Application Development Manager-Trading Systems

Shain Associates; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Shain Associates in Princeton, NJ seeks a highly motivated software development leader to drive delivery of mission critical trading system software. You will manage development efforts, align with project plans, and collaborate with PMO on tracking and control.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years leading development teams in trading environments, strong OO design, and experience with FIX/OPRA protocols. You will ensure SDLC adherence, coordinate testing, and oversee releases to maintain system

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in managing development teams.
• Experience delivering production quality software in trading systems.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT/CS.
• Strong knowledge of object oriented programming.
• Familiarity with trading protocols such as FIX, OPRA, CTA or UTP.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage software development efforts to project plans and coordinate with PMO.
• Oversee translation of business requirements into software.
• Drive project planning to manage software deliverables.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC and QA processes.
• Oversee software releases and release management.
• Collaborate with development management to maintain architecture and messaging framework.
• Support testing with QA and Use Case teams.
• Participate in performance analysis and tuning.
• Contribute as a member of Requirements Committee and Crisis Management Team.

Skills

Team leadership

SDLC

Release management

Requirements analysis

Trading systems

Performance tuning

OO programming

TCP/UDP networking

JIRA

Git

Jenkins

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Computer Science

Tools

JIRA

Git

Jenkins

Valgrind

CPPCheck

FishEye

Crucible

WIKI

Job description

We are currently looking for a highly motivated individual with demonstrated experience

managing and leading software development efforts in a securities trading system environment.

Major responsibilities include

Manage software development efforts to the project plans and collaborate with the

Project Management Office regarding project tracking and control.

Work together with various teams to assess and evaluate business requirements for the

purposes of facilitating the translation into software.

Drive the project planning process to manage software deliverables.

Manage staff adherence to the SDLC and Quality Assurance processes.

Manage software releases in accordance with established release management and

Work closely with the software development management team to maintain the integrity

of the trading system software architecture framework, the messaging infrastructure and

the logical transaction domain structure and boundaries.

Work closely with the Quality Assurance and Use Case development teams to effectively

facilitate and manage the testing process.

Leverage technical subject matter expertise as a key decision maker in:

Establishing Failure/Recovery paradigms

Participate in the system performance analysis and tuning efforts.

Participate as a member of Requirements Committee and Crisis Management Team.

Qualifications

Must have experience managing software development teams in a mission critical

environment… preferably brokerage front ends and/or trading systems.

Strong track record of delivering production quality software required.

Must have full software development life cycle experience.

Excellent software design skills and knowledge of advanced data structures required.

Strong knowledge of the logical business domain in Options, Equities or Future trading

Must have excellent organizational and communication skills.

Must be able to work effectively in a team environment.

Functional knowledge of FIX, OPRA, CTA or UTP protocols a big plus.

Solid knowledge of object oriented programming concepts a plus.

Knowledge of communication protocols such as TCP, UDP and multicast a plus.

Working understanding of the following tool sets a plus: WIKI, JIRA, git, Jenkins,

Valgrind, CPPCheck, FishEye and Crucible

Education and Experience

3+ years of experience in managing development teams

3+ years of demonstrated experience in delivering software solutions, preferably in a

trading systems environment for Brokerage Firm, an Exchange

Minimum of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT/Computer Science