Software Developer

Friday, July 22, 2011

Position Description

Software Developer

QED Financial Systems provides superior financial software for the automation of investment workflow from order to balance sheet.  The QED platform enables customers to realize operational efficiencies, respond to regulatory compliance inquiries, and institutionalize internal controls while providing transparency of financial data on branded, presentation quality reports in real-time.

Position Summary

QED is seeking an experienced Software Developer to join our software development team in Marlton, New Jersey.

The Software Developer will work within the QED development team to establish ongoing business processes, approaches, and disciplines for investment management, portfolio accounting, analysis and reporting in support of QED clients including buy-side institutional investment plans, asset managers, wealth managers, portfolio managers, investment trading professionals, and accounting professionals.

The Software Developer is responsible for extensions to, and ongoing development of, QED processes and programs for data storage and retrieval; data manipulation and presentation, user interaction, and interaction with external systems data exchange within the QED platform.

Position Responsibilities

This position is appropriate for a financial applications software developer who has developed essential skills in software development and software development processes and who will work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support software development activities.

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain software applications using specified development environments, programming languages, and tools;
• Work with the project team to develop requirements specifications, functional specifications, and workflow documentation;
• Create high-level and detailed software designs based on requirements, and follow through to implementation and unit test;
• Create and execute unit software test cases and interact with product quality assurance to resolve bugs, clarify functionality, and resolve software usability issues;
• Lead or participate in the design and development of web-based software solutions and the web-enabling of legacy applications providing connectivity to a variety of information resources;
• Analyze and design databases, and optimize database queries;
• Perform other related duties as required

Position Qualification Requirements

Education
• Bachelor degree or equivalent in computer science or related discipline required;

Experience
• A minimum of five to seven years of relevant work experience in Financial Technology is required;
• Investment performance measurement, performance attribution analysis, and investment risk modeling experience is a plus;

Knowledge
• Knowledge of investments, securities, and financial accounting principles is required;
• Understanding of performance measurement evaluation and reporting methodologies is a plus;
• Familiarity with financial statement and reports processing is a plus;

Professional Skills
• Proficiency as a C++ developer required;
• Proficiency as a Java developer a plus;
• Experience with Fortran a plus;
• Proficiency in UNIX Shell scripting required;
• Familiarity with the Nokia Qt Toolkit a plus;
• Experience with a SQL RDBMS such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MS SQL required;
• Broad range of experience with computer software, hardware, operating systems (including Sun Microsystems and Microsoft Windows), web servers, and web clients required;
• Experience with Business Intelligence reporting including Jaspersoft is a plus;
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and communications skills are required;
• Ability to adapt to changing climate needs and priorities and to work independently and concurrently on several projects is required;
• Comfortable working on, and contributing to, a dynamic and evolving software platform;
• Excellent critical thinking and multitasking skills and the ability to maintain focus on multiple priorities with a demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks and assignments is required;
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose and discuss problems as they arise, research possible solutions as necessary, and resolve problems in a timely and satisfactory manner is required;

This position is designated as sensitive based on access to detailed client investment data and activities that might enable insider trading or theft, and is subject to a criminal background check.

This is a full time staff position with QED Financial Systems, Inc. and includes competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package with salary compensation, 401(k) with corporate matching, paid time off, and health, vision, and dental benefits. QED is a world class financial technology company that has delivered solutions to the institutional investment community for over 24 years. We invite you to join us as we continue to innovate the future of the financial services industry.

You can download a copy of this position description here.

Local applicants strongly preferred, as no relocation assistance is available.

Please apply direct to QED by submitting your resume’ to Human Resources.
No phone calls please.

QED Financial Systems, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce.

Principals only please.
AGENCY CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION.