Software Engineer

Fairfield County Hedge Fund is seeking a junior-to-mid-level Software Developer to join its Trading Technology team in support of continued growth across its quantitative and discretionary trading businesses. The role will focus primarily on maintaining, enhancing, and supporting critical Windows client and server applications, while also contributing to new development projects. The successful candidate will work within a small, collaborative team and interact closely with development peers, the quantitative trading team, and other business users, with meaningful autonomy in developing technical solutions.
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ResponsibilitiesWorking closely with developers and business users, primarily within the quantitative trading team, to gather requirements and scope projectsMaintaining, enhancing, and updating existing Windows client and server applications, while also contributing to new development projectsAnalyzing existing systems for robustness and performance improvementsPresenting ideas for system improvements, both technical and business-relatedProducing product specifications and training peers and users on system use and maintenancePerforming unit, integration, and functional testingMaintaining and supporting business-critical pre-trade signal and order generation systems through UAT and production, with a focus on accuracy, reliability, and timely processingRequirementsBachelor's degree in computer science or a related field1-5 years of relevant software development experience; strong recent graduates with relevant internship, academic, or project experience will also be considered. Prior financial services or investment management experience is not requiredStrong object-oriented programming xzbcwsv skills; C# is preferred, but strong candidates with experience in Java, Python, or another modern programming language will also be consideredExperience with or strong knowledge of concurrency, automated unit testing, and SQLStrong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with developers and business users throughout the software development life cycleStrong attention to detail and a commitment to developing reliable, thoroughly tested softwareExperience with event-driven architecture (messaging), F#, or functional programming (preferred)