C++ Market Data Engineer

E*TRADE is an innovative financial services company offering a full suite of easy-to-use online brokerage, investing and related banking solutions, delivered at a competitive price. We empower individuals to take control of their financial futures by providing the products, tools and services they need to meet their near- and long-term investing goals.

This is a Principal, Software Engineering position. The candidate will work on cutting edge projects for the Market & Reference Data group. Needs to have high energy and be highly motivated and demonstrated success in a fast paced work environment.

• This is a Principal, Software Engineering position. The candidate will work on cutting edge projects for the Market & Reference Data group. Needs to have high energy and be highly motivated and demonstrated success in a fast paced work environment.
• Expert in applications design, development, implementation, and debugging.
• Undertakes complex projects requiring specialized technical knowledge.
• Makes well-thought-out decisions on complex application development issues.
• Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and increase efficiency.
• Communicates instructions and raises issues clearly and in a timely manner.
• Can work independently to achieve goals.
• Adheres to project schedules and is mindful of costs.
• Should be able to run medium sized efforts from inception to completion.
• Design and develop market data applications.
• Provide production support for market data platform.
• Maintain and enhance existing market data application for various market data feed.
• Support market data applications in implementing new vendor feeds.
• Interface with product team and users to gather requirements.

• Must have market data development at the plant and feed handler level
• Strong technical and business communication skills
• C++ (80), Java (20%), GDB, OOD
• Experience in NYSE Wombat MAMA API's and Reuters UPA or RFA API is preferred
• Real-time market data experience required
• Sockets and Multithreaded Design
• Strong Linux/UNIX background
• Strong Shell and Perl scripting
• ESQL/DB (Sybase, Oracle) skills
• Service Oriented Architecture
• Experience in using tools such as SVN
• Experience with charting and core Java application is preferred
• Experience in BEA Tuxedo is preferred

Education, Certification, Training

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Computer Information Systems is preferred.