Application Development Manager-Trading Systems

Shain Associates; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Shain Associates is seeking a seasoned software development leader to manage delivery of mission-critical trading system software. You will oversee cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into robust software, drive project planning, and ensure strict adherence to SDLC and QA processes, while guiding releases and architecture integrity.

The role requires a strong track record in production-quality software, familiarity with brokerage front ends or trading environments, and

Qualifications

• Experience managing software development teams in mission critical environments.
• Preferably brokerage front ends and/or trading systems experience.
• Strong track record of delivering production quality software.
• Must have full software development life cycle experience.
• Excellent software design skills and knowledge of advanced data structures.
• Knowledge of FIX, OPRA, CTA or UTP protocols is a plus.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills; team oriented.

Responsibilities

• Manage software development efforts to project plans and collaborate with the PMO for tracking.
• Work with teams to translate business requirements into software solutions.
• Drive the project planning process to manage software deliverables.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC and QA processes and manage software releases.
• Maintain the integrity of the trading system architecture, messaging, and domain structure.
• Collaborate with QA and Use Case teams to facilitate testing.
• Contribute as a decision maker in failure/recovery paradigms and performance analysis.
• Participate in Requirements Committee and Crisis Management Team.

Skills

Software development management

Project planning

SDLC adherence

QA processes

Release management

Team collaboration

Strong communication

C++ / OO concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT/Computer Science

Tools

JIRA

git

Jenkins

Valgrind

CPPCheck

FishEye

Crucible

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