Software Developer, Investment Engineering

Company Overview

Founded in 1989, PanAgora (Greek for across marketplace) Asset Management is a premier provider of investment solutions spanning most major asset classes and risk ranges. We seek to provide investment solutions using sophisticated quantitative techniques that incorporate fundamental insights and vast amounts of market information. While PanAgora’s investment strategies are highly systematic in nature, the processes deployed within these strategies are built and overseen by talented professionals with significant and diverse investment experience. Innovative research plays a central role in our investment philosophy and process, and is an essential component of our firm’s ability to deliver attractive investment solutions. Investment teams are organized into an Equity Strategies group and a Multi Asset Strategies group. Most investment team members are engaged in original research using fundamental intuition, market intelligence, modern finance and scientific methods.

We are committed to providing clients with reliable investment processes, consistent performance, transparency, and access to our investment resources. Our client base is comprised of institutional investors across the globe, including public & private retirement funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments & foundations, and sub-advisory mandates.

This role will report to the Head of Application Tactics and Support within the Information Technology department. This role will focus on developing and supporting PanAgora’s Proprietary Applications, and will work closely with PanAgora’s Senior Software Developers, Business Analyst & Development Architect. This position will work on projects supporting Operations, Compliance, Global Equities, and Global Multi-Asset Diversified Risk groups. These efforts will entail working with business leaders, consensus building, heads-down development, and transition management.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide tactical support of business-oriented services, as a primary role;
• Build, enhance & support strategic proprietary tools, as a secondary role;
• Facilitate integration testing of 3rd party tools & data, as demand requires.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND:

• An undergraduate degree in Technology, Software Development, or relative field is required
• Experience of Microsoft-based technologies, including T-SQL and C# experience is required
• Experience with ADO.NET Entity Framework is desired
• Experience in administering and/or working with Investment Trading Platforms is desired
• Knowledge of Microsoft-based technologies, including Visual Basic (VB6) and Azure DevOps (ADO) are desired
• Understanding and experience developing Investment Management systems is desired
• At least 1-5 years of Application Development experience is required
• Strong analytical capabilities in combination with strong application development and database skills
• Ability to collaborate directly with business users
• Ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve, and detail driven
• Ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently
• Collaborates, drawing others into the work at hand
• Works well in a close team environment

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of the job. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the responsibilities and/or tasks listed in this job description. You may be required perform other duties that are not included on this job description. The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.

**PanAgora is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to job applicants and employees without regard to race, religion, sex, marital status, color, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, pregnancy, ancestry or sexual orientation. PanAgora is committed to maintaining an environment that is free from discrimination as well as adhering to applicable federal and state laws.