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Growing investment research trading firm is looking to hire a Chief Technology Officer.
The Chief Technology Officer will be responsible for managing the daily technological and administrative operations of a small but growing firm and for providing technical leadership in the firm’s continual efforts to improve and expand its trading strategies. This is primarily a ‘hands on’ role, and requires a responsible self starter accustomed to working in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment.
The ideal candidates will have experience working in a Quantitative Equity Trading Firm and have an entrepreneur type personality. Prefer candidates to have experience managing a staff of IT & general support personnel; Experience managing complex technical projects; IT experience with building and/or maintaining the infrastructure required for an institutional, high frequency, quantitative equity trading operation. ;IT experience with business class firewalls, routing, VPN setup, windows network maintenance and server hardware troubleshooting;Experience programming with Java, Perl, Excel VBA, SQL, and C++; Experience with automated trading system software (e.g., Portware, Flextrade, etc.), or with the FIX trading protocol; Consulting experience a plus; Experience with Advent Axys would be a plus; Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Graduate degree in Computer Science or other technical field is preferred. Candidates having current FINRA licenses (Series 7, 63, 26) would be a plus. Relocation will be provided if required.
For more information or immediate consideration, please reference Job#JCK679 and submit resume in Word format to: ian@comprehensiverecruiting.com
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