Senior Software Engineer - Transaction Services

Are you looking for an exciting career? Would you like to be part of a challenging, entrepreneurial, and creative organization? If you are looking to work in a productive and fun environment then Kershner Trading Group just might be the place for you. KTG is looking for people who are creative, dedicated and motivated to succeed.

KTG seeks outstanding candidates to join an elite team that is shaping the future of the Trading industry! A hands-on, team-based organization, KTG encourages individual leadership and ownership. At KTG, all team members have wide exposure across the organization and are encouraged to offer new ideas for innovative solutions to lead the industry. Take a look at the following opportunity and apply today to join our hard working, free-spirited, and supportive environment.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience developing Windows based server-side software using object oriented techniques
• Strong problem-solving skills with a specific aptitude for rapidly identifying and resolving issues.
• Experience using Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 or 2005
• Experience using C# with .NET 2.0, 3.0 or 3.5 within the past 6 months.
• Experience using C++ within the past year.
• Experience developing multi-threaded server applications that meet demanding performance and latency constraints
• Experience using profiling tools and techniques to optimize program flow and resource utilization
• Excellent grasp of software engineering principles including development and release lifecycle processes
• Disciplined use of a source control system
• Strong sense of teamwork with excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Experience working with N-tier architectures
• Experience with .NET Remoting and SQL
• Experience with IP network protocols

Desired Qualifications:

• 8+ years of software development experience
• Experience with trading or financial software, ideally equities trading, FIX messaging protocol, etc
• Strong understanding of multi-threaded application development and effective use of multi-core technology
• Experience in architectural design concepts and system design
• Meaningful experience with SQL database (ideally MSSQL Server) concepts and usage, as well as database design (structure, views, stored procedures, etc)
• Experience with IP-multicast
• Experience with middleware messaging solutions (e.g. LBM, TIBCO, MQ, etc)

Email your resume to: ITjobs@kershnertrading.com
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Position location: Austin, Texas
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