Friday, February 26, 2010

“FIX Connectivity Java Developer - AVP Level” based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank – Permanent position

Main Function
The role is global in nature, and has regionally aligned as well as global teams. Our aim is to maintain a robust and scalable equities technology platform by leveraging the existing technology as well as innovation to create a best in class equities technology infrastructure. As a senior developer in the client connectivity function, the candidates main responsibilities would include:
• Work with global teams, communicate, escalate issues on time
• Work closely with PM/BA and take ownership on deliverables related to building out both global infrastructure and AP client connectivity solutions for cash equities and derivatives
• Understanding global development structure / code share development and contribute to the global framework
• Ability to learn from code and be self driven
• Work within and across the group to deliver business needs

Main Duties
The role requires the completion of the following duties day to day:
• Interaction with business users, business analysts and other project/infrastructure teams.
• Front to Back analysis and coordination
• Assist in project planning and to take full ownership of deliverables
• Communication with Global Teams
• Development
• Unit and integration testing
• 3rd Line application support

Experience Required
• 7+ years Java development experience
• Understanding of n-tier application architecture
• Client facing web application development
• Understanding of application security principals
• Strong understanding of object oriented design / development
• 3+ years server side development experience
• Experience with order / execution management systems
• FIX Protocol experience
• Development experience in equities and/or futures front-office technology
• Asian stock and futures market knowledge
• Ability to delegate work within team, and across teams

Skills Required
• Java
• Object Oriented Programming
• Strong front end web application development skills [(X)HTML/Javascript/CSS]
• SQL development skills
• Database connectivity experience (JDBC: Oracle, Sybase, MSSQL)
• Understanding of multi threaded application development
• Experience with source control tools (e.g. CVS, SVN, ClearCase, Perforce)
• Experience with more than one IDE (e.g. eclipse, Intelli-J)
• Fluent communication in English

Skills Preferred
• Proven track record regarding development of front office trading platforms
• FIX Protocol 4.2+
• Web application web framework development skills (Struts/Spring)
• C++ skills

OVERSEAS applicants with relevant experience are encouraged to apply

If this opportunity excites you, send across your updated profile to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com & let us initiate the discussion

Feel free to refer if you think someone you know fits well for this role

Regards,
Srini.

Monday, February 22, 2010

“SAP HR Portal Developer – AVP Level” based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank. Basic Salary up to SGD 100,000 + Bonus + Benefits.

Main Function:
Prime role is to support the Bank’s Human Resources and Corporate Real Estate IT function, both in the development of new systems or the support and enhancement of existing applications.
This is primarily split into SAP HR and Other Technologies
1. SAP HR; Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, Personal Development, Payroll, Leave Administration and Master data management for downstream systems. This year there are plans for a deployment of Employee Self Service and Manager Self Service scenarios via our SAP HR Portal.
2. Other Technologies: Standalone bespoke ASP.NET, C# and Java platforms

Reporting to the senior management of the team, you will need to take lead role in Design, Implementation and Deployment of HR portal scenarios. You are expected to support and enhance existing Portal offerings (in BSP).

Main Duties: You will involve in:

Business requirements gathering and analysis:
# Analyse impact of Business requirements, Identification of Gaps, proposal for solution/ Strategy for deployment

Design:
# Input into setup/design of the Portal architecture & standards;
# Development of technical design documents based on Business requirements

Build:
# Development of Portal Services
# Peer Review of other Portal Developments;
# Development/Support of other Bespoke developments

Testing:
# Preparation of detailed unit test cases
# Execution of unit test cases and documentation of results
# Providing support during QA and UAT test phases
# Diagnosis and resolution of defects found during QA and UAT test phases

Implementation: Training and knowledge transfer to support team

Post-Implementation: Point of contact for support team, investigating and resolving issues found in production

Support: 3rd line support for applications

Experience Required:
You should have:
• More than 6 years of experience in SAP HR & Portal Development (SAP ECC 6, Enterprise Portal 6 is a must)
• ABAP/4 programming language
• Portal Administration
• BSP, Java Script , HTML
• SAP XI/PI
• Experience in design of planning applications for Human Resources

You must be fluent in English and a natural communicator with the ability to interface with both technology and senior management.

Please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

“Build & Configuration Manager – AVP Level” based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank. Basic Salary up to SGD 100,000 + Bonus + Benefits.

Reporting to the senior management of the team, you will Coordinate and manage the build & configuration management of the applications across multiple geographical locations.

