Senior Software Engineer (.Net)

Garda Capital Partners (Garda) is a multi-billion dollar alternative investment firm with over 21 years of experience deploying relative value strategies across fixed income markets for institutional investors. Garda's primary offices are located in Wayzata, New York City, West Palm Beach, Geneva, Zug, Copenhagen, Singapore, and Scottsdale.

Garda is looking for a Senior Software Engineer (.Net) in its Research and Technology (R&T) group based out of our Geneva office.

The R&T team is responsible for all of the firm's applications & infrastructure including analytics, portfolio and risk management. The selected candidate will join the team responsible for designing, developing, and supporting upgrades to our analytics platform and building out our data platform. This position requires proficiency and experience in software development using Microsoft .Net based technologies. While prior business knowledge is not mandatory, capital markets related experience will be a plus.

Position Responsibilities:

• Provide support for in-house and 3rd party applications
• Diagnose and fix issues with trading desk systems (In-house analytics, Bloomberg, TradeWeb, other vendor and proprietary systems)

Qualifications & Desired Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics or Finance
• 7+ years of object-oriented development using C# and Microsoft.Net
• 7+ years of database, SQL, ORM experience
• Must be comfortable with development across the application stack
• Ability to complete complex projects independently
• Detail-oriented with strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a high-energy, time sensitive team environment
• Knowledge of fixed income trading and related financial instruments including bonds and interest rate derivative products
• Experience with Excel, Excel VBA, Bloomberg is a plus