Thursday, February 23, 2012

Job opening - Senior Python Developer at SunGard (New York, NY)









Position Responsibilities

SunGard Global Services combines business consulting, technology and professional services for financial services firms, energy companies and corporations. Leveraging SunGard’s global delivery model, more than 5,000 employees worldwide help customers manage their complex data needs, optimize end-to-end business processes and assist with systems integration, while providing full application development, maintenance, testing and support services.
SunGard is actively recruiting Senior Python Developers in the New York City area to join its rapidly growing Global Services Consulting Practice. These roles involve extensive development for a number of our clients to work on their trading and risk management platforms. These complex, leading-edge platforms include pricing, trading and position management, real-time P&L and risk and sensitivity analysis.
You may be the! right person for this team if:

• Hard problems are fun for you
• You are well-read in recent industry trends and technologies
• People come to you to help solve technical problems
• You always want to be on the cutting edge of technology and use it to do things better
• You put a focus on exceptional delivery for your clients
• You need to improve things and make those around you better




Position Requirements

Technical Skills:

• 3+ years object-oriented Python application development
• Strong object-oriented design skills
• 2+ years C/C++
• wxPython, wxWidgets and or Tkinter experience
• Java and/or .NET experience desirable (ideally with IronPython/Jython).

Job Requirements:

• Application development should ideally include experience in trading and/or risk management.
• 5+ yea! rs of proven experience in a development role.
• Dem! onstrated Financial Services and/or Energy-Utilities Industry knowledge a plus.
• Strong analytical and requirements gathering skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly with team members and client staff.
• Previous agile development expertise preferred.
• Self motivated with an ability to stay on deadline in complex, multi-staged projects and to work on more than one project at a time.  

SunGard Offers full time, salaried opportunities, a competitive compensation structure and a very generous benefits packages which includes, but is not limited to, a matching 401K program, tuition reimbursement, etc.  We are also proud to offer robust professional training and development programs which help SunGard Consultants to continually stay ahead of the learning curve




Banks are facing extraordinary challenges. Competition for customers is fierce, products are commoditized, margins are shrinking, tra! nsaction volumes are increasing and regulatory burdens keep growing.

At SunGard, we’re helping more than 800 banks in 70 countries to find new ways to solve these challenges. As a trusted partner, we’re helping our customers to future-proof their technology investments while they remain focused on their core competencies.

We help banks to:
Attract and retain customers
Capture growth opportunities through innovation
Become more efficient
Comply with regulations






Capitalize on Change

In speaking to our customers, we hear three universal business challenges that need to be addressed in an ever-changing financial services landscape: delivering transparency to internal and external stakeholders, increasing efficiency for cost management and leveraging networks for growth. Please join the conversation at www.sungard.com/ten.



SUNGARD IS AN EQUAL! OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. M/F/D/V

Employment contingent upon s! uccessful completion of background investigation and pre-employment drug screen.

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