USM Business Systems

Role: Sr. Full stack – front and back end.

Location: Boston, MA

Duration: 6-12 months contract

Interview: Phone AND F2F

Basic Purpose:

The Senior Developer works as a member of the Research and Market Data Team to design, develop, and support research applications.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design and develop software systems, working both independently and collaboratively with the rest of the team.

• Analyze and resolve production system issues independently or in conjunction with business system analysts to methodically reproduce a problem, identify root causes, and design a solution.

• Maintain and enhance any existing applications the team is responsible for.

• Manage technical debt, placing a high value on refactoring, collective code ownership, and improving the design of existing code.

• Provide advice and assistance to others throughout the company, subsidiaries, and partners.

• Work closely with Portfolio Managers, Analysts, and Traders.

• Manage client expectations and balance priorities as part of the team.

Desired Skills:

• Full Stack development experience (Web UI, C# backend, SQL Server database).

• UI Layer - Experience developing Web interfaces using Angular2, Java

• Service Layer – Experience building restful C# web services.

• Persistence Layer – SQL Server database

• From a database perspective, ideal candidate would have:

• a working understanding of relational database design, including data modeling, normalization and denormalization.

• Experience with SQL Server

• Solid understanding of SQL, including knowledge of different join types and grouping, as well as SQL for creating schemas

• programming experience using Transact-SQL

• basics of SQL Server administration, security, index creation, and performance tuning

• Ability and desire to collaborate, sketch and discuss designs at a whiteboard, engage in pair programming, ask for help before you need it, and openly share code, designs, and ideas.

• Experience with the following techniques, libraries, and tools are helpful:

• Agile Methodologies – any of Scrum, Kanban, and/or Lean

• Test driven development (TDD)

• Git, Jira

Job Requirements:

• Overall 5+ years of software development experience

• 3+ years with web UI development – ideally experience with Angular2, Angular, React, or similar.

• 3+ years of experience programming with C#

• 3+ years of experience with SQL server

• Excellent communication and organizational skills and ability to communicate with non-technical investment professionals

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science preferred

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.