Front-Office Trading Engineer - Java/C#, ETL & Kafka

Charles River Development; Berwyn (PA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles River Development seeks a Trading Engineer to join the implementation team. The role requires deep hands-on development in Java/C#, integration with intraday front-office trading systems, and extensive collaboration with clients on technical deployments across multiple sites in the US and Canada.

The ideal candidate brings Buy-side front-office trading experience, ERD/SQL knowledge, and a track record of delivering complex technical interfaces in a consulting context.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in Financial / Software Services industry (Financial market information systems background preferred)
• Experience inBuyside OMS/ trading implementations is a plus
• Strong communication and client interaction skills

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple technical initiatives across projects
• Develop with a result-driven approach while maintaining schedules
• Participate in functional and technical requirements gathering and review
• Create, test, and correct inbound and outbound interfaces
• Collaborate with analysts, project managers, and client staff
• Serve as a technical expert in implementation projects
• Contribute to technical documentation

Skills

Java programming

C# programming

Windows

Unix/Linux

XML/XSLT

ETL tools (Kettle)

SQL databases (Oracle/MS SQL)

SOAP/XML messaging

Web services API

Software architecture (N-tier)

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science or related field

MS degree preferred

Tools

Kettle

Perforce

MQ Series/MSMQ

Tomcat

Job description

Charles River Development seeks a Trading Engineer to join the implementation team. The role requires deep hands-on development in Java/C#, integration with intraday front-office trading systems, and extensive collaboration with clients on technical deployments across multiple sites in the US and Canada.

The ideal candidate brings Buy-side front-office trading experience, ERD/SQL knowledge, and a track record of delivering complex technical interfaces in a consulting context.