Main Duties:
You will need to:
• Understand/coordinate the versioning and branching across geographical locations.
• Build/deploy applications into testing environment.
• Build/manage continuous integration framework, including build automation, establishing data conduits for reporting, and improving the overall integrity of the system.
• Design and develop Java applications.

Experience Required:
You should have:
• More than 8 years of application development experience, Investment banking experience preferred.
• Configuration management experience on large scale development environment, preferable in a multi-site environment.
• Proficient in build tools such as Ant, Maven.
• Enterprise source control tool, such as CVS, Clearcase, Perforce.
• Experience using Confluence.
• Core Java.
• Linux, Shell scripting.
• Database (Sybase preferred).
• OO Design.
• Good understanding of software development methodologies.
• Reporting technology (eg. Crystal report).
• Eclipse (pref) or other common IDE.
• XML, XSLT, JDBC, JMS, Servlets; struts, JSP, junit.

You must be fluent in English and a natural communicator with the ability to interface with both technology and senior management.

Please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

“Commodities IT (Physical Agriculture and Coal Trading) - Business Analyst – VP Level” based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank.

Overview:
Reporting to the senior management of the team, you will involve working closely with the Commodities IT department which consists of IT professionals located in London, New York and Singapore. Commodities IT are an application development group responsible for creating software to support the trading, valuation and risk management of commodities products.

You will be responsible for working directly with a senior trader (based in Singapore) and the supporting user community to initially perform analysis and planning for the implementation of the physical Agriculture and Coal trading in SolArc RightAngle (SRA).

This is a "hands-on" role with potential for managing a small team once leadership capability is demonstrated.

Main Duties:
• Capture requirements from Traders, Schedulers, Controllers, Settlements, Market Risk, Credit Risk, and Compliance relating to the implementation of physical Agriculture and Coal trading in SRA
Detailed analysis in SRA to determine how the request can be implemented
• Facilitate design and discussion forums with the Global SRA user base to ensure consistent design with current Crude implementation where appropriate
• Create detailed specification for developer
• Work with developer and user to complete testing
• Troubleshoot production issues when escalated by support desk

You will have:
• A banking or consultancy background (10+yrs of experience) with strong expertise in physical agriculture and coal trading and scheduling business
• A proven track record of experience in the SolArc RightAngle Application (previous implementation experience a must)
• Should be able to operate within specified guidelines with limited direct oversight (possible remote management)
• Command of standard testing and production deployment best practices
• Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation)


The Commodities business is one of the fastest growing areas in the Firm. This is a remarkable opportunity with superior challenges & career growth.

OVERSEAS applicants with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

Isn’t it exciting??? Please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Monday, February 8, 2010

“Test Manager (Performance Testing) - AVP” based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank. $$$ High Base + Bonus + Benefits

Reporting to the Senior Test Manager (VP) & the Test Unit Head, you will liaise with the end customer during the requirements gathering and analysis phase.

You will have:
• Experience in managing Test Automation and Performance Testing
• Experience in testing Web applications on multi tiered applications
• Produce Test Strategy and approach
• Estimation of Test effort, Test schedule and cost
• Review and Sign off of all Test Documents
• Resource Activity Deployment
• Managing Cross Project teams
• Ability to meet demanding timelines
• Lead Strategic Test Centre initiatives and competency development.
• This is a hands on role and includes the following planning and tracking:
o Change requests, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, People, Communications, Project Risks
• Line management of teams of 7+
• Involved in the development of testers. This includes:
o Recruitment, hiring process initial induction of new staff
o Coaching and mentoring
o Domain knowledge transfer
o Career management
• ISEB Foundation Certification in Software Testing (or equivalent)


This is a remarkable opportunity with superior challenges & career growth.

OVERSEAS applicants with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

If this role interests you, please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Friday, February 5, 2010

“C++ (Linux) & C# (Winforms) Development Lead (TIBCO Rendezvous (RV), Gemfire Cache, Sybase, SQL, STL, Multithreading, Scripting)” ~ Singapore

“C++ (Linux) & C# (Winforms) Development Lead (TIBCO Rendezvous (RV), Gemfire Cache, Sybase, SQL, STL, Multithreading, Scripting)” ~ Singapore ~ Investment Bank. Basic Salary: Upto SGD 180,000 + Bonus + Benefits


Role:
The candidate will be a highly skilled technical team lead and be thoroughly hands on in the development of both these global platforms. The candidate should be able to take a lead in the technical strategy of these platforms to improve and extend the architecture to meet the strategic requirements of the global business.

