C++ Developer (Locals to New York or New Jersey)

Position Description
The Senior C++ Developer is responsible for project-team leadership, support and direction with business systems analysis, development and occasional maintenance support in an object/service oriented architecture implemented on the Java platform

Responsibilities:
* Collaborates with Senior Systems Architects, Software Team Leads and other Software Developers to design, develop and deploy technical solutions
* Analyzes complex information, designs, develops and troubleshoots database applications
* Reviews functional requirements and prepares and documents technical program, subsystem and system designs and solutions and their associated project task descriptions and effort estimates
* Uses both industry-standards and company's existing systems architecture, design techniques and development standards and reviews new work with others to ensure it complies with industry and company standards
* Documents technical requirements, program and subsystem designs, project task descriptions, effort estimates, and unit and integration tests
* Performs new development, maintenance fixes and enhancements to meet business requirements
* Assists other teams to troubleshoot application issues in production, quality assurance and other environments
* Develops, reviews, refines, uses and documents plans for both automated and manual unit and integration tests and/or assures unit and integration tests are successfully completed prior to production
* Tests programs for integration prior to production
* Mentors other software developers and IT staff members
* Documents resolutions to system problems
* Documents designs for system requirements

Skills Required:
* Bachelor s degree (pref. Computer Science or related degree) or equivalent experience
* Minimum of 7 years experience
* Highly self-motivated, with the ability to complete tasks with minimal guidance, and to learn independently
* Excellent skills in C++
* Excellent skills in C++ Templates
* Excellent skills in Multithreading
* AMQ
* Oracle
* Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities
* Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
* Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills in working in a cross-functional team comprised of Product Analysts, QA, UAT, Development and PMO members
* Ability to juggle tasks and priorities to meet rapidly changing deadlines
* Must work with System Architects to review/approve program and subsystem designs
* Proficiency in UNIX/Linux and Microsoft Windows distributed computing
* Basic skills with Excel spreadsheets and Word documents
* Relational DB principles using Structured Query Language (SQL)
* Agile/Scrum methodologies

Desired Skills:
* Background in Securities/Banking/Financial Services
* Java IDE (preferably IntelliJ IDEA)
* Unix/Linux
* XML and/or Web Services
* JDBC and JPA/Hibernate
* Unix Shell scripting
* Experience working with an issue management system
* Experience working with a wiki