Engineer – Operations Tech

The Job Details are as follows:

Balyasny Asset Management L.P. (BAM) is a global institutional investment firm. We strive to deliver consistent, uncorrelated, absolute returns in all market environments by fostering a culture of research, innovation, and collaboration.

BAM exists at the intersection of finance and technology, combining the deep industry knowledge of leading portfolio managers and financial analysts with software engineers and quantitative researchers. We leverage the collective expertise of our teams to seek out new investment opportunities, analyze market conditions, minimize risk, and provide superior service to our investment partners.

With 500+ people in offices around the world, we embrace a culture that welcomes the free flow of ideas, promotes career development, and supports the health and wellbeing of our people through world-class benefits.

ROLE OVERVIEW

As an Operations Technology Engineer, you will be responsible for playing a key role in designing, testing, deploying, and maintaining the firm’s critical trade management system. The successful candidate is expected to work closely with the team lead and manager, as he/she works either independently or within a team. He/she should be self-motivated and have a deep passion for technology with concentrated focus on the .NET based technologies with a heavy focus on distributed systems and high volume processing.

The person in this role must have a strong understanding of software lifecycle and design of multi-tier/distributed systems.  In addition to strong technical skills, the candidate must have excellent communication/interpersonal skills, possess a strong ability to work independently or as a team member and a working knowledge of market structure and trading systems in domestic and international markets.

The candidate must be able to explain and discuss complex ideas clearly and effectively to a variety of different audiences, with different degrees of technical prowess. A strong desire to learn and gain exposure to the business side of a trading operation with focus on post-trade processing related aspects of the business is critical to success in this position.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• System design and enhancements on multithreaded, high volume trade flow processing
• Capable of making independent decisions while mitigating risk
• Demonstrate an ownership mentality in all aspects of the firm’s trade management systems
• Must be able to work in a fast paced environment and be able to multi-task between second-line support and strategic development responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS

In order to effectively represent our team and communicate with the users, we are expecting that you will have the below qualifications:   

• 5+ years of experience in a formal enterprise-level development environment in C#.
• Strong experience in multi-threaded programming and object oriented design
• Strong experience building connected, service-oriented applications
• Experience and familiarity with an enterprise messaging systems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in Dev/Ops (JIRA / Git / Team City / Octopus Deploy)
• Ability to communicate via producing documentation at all levels, client service and technical writing skills, coupled with a strong interest in further developing and integrating systems knowledge with technology skills

It’s a plus if you have prior experience in any of the following:

• Agile software development concepts
• Behavior and test-driven development
• Full stack software development, including Web and mobile frameworks such as React JS, Angular
• Knowledge of FIX protocol
• MS SQL
• Familiarity with US and International Equity, Fixed Income and Commodity markets

• Understanding of post-trade lifecycle