Development is primarily C++ (Linux) and C# based (Winforms and server), with peripheral technologies including TIBCO Rendezvous (RV), Gemfire Cache, Sybase, SQL server and UNIX shell scripting.

There will be a requirement to provide third line support as necessary.

Essential Skills:
• Minimum 10 years of industry experience, of these 5 years developing in C++ (not C).
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in C# and WinForms and Web services.
• Minimum 3+ years the candidate must have used STL, written threaded servers, and worked with a RDBMS (SQL Server Sybase, oracle).
• Proven team leading, building and mentoring a high performance team
• Proven stakeholder engagement track record including negotiation, prioritization and expectation management
• Lead a small delivery focused team.
• Candidate must come from a top University with a first class degree in Computer Science, Physics, or related Math's or other analytical degree.

STL:
• In STL, the candidate must display where and why a specific container should be used.
• Must show an understanding of the underlying implementation of most common containers. Provide practical examples of where he/she applied this knowledge.
• The candidate must have clear knowledge of all pitfalls and performance criteria linked to all commonly used aspects of STL.
• Textbook knowledge will not be sufficient.

THREADS:
• Candidate must be able to demonstrate an understanding of threading. Various thread models, implementations, and a specific OS implementation (NT, Solaris, or POSIX on UNIX). Must have applied these skills in a high performance env (Communications, market data capture, other engineering disciplines etc).
• Candidate must know the pitfalls related to threading - usage, performance, OS specific (any)
• Demonstrate practical solution to real day problems. Textbook knowledge will not be sufficient
• Candidates must have actively used design patterns in their implementation for at least the last 4 years including server and GUI patterns. Again must be able to demonstrate understanding, of why and where a pattern should be used.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Messaging Middleware concepts, usage and application.
• Strong understanding of a RDBMS. Must have an understanding of writing complex SQL, stored procedures, applying referential integrity & performance tuning
• Strong understanding and knowledge of a chosen OS (NT, Linux, Solaris, etc).
• Background in Finance is desirable but not required.
• Candidate must be a strong team player with excellent communication skills. The candidate must demonstrate strong analytical skills with a desire to learn and deliver.

Desired Skills:
• Java (1.4.x and Java6 and above): mostly server-side but also client-side would be of benefit, GNU products including GNU CVS, gcc, g++. Web services (mostly Apache Tomcat related but could vary).
• Knowledge of Fixed Income pricing and trading electronically. Coupled with this would be experience of working on real-time, low-latency systems to support rates businesses.
• Knowledge of other products e.g. Interest Rate Swaps, Futures, Options.

OVERSEAS applicants with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

If this role interests you, please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

“Senior C++ Developer (Unix/Linux, STL, Sybase, TIBCO RV, Design Patterns, Multithreading, Scripting & Architecture)” ~ Singapore ~ Investment Bank

“Senior C++ Developer (Unix/Linux, STL, Sybase, TIBCO RV, Design Patterns, Multithreading, Scripting & Architecture)” ~ Singapore ~ Investment Bank. Basic Salary: Upto SGD 180,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Role:
This is a great opportunity to work in business focused solutions based development team. It is expected that the candidate plays an active role in shaping the technology strategy for the platforms and be able to articulate this effectively with all stakeholders.

Experience in any of the following business areas encompassing FX cash, FX Vanilla Options, Interest Rate Swaps and Bonds is MUST.

The candidate will be a highly skilled senior C++ developer capable of taking existing production architecture and ambiguous/changing requirements into stride, and then come up with cohesive, intelligent and logical solutions to problems, that not only meet the immediate requirements of the global business, but also provide an avenue for further extension.

The candidate should be able to support and mentor junior members, and generally be a role model within the team. Excellent team working and communication skills are a must.

Development is primarily C++ based, with peripheral technologies including TIBCO Rendezvous (RV), Sybase, UNIX shell scripting, and middleware based on IBM MQSeries/CORBA. The candidate’s repertoire should include knowledge of client-server/ distributed technologies.

