This company is a leader in the provision of trading and risk management technology. Established in France in 1986, the company opened its Dublin office in 2001 to co ordinate the worldwide development, sales and support of its cutting edge risk management technology. Their software is used by the world’s leading investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds, commodity houses and corporations to price, analyse and manage their derivative exposures for foreign exchange, interest rate, equity, commodity, inflation and credit derivatives.The Company has had to continuously adapt in order to maintain its leadership in the fast-paced, global and highly competitive industry in which it operates. The result is a dynamic, fast growing company where team players with initiative can take responsibility quickly. This Company is growing by 20-30 per cent every year in terms of both sales and staff count.
Job Purpose:
The candidate will work in the Dublin development team, supporting the risk management system and working closely with the consultancy team to develop new functionality, rapidly solve problems and enhance existing aspects of the application.
Responsibilities:
Maintenance and enhancement of the existing application.
Design and implementation of new functional modules from start to end.
Working with business consultants across different time-zones to diagnose problems and suggest fixes.
Planning and prioritizing development priorities working closely with the rest of the development team.
Learn about the business logic of the system and all technologies related to MLC (e.g. Java, XML, Oracle, Sybase, Ant).
Experience Required:
Professional / Academic Strong (1H / 2H1) Bachelors / Masters degree in Computer Science / Maths / Software Engineering
2-5 years experience of java programming is a prerequisite
Fluent English is essential and knowledge in another European language would be an advantage.
Personal
Ability to prioritize tasks, to ensure deadlines are achieved.
Ability to work on both short-term and long-term projects simultaneously
Excellent problem solving skills
Ability to quickly understand business requirements
Ambitious, motivated, eager to develop within a team environment.
Display personal commitment, effort, motivation and initiative in all aspects of work
Willingness to display flexibility in a fast-paced, ever-changing working environment is essential.