Graduate Software Engineers / Programmers (2012)

We are looking forward for outstanding and talented graduates to join our Boston US and London UK teams in 2012.  They must be graduating with top grades in a numerate discipline, with prior coding experience in any language and a real desire to become an exceptional Software Developer in our growing teams.

Our systems manage billion dollar portfolios, feed complex quantitative financial models, and fuel the sales and trading desks of the world's largest investment banks.  We give our teams the freedom to use the tools and languages that they need to solve the problems inherent in our systems. Our systems are written in Java, Javascript, Scala and Groovy / Grails, however we use and contribute to open source technologies such as Apache Tomcat, Hibernate, and MySQL.

We use agile development techniques and tools such as test-driven development, pair programming, and continuous integration, adapting these to our needs as necessary at regularly held retrospectives involving developers, operators, support staff, and senior product owners. We are committed to on-going training and regularly schedule coding dojos (see http://www.codingdojo.org/ ). We have an active research programme focused on improving and expanding our core technology. We expect our graduate programmers to develop rapidly, deploy new code regularly, test constantly, and help us continuously to improve our development processes. We keep our teams small and filled with smart people, who work interactively with our customers and with our internal business analysts.

Essential Attributes / Skills:

• Prior coding in any domain / language from coursework, internships or home projects
• Use of and interest in open-source products
• Willingness to work in an agile environment
• Willingness to work in a paired programming environment 

Ideal Attributes: 

• Java 
• Javascript 
• Scala
• Groovy / Grails
• Prior experience in test driven development
• Experience / interest in the finance sector

Note: No agencies please