Our client, a financial market company, is seeking a Senior Developer.

Location: Bedford, MA

Position Type: Full Time

Job Purpose

We are seeking a Senior Developer to join and help on a team of experienced developers (~8 people) working on mission critical data delivery systems.
The systems utilize multiple technologies to distribute financial data (both reference and pricing data) through various mediums from bulk file deliveries to on-line interfaces.
The candidate should be able to work independently, handle multiple simultaneous tasks and be adept at prioritizing their work.
The candidate will be able to focus on the project priorities in order to deliver the required product at the scheduled time.
They should be comfortable collaborating with business analysts, product managers, quality assurance groups and client services to refine requirements and plan implementation strategies.
The applicant will have experience in problem solving, planning, and estimating development efforts and have strong communication skills.
Most importantly they should demonstrate the ability to show initiative and be able to move projects forward to completion with minimal supervision.
The candidate will be expected to be involved in the full life cycle of the systems development from requirement gathering through development and testing to on-going support and maintenance.
The position will involve some on-call support outside of regular business hours, nights and weekends.

Duties and Responsibilities

Development, maintenance and support of our client's legacy delivery platforms built on Linux with Perl and C.
Help migrate systems to our client's new next generation data delivery system built on Java, Spring Framework, Oracle, and Kafka.
Help with database and data access patterns for the team. Work closely with DBAs on any design or performance optimizations.
Aid in the design of the system working closely with the lead architect. This includes developing technical specifications, design, coding and testing new features.
Provide on-call support as part of a team rotation. Triage, diagnose and remediate production issues that impact client file deliveries.

Knowledge and Experience

Perl, or similar scripting language, and C development experience in a Linux based environment
Experience Oracle or other SQL DB development platform (Perl, C or Java data access patterns, SQL Loader, PL/SQL)
Experience in Java, Spring Web MVC, Spring REST are a plus
Experience with Angular, Angular 2, ReactJS are a plus
Experience with Kafka, Spring Batch and Python are a plus
Experience with financial data (Reference Data, Pricing, Market Data) is a big plus
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software/Computer Engineering or Computer/Information Sciences or equivalent experience

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