Principal Front-Office Software Technical Trading Engineer (Java, C#, API, ETL)

About the role

State Street's Charles River Development (CRD) is hiring a Principal Consultant in its Toronto office. CRD builds enterprise investment management software for large institutions in institutional investment, wealth management and hedge funds, and joined State Street in 2018. The role assesses client needs and designs solutions aligned with CRD's current design, acting as a subject-matter expert across analysis, design, scheduling, construction and delivery, while managing several technical initiatives at once.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations of client engagements and lead projects to completion within scope and statement of work.
• Gather, analyze and communicate solutions to clients and internal teams, from presales through implementation.
• Direct and mentor less experienced consultants, and guide resource allocation.
• Partner with sales teams on presentations and proof-of-concept projects, designing prototypes that fit client needs.
• Ensure project issues are identified, documented and resolved, and build relationships with clients and key decision makers.

Required profile

• BA/BS degree in a business or technical field such as Finance, Economics, Engineering or Computer Science.
• 8-10 years of progressively responsible experience in financial or software services, with a financial market information systems background preferred.
• Ability to travel to client sites in the United States and Canada (10-20% typical) and work remotely; flexibility to work beyond regular hours.
• Experience with investment trading, fixed income, equities, derivatives and FX.

Required skills

• Programming in Java and C#.
• In-depth knowledge of at least one RDBMS: Oracle, MS SQL Server or Sybase.
• Knowledge of Tomcat, N-tier architecture, SOAP/XML messaging (MQ Series, Tibco, MSMQ, Sonic MQ, Open JMS) and Kafka.
• ETL tools such as Kettle and Talend; familiarity with Windows, Unix (Solaris and Linux) and Subversion or Perforce.
• Experience with Azure and Snowflake.