead Developer that can be hands on with C#/.Net with strong
GUI - Ideally with Trading or High Volume, High Transactional GUI
development experience.

1.  Technical requirements: C#/.Net 2.0+, VS 2005+, GUI, Messaging, (WPF,
Data Grid & WCF, a Big plus)

2.  Leadership experience.  Experience leading a development team of 15 (5
onshore & 10 offshore) - Team management responsibilities, including the
direct supervision of approximately 15 software engineers (consultants) - 5
Onshore - 10 Offshore thru a Lead - Group is mostly made up of consultants.
Responsibilities breakdown - 65% Technical Leadership - 35% Team Leadership.

3.  Domain knowledge (in this order):  Trading Systems, Financial
Institution - Front Office, Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, etc. , or
other Financial Services Experience. Work will involve building the Front
End (GUI) for a Major/Multi Year Trading System Project - This will be the
Order Mgt - Order Execution & Order Allocation Portal used by the Firm’s
Traders.

4.  Strong Communication skills.

5. Seeking experience with High Volume, High Transactional Systems.  This
individual will be a strong Technical, Hands On Leader that knows how to
build High Speed Performance Applications.

Required Skills and Competencies:
The ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills and proven
ability to design and deliver solutions relevant to complex business
problems. Specific requirements include:

- 10+ years of experience including 3 plus years of experience
managing or leading a development team.

- 5+ years of GUI development using Microsoft technologies

- 2+ years of .net development experience using C#

- 2+ years of using .net frameworks version 2.0 or greater

- Experience with Visual Studio 2005 or greater

- WPF or WCF is considered a strong plus as is Data Grid Knowledge

- Strong knowledge of Relational DB Systems - Oracle is Preference
but other major RDB Systems is fine

- Strong analysis, design and modeling skills

- Strong knowledge and experience with message technologies (e.g.
MSMQ, ActiveMQ)

- Knowledge of software development and testing methodologies and
their effective application

- Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced,
team-oriented environment supporting a business-critical production
environment

- Computer Science degree or related field

Contact Information:
Please forward Word resume along with any other supporting information to:
Gary Wright - President
Wright Associates - (508) 761-6354
Email - ReplyWrightAssociates AT Verizon DOT Net
Website - www.wrightassociates.org