Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Wall Street On Demand - Senior Engineer

Do you want an innovative environment, technical challenges, and brilliant colleagues in addition to business stability? Wall Street on Demand, Inc. continues to look for exceptional people who want to solve hard problems and truly make a difference at work.

What You Offer:

We are looking for *star developers* to augment the growing team of Software Engineers. You will be part of the core team that is responsible for designing and developing core frameworks and the next generation applications.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Work with product managers and customer facing teams to understand business requirements and translate them into world class software applications
* Analyze, innovate, architect, design and develop software programs for frameworks, technology components and end user applications
* Write designs and unit-test documents
* Write code, perform unit tests and bug fixes, and deliver high quality, world class products and technologies
* Lead and co-ordinate development with remote teams when required
* Assist in development planning, scheduling and execution
* Work with QA to ensure highest quality for software deliverables
* Review and contribute to integration and regression test plans created by QA
* Work with Documentation team to ensure highest quality documentation for software deliverables. Review and contribute to product documentation

This position is a full time opportunity, working onsite in Boulder, Colorado.

Required Skills:
* At least 5 years of recent experience in hands-on software design and coding; MS/BS in Computer Science or related field
* Excellent problem solver, creative thinker, and extremely self-motivated.
* Analytical and detail oriented. Able to prioritize, execute and deliver projects on time
* Process oriented; Able to mentor team members and take lead roles
* Solid OOP and software design ability; should be able to create designs and write code that meets specified architectural objectives.
* Strong design and coding experience in Server development, Web UI development or both. Strong skills in one or more of the following: application frameworks, server side components, Web UI frameworks, AJAX, Web Services.
* Hard core Java development experience with broad skills in technologies such as J2SDK/J2EE, Servlets, JSP, JSF, AJAX, JBI/ESB, JAAS, JMX, JMS, JDBC, and multi-threading, with skills to quickly learn and apply new technologies; Able to program and debug in complex multi-threaded environments.
* Strong skills in XML schema design, XML parsing and processing, XPATH and XSLT.
* Strong SQL and data model design skills. Experience in one or more databases such as Oracle, MS-SQL, Sybase IQ; Experience in open source databases such as PostgreSQL / Bizgress MPP and MySQL is a plus.
* Experience in open source technologies with broad skills in technologies such as Apache MyFaces, Struts/Shale, Tiles, Velocity, Jakarta, Jetspeed/Portals, SOAP, AXIS, Maven, Ant, Quartz, OJB, Hibernate, Spring Framework, JBoss Rules, Jboss App Server.
* Skilled in scripting languages such as Javascript, Perl, PHP, Ruby, and Linux/Unix Shell scripting.
* Strong platform skills in Linux/Unix. A Microsoft platform skill is a plus.

What We Offer:

Wall Street on Demand, Inc. has been in business for almost 20 years. Headquartered at the base of the Rocky Mountains in Boulder, Colorado, Wall Street On Demand has 400 employees that are focused on the design, development and hosting of financial web sites, reports, and tools. We deliver innovative, high quality products to help our clients and their customers visualize, manipulate and understand complex financial information. Our compelling, presentation-rich services for financial professionals and individual investors have won acclaim for our clients, many of whom rank at the top of the Gomez and Forbes awards. Our products are custom designed for each client, completely private-labeled, and fully integrated into the client's other offerings.

Recently acquired by Markit, Wall Street On Demand has entered a promising and exciting business relationship and continues to grow and create new career opportunities for exceptional people who want to awaken their curiosity and strengthen their creative thinking and critical problem solving skills in a demanding, results oriented and client focused work environment. Markit is a leading, global financial information services company with over 1,900 employees. The company provides independent data, valuations and trade processing across all asset classes in order to enhance transparency, reduce risk and improve operational efficiency. Over 1,500 institutions use Markit*s independent services as clients - including investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, central banks, regulators, rating agencies and insurance companies * providing round-the-clock support from offices in London, New York, Dallas, Toronto, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Henley on Thames, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney.
Wall Street On Demand offers a terrific working environment that creates an abundance of opportunities for motivated individuals. We possess a unique and compelling culture that is intellectually stimulating, encourages creativity and recognizes individual and team contribution. We offer a great benefits package including medical with HSA/FSA, dental, vision, 401K with Company Match, vacation and personal days, alternative transportation benefits and there really is an unlimited supply of chocolate!


If you are interested in this opportunity send your cover letter and rsum to jobs@wallst.com include Senior Engineer HUB in the subject line.

Salary is based on experience.

Wall Street On Demand is an Equal Opportunity Employer.