Essential Skills:
• Hands on developer with server side development skills in C++ (not C), with at least 8 years of working experience in C++ on Linux/UNIX.
• Must possess a first class degree in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or related Math's or other analytical degree.
• Candidate must have used STL, written threaded servers, and worked with a RDBMS (SQL Server Sybase, oracle).
• Candidates must have actively used design patterns in the past implementations and demonstrate strong understanding on design patterns of why and where a pattern should be used.
• Strong understanding of Messaging Middleware concepts, usage and application.
• Experience with distributed architecture (caching, topologies, etc) and able to demonstrate strong understanding of latency, concurrency, reconciliation etc.
• Working knowledge of reading, writing and parsing XML.
• Strong understanding of a RDBMS. Must have an understanding of writing complex SQL, stored procedures, applying referential integrity & performance tuning.
• The candidate must demonstrate strong analytical skills with a desire to learn and deliver.
• Candidate must be a strong team player with excellent communication skills.
• Candidate should have ability to critique the design/implementation of fellow team members, and provide them with technical direction

Standard Template Library (STL):
• In STL, the candidate must display where and why a specific container should be used.
• Must show an understanding of the underlying implementation of most common containers. Provide practical examples of where he/she applied this knowledge.
• The candidate must have clear knowledge of all pitfalls and performance criteria linked to all commonly used aspects of STL. Textbook knowledge will not be sufficient.

Threading:
• Candidate must be able to demonstrate an understanding of threading. Various thread models, implementations, and a specific OS implementation (NT, XP, Solaris, or POSIX on a flavor of UNIX). Must have applied these skills in a high performance environment (Data communications/Networking, market data capture).
• Candidate must know the pitfalls related to threading - usage, performance, OS specific.
• Demonstrate practical solution to real problems. Textbook knowledge will not be sufficient

OVERSEAS applicants with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

If this role interests you, please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

“C#.Net Developer (AVP)” based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank

“C#.Net Developer (AVP)” based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank
Experience in Java/C# interoperability using JNBridge or JIntegra is MUST Basic Salary up to SGD 110,000 + Bonus + Benefits




Reporting to the Development Manager Risk Finance Data Warehouse - Integration Team, you will be responsible for Coding, Design, Development, Unit Testing and Documentation of the Solution.

Essential Skills/Experience:
• 7+ years experience with .NET/C# based software application development
• Experience in SQL, stored procedures, and database optimization in Oracle
• Ability to work successfully as part of a global team, and as an individual performer
• Experience in source code control (such as perforce, svn, etc), configuration management and Test Management tools
• Experience in various XML technologies (DOM, SAX, XPATH, etc.)
• Working experience in JMS messaging
• Experience in Java/ C# interoperability using JNBridge or JIntegra
• Experience in UNIX commands, shell scripting, etc.
• Experience programming in a distributed environment
• Knowledge of common software development methodologies (XP, Agile, RUP, etc.)
• Experience with software release/build processes (e.g., Continuous Integration, etc.)

This is a remarkable opportunity with superior challenges & career growth.

OVERSEAS applicants with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

If this role interests you, please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

“Development Team Lead (C++/Java) - Global Rates & Currencies Technology - VP Level” based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank.

In this role you will have regular business and technical interaction with the global business and technology stakeholders. You will be responsible for all aspects of the project life cycle of an expanding global electronic trading platform, with particular emphasis on high quality, on time, short and regular delivery cycles. You will be responsible for all deliveries from the Singapore development team across multiple projects. You will also be responsible for management of a high caliber development team in Singapore. You may require occasional travel.

Project Background:
The Rates development team focuses on pricing and trading systems for various global fixed income desks – these systems focus on low latency price streaming, high availability, electronic trading and hedging across a range of products including IR Swaps, Bonds and Futures in dealer-to-client and dealer-to-dealer markets.

Essential Skills:
• Experience of leading a high caliber team (3/4 members) in a front office technology investment bank environment.
• Extensive experience with at least one object oriented development language (C++/Java), SQL on any enterprise RDBMS.
• Possess a deep understanding of electronic FX trading architecture. The candidate is expected to contribute to platform architecture and provide guidance on technical solutions.
• Demonstrable involvement in fixed income products preferably Bonds and IR Swaps in an eTrading environment.
• Hands on leadership style with emphasis on light weight effective process, high quality and timely deliveries.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills. This role requires regular and detailed discussions with the global senior business heads and technology stakeholders.
• Have worked with peers in the QA and Production support groups to deliver a true end to end high quality solution.


This is a great opportunity to lead a growing and high caliber rates development team in Singapore.


OVERSEAS applicants with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

If this role interests you, please send your CV to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.