Front-Office Trading Software Engineer (IB, Java/C#)

State Street; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street’s Charles River Development team is seeking Front-Office Software Technical Trading Engineers with investment banking trading experience. You will lead technical implementations of the Charles River IMS suite across client environments, handling XML messaging, web services, ETL, Java/C#, and database admin tasks.

You will collaborate with analysts, PMs, and client staff, travel 50–80% to client sites in the US and Canada, and contribute to documentation and architecture decisions as

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in a business or technical field including Finance, Economics, Engineering or Computer Science.
• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in Financial/Software Services, background in financial market information systems preferred.
• Willingness to travel to client sites across the United States and Canada (10–20% typical, may exceed).

Responsibilities

• Java and C# programming across n-tier implementations.
• Lead and manage multiple technical initiatives, potentially on multiple projects.
• Develop with a result-driven approach while maintaining implementation schedules.
• Participate in functional and technical requirements gathering and review.
• Create, test, and correct inbound and outbound interfaces.
• Collaborate with business analysts, project managers, and customer staff.
• Serve as a technical expert in implementation projects.
• Contribute to the technical documentation.

Skills

Java programming

C# programming

Windows

Unix (Linux)

ETL tools

SQL (Oracle/MS SQL)

XML

SOAP/XML Messaging

MQ Series/MSMQ/Sonic MQ/Open JMS/Kafka

SSRS/Crystal Reports

Travel readiness

Education

BA/BS in Finance, Economics, Engineering or CS

Tools

Kettle

Talend

Job description

State Street’s Charles River Development team is seeking Front-Office Software Technical Trading Engineers with investment banking trading experience. You will lead technical implementations of the Charles River IMS suite across client environments, handling XML messaging, web services, ETL, Java/C#, and database admin tasks.

You will collaborate with analysts, PMs, and client staff, travel 50–80% to client sites in the US and Canada, and contribute to documentation and architecture decisions as