Job Description
SQL and .NET Software Developer – Investment Management – City - London
THE COMPANY AND SITUATION:
A high-calibre, City-based investment management firm is currently expanding globally and hence requires a software developer experienced in SQL and .NET technologies. This position is ideal for a “second jobber”, but is also open to more experienced developers who would be happy with a non-management software development position.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Essential:
The following experience is essential for this role:
• A minimum of 2 years software development experience in the financial services sector ideally in fund management, investment banking, a broker house or a financial services sector software house
• Experience in either T-SQL or PL/SQL
• Experience in .NET – can be either VB.NET or C#
• Experience in either ASP or ASP.NET
Please note the above experience is essential, you require all of the above to be eligible for this role.
Desirable:
Experience in any of the following is desirable, but not essential. However, the more you have of the following, the more attractive you’ll be!
• WPF (Infragistics)
• VBA (Excel)
• SQL Server Reporting Services, and also
• Sharepoint
• VSTO
• Order Management Systems (ideally Linedata LVTS)
• Beauchamp product suite (Fund Manager)
• Bloomberg API development
• SS&C desktop applications for Investment Management (Recon, Sylvan, Pages)
THE ROLE:
The role is about a quarter to a third support, the remainder is the full lifecycle development of in-house and vendor business applications. This is no “ivory tower” existence where you never get to liaise with users or see your code in use: This is a user-facing role in an open-plan environment, consulting with users for requirements gathering, followed by development, testing and implementation.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
This is a small company with a flat structure so career-wise, you can choose any one of a number of career paths available to you. They are seeking the calibre of person suitable to become relatively independent and autonomous in managing their work and their relationships with the teams in the business. This is an opportunity to learn and develop your technical and business skills in a situation where you can be very visible and contribute quickly in an ambitious company with exciting projects and development work to be done. Here, there is a heavy emphasis on IT to be a major part in achieving the company’s growth plans.
Location: City, Central London
