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Senior Backend Developer (C#)

New York, United States (On-site)

Senior Backend Developer (C#)

2 Months ago • 6 Years + • Data Analyst • $120,000 PA - $180,000 PA

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Job Description

Senior Backend Developer (C#) needed for a US-based hedge fund. The role involves enhancing market data operations, managing data flows, collaborating with stakeholders, ensuring data quality, and integrating market data with various systems. Responsibilities include improving systems supporting the market data lifecycle (acquisition, normalization, distribution, archiving), optimizing data pipelines for large volumes, onboarding new data feeds, resolving issues, implementing data quality standards, and integrating with trading platforms and analytics tools. The ideal candidate possesses strong technical skills in C#, .NET, and database management, along with experience in market data or risk systems. This is a highly visible role with significant business impact.

Must have:

6+ years relevant experience
Proficient in creating REST Web Services using C#
Thorough understanding of asynchronous mechanisms in .NET
Experience building APIs
Proficiency in .Net Framework, C#, WebApi, MS SQL
Experience with Git
Professional communication skills
Clean coding practices (SOLID, testing)
Agile environment experience
Database fluency
Unit testing and TDD

Good to have:

Experience with financial market data management
Exposure to gRPC binary protocol
Exposure to NoSQL databases
Containerized deployments (Docker, OpenShift)

Project description

Project for US-based hedge fund. The firm invests in multiple asset classes and strategies, namely long/short equity, systematic, global macro, and venture capital.

We're looking for talented engineers for a highly visible and impactful internal product. As a software developer in the market data team, you will be responsible for the firm's primary market data management system that supports both real-time and end-of-day processes critical to client's Macro trading business.
This is a highly visible role with significant business exposure. The engineer will be driving improvements to the primary system used at the firm to configure and disseminate market data for end-of-day and end-of-month operations, as well as provide intraday market data for our real-time risk and P&L systems used by the front office teams.
This is a hands-on software developer position where you will be expected to balance tactical needs with strategic goals, while keeping a product ownership approach to software development.
This role requires a combination of deep technical expertise, as well as an ability to balance tactical and strategic goals, and a strong sense of ownership over the product being worked on.
The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in either market data or risk systems.
Compensation depends on candidate's level: 120000-180000 USD Gross per year.

Responsibilities

Enhancements to Market Data Operations: Be able to improve systems and processes that support an end-to-end market data lifecycle, including acquisition, normalization, control, distribution, and archiving. Ensure timely and accurate delivery of market data to trading and analytical systems, with a strong focus on market data needed to value the firm portfolio both intraday and at end-of-day.

Manage Data Flows: Optimize data pipelines and infrastructure to handle large volumes of market data efficiently and with minimal latency.

Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with internal stakeholders to onboard new market data feeds, manage existing data feeds, and resolve issues on an ongoing basis in a timely manner.

Data Quality Assurance: Implement and maintain data quality standards and processes. Monitor data integrity and address any discrepancies or issues promptly.

System Integration: Oversee the integration of market data with various trading platforms, analytics tools, and reporting systems.

Continuous Improvement: Stay abreast of industry trends and advancements in market data technologies

Skills

Must have

Must be passionate about building mission-critical, elegantly engineered, scalable systems

6+ years of relevant experience

Proficient in creating REST Web Services using C#

Thorough understanding of asynchronous mechanisms used in modern .net development

Experience building APIs

Proficiency in .Net Framework, C#, WebApi, MS SQL

Experience with Git source code management

Professional, precise communication skills

Commitment to the highest ethical standards

Creating self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components

Must actively practice clean coding practices (SOLID, continuous refactoring, testing)

Comfortable operating in a fast paced, Agile environment

Fluency in operating with databases

Writing extensive unit tests using automated TDD tasks

Creating configuration, build, and test scripts for Continuous Integration environments

Nice to have

Experience with financial market data management

Exposure to gRPC binary protocol

Exposure to NoSQL databases

Containerized deployments using Docker, OpenShift etc

Other

Languages

English: B2 Upper Intermediate

Seniority

Senior

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$120.0K - $180.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$150.0K/yr avg.

New York, New York, United States

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Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company (NYSE: DXC), is a digital strategy and software engineering firm providing bespoke technology solutions that drive business change for customers the world over. Acquired by U.S. company DXC Technology in 2019, Luxoft is a global operation in 44 cities and 21 countries with an international, agile workforce of nearly 18,000 people. It combines a unique blend of engineering excellence and deep industry expertise, helping over 425 global clients innovate in the areas of automotive, financial services, travel and hospitality, healthcare, life sciences, media and telecommunications.

DXC Technology is a leading Fortune 500 IT services company which helps global companies run their mission critical systems. Together, DXC and Luxoft offer a differentiated customer-value proposition for digital transformation by combining Luxoft’s front-end digital capabilities with DXC’s expertise in IT modernization and integration. Follow our profile for regular updates and insights into technology and business needs.