Job Details: Sr. Software Engineer - Transaction Services
| Job Title: | Sr. Software Engineer - Transaction Services |
| Company: | Kershner Trading Group |
| Position Type: | Permanent |
| Pay Rate: | DOE |
| Date Posted: | Apr-18-08 |
Kershner Trading Group, LLC is a proprietary trading company based in Austin, Texas. “KTG” provides unique opportunities to talented, energetic people, rooted in the philosophy that everyone can do more than they realize, if they try. KTG empowers independent thinkers who have the discipline to set long-term goals, the adaptability to “shift gears” but still stay on course, and are open to being both a student and teacher in a learning organization.
Kershner offers the chance to join a high-performance team comprised of new and experienced traders trading more every day and adapting to new market opportunities, talented technology professionals developing leading edge trading and market analytics systems, quantitative/ business analysts providing tools and insights to fuel business growth and top-notch support staff keeping it all humming in an environment where every day brings new challenges yet maintains the cool, casual “Austin” atmosphere.
What are you capable of?? KTG is currently seeking candidates for the following position who are excited at the prospect of pushing their own professional limits. Think you can do more??
Minimum Qualifications:
• 5+ years of experience developing Windows based server-side software using object oriented techniques
• Strong problem-solving skills with a specific aptitude for rapidly identifying and resolving issues.
• Experience using Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 or 2005
• Experience using C# with .NET 2.0, 3.0 or 3.5 within the past 6 months.
• Experience using C++ within the past year.
• Experience developing multi-threaded server applications that meet demanding performance and latency constraints
• Experience using profiling tools and techniques to optimize program flow and resource utilization
• Excellent grasp of software engineering principles including development and release lifecycle processes
• Disciplined use of a source control system
• Strong sense of teamwork with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience working with N-tier architectures.
• Experience with .NET Remoting and SQL
• Experience with IP network protocols
Desired Qualifications:
• 8+ years of software development experience
• Experience with trading or financial software, ideally equities trading, FIX messaging protocol, etc
• Strong understanding of multi-threaded application development and effective use of multi-core technology
• Experience in architectural design concepts and system design
• Meaningful experience with SQL database (ideally MSSQL Server) concepts and usage, as well as database design (structure, views, stored procedures, etc)
• Experience with IP-multicast
• Experience with middleware messaging solutions (e.g. LBM, TIBCO, MQ, etc)
This is a contract to permanent role. Compensation will be structured to reward innovation and results and based on experience. *[This position will be eligible to participate in benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision and 401(k) Plan with company match.]
Applicants please email cover letter, resume, references and salary history to:
jobs@kershnertrading.com
Please note the position for which you are applying in the subject line.
No phone calls please.
Member of FINRA and SIPC
Kershner Trading LLC is an equal opportunity employer. A cornerstone or our business is fair and equitable treatment of people. KTG does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, political ideology, disability or other legally protected status.
*Statement applies to full-time employee postings only.
| Location: [rss] | US-TX-Austin |
| Telecommute: | No (Onsite Position) |
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| Contact Email: | itjobs@KershnerTrading.com |
| URL: | http://www.KershnerTrading.com |
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