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We've got an awesome developer culture going inside of this financial company (~150 tech people). You can email our HR rep[1], or me[2] with your resume and a few words of what you're looking for.
If you're interested in .Net development using the latest technologies, and pushing our architecture forward, then this is probably a place you want to work. We do use other techs where it's appropriate (or for internal or fun projects), such as last week when I worked on a Golang webapp. We have quarterly Hack Weeks, which gives us a chance to explore self-driven projects that make sense for the business.
Below are the open positions, but if you're a passionate and qualified guy/gal, don't hesitate to see where you might fit into our team!
* Web developer - You get to take the process from the data and service design all the way to the implementation of the UI, but you'll need to be well versed in some aspect of web development (MVC/JS/CSS/etc).
* Models developer - Same thing as the web developer, but you'll need a passion for services, and the technologies that it entails.
* Test automation developer - We have been pushing the limits of HP's BPT software suite for years now, so we have been building our own services testing framework (one of the goals of which is to open source it). The test team supports all the development we do, at approximately a 2devs:1tester ratio.
* DBA - Our Data Team is lean and the individuals on the team wear many hats. Our daily responsibilities include everything from TSQL data access performance optimization, to automating SQL Server and Windows with PowerShell, to working closely with software developers and business leads to create High-quality data solutions.
[1] recruting at chathamfinancial . com
[2] gfrank at chathamfinancial . com
Kennett Square, PA ::
Chatham Financial :: recruiting _at_ chathamfinancial _dot_ com
Who do we want?
- We want to hire full-time people passionate about software development and testing; who care about building and maintaining top-notch infrastructure, services, and UIs.
- If you're not already well-versed with the tools we use, no worries! We hire people, not 'X years in Y language/technology'
What do we do?
- The domain happens to be the financial industry (namely mitigating Interest Rate and Foreign Exchange risk). It's a casual work environment, and we work with the advisory side of the business as our primary 'customers' (they are experts in the area of finance we serve).
- Web and service development: the language we typically use is C#, but we always seek to choose the right tool for the job.
- Testing: we have a large automated test suite in BPT, and are developing an in-house services testing framework in Ruby (which will likely be open sourced)
- Other languages/technologies that we utilize are: Rabbit MQ, Node.js, AWS
- We continuously integrate using TeamCity, focus on agile and lean developement practices (scrum), and deploy all of our software to production every 2 weeks. Check out http://intruthitsnotthatsimple.wordpress.com/ for one of our Product Owner's perspectives on things
Other misc. info
- Every 3 months we have a Hack Week. It's a week to work on ideas that we wouldn't normally have time for in the 'daily grind'. These can be anything from trying out a new language or technology to refactoring existing stuff. You choose!
- Very family friendly
- Philosophy-driven, not policy-driven (let's get paid to work together and solve problems, and have fun all the while!)
Kennett Square, PA - Software Developer - Full Time
Chatham Financial is the largest independent interest rate and currency risk advisor, and a recognized leader in accounting, valuations, and debt advisory worldwide.
If you're a talented developer, our door is always open!
That said, we're currently looking to grow in the areas of:
* Front end (web)
* * Consolidate and present large amounts of financial data in a coherent UI
* * Rethink existing workflows to improve usage
* Middle tier
* * Develop robust, scalable APIs and loosely coupled services
* * Scale our software platform to be able to handle more transactions in less time
* QA automation
* * Push the limit on current automated testing software (HP QTP)
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