Senior C# WPF Developer / Front Office C# WPF Technologist – Greenfield Credit eTrading Platform Build Project, Leading Investment Bank recruitment

Senior C# WPF Developer / Front Office C# WPF Technologist – Greenfield Credit eTrading Platform Build Project, Leading Investment Bank

Introduction: Montash Associates have been retained by a prestigious, industry leading Investment Bank, to assist in the acquisition of experienced C# WPF Developers / Front Office C# WPF technologists to come on board and become a key member of a high profile development team.

The Organisation: This firm is renowned for working with cutting edge technologies, and hiring only the strongest technologists, offering exceptional career progression and rewarding good work with high bonuses.

The Project: This Greenfield trading suite build project will involve development of a series of core applications, from a unique, in-house trading platform, through pricing engines and risk calculators to order management and execution.

The Role: The role will be predominantly development orientated but will include direct face to face contact with users. The successful candidates will be part of a development team creating robust enterprise wide solutions for front office in C# and WPF in order to accurately identify business requirements. This will include providing effective business solutions in a timely, cost effective manner.

This Team: This is an exceptional team with only technologist of the highest quality, consisting of server side Java Developers and C# WPF developers responsible for the development and maintenance of their market leading trading platform.

The Technology: The latest versions C# .Net and WPF (4.0) will be used on this project. It is essential that applicants have a deep, low level understanding of the .Net Framework. An expert ability to produce multithreaded code to an advanced level is very attractive e.g. dead locking, control locks etc. Candidates must possess expert skills in OO Design, and must be well versed in the most complex areas e.g. Polymorphism etc. As a true believer in staying on the cusp of the wave of cutting edge technology, this firm is open to influential technologists who enhance their software with related technologies.

Technical Skills:

Essential:

• C#.Net 3.5, 4.0

• WPF

• WinForms, Windows Services

Desirable:

• WCF

• MEF, Unity, Prism 4

• HTML, DHTML, CSS, XHTML, JavaScript

• XML

• MS SQL Server 2005, 2008 TSQL, SSIS

• Visual Studio 2010, 2008/2005

• Subversion SVN, Tortoise SVN

• Windows 7 / 2008 R2 / IIS

• Tibco / MSMQ

• ASP.Net

• Agile environment experience

• TDD, CruiseControl, nUnit, Enterprise Patterns, CI, DI, IoC

• Powershell

The Candidate: Any applicant must possess a minimum of 3 years working with C# and at least 2 years working with WPF. Excellent knowledge of Financial Services from a business/IT perspective is highly desirable. Candidates will ideally come from a prop trading, hedge fund or investment banking background and possess first class, extensive academics.

• Consultative approach coupled with a “can-do” attitude.

• Demonstrable track record of working within a front office environment within Asset Management or financial services.

• The ideal candidate will be highly proficient in Development and have experience of business analysis.

• Excellent problem solving skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Inter-personal skills; tact, patience, courtesy, good listening skills.

• Ability to deal credibly with business and technical users at all levels of the organisation.

• Ability to operate under pressure and deliver to demanding deadlines.

• Strong self-organisation, time management and prioritisation skills.

The Package: Total compensation for this opportunity will be very attractive; a base of up to £120k plus a very competitive package and an uncapped discretionary bonus mean that the best candidates can be assured of an excellent total comp.

Contact: If this opportunity is of interest, please send a CV in to paulk@montash.com. Alternatively, if there are any further questions about the firm/project/role please reach out to Paul Kirtley on 0207 749 60 66.

Keywords: C#, .Net, WPF, C# Developer, C# Programmer, C# Technologist, .Net Developer, .Net Programmer, .Net Technologist, WPF Developer, WPF Programmer, WPF Technologist, C# Technical Lead, Investment Bank, Multi Asset, Greenfield, London.