SOFTWARE ENGINEER (GENEVA)

Private Credit/Equity – Greenwich CT

J Harlan Group is currently conducting a search for a SOFTWARE ENGINEER (GENEVA) at a prominent NYC/Greenwich CT Private Credit/Equity organization.

The SOFTWARE ENGINEER will be a significant contributor to enabling the firm’s vision and helping the organization to grow and improve their businesses.

An exciting opportunity to join the firm’s Technology team responsible for setting the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of major projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals.

The firm views Technology as a distinct commercial advantage - enabling a host of opportunities that differentiate them from their competitors.

The firm is a fast growing and dynamic investment organization that is experiencing exceptional growth and is looking for exceptional people to power its next phase of growth.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Contributes to all parts of the SDLC, e.g., design, development, and testing
• Develops technical solutions following standard methodologies with some guidance from senior engineers
• Practices automated testing and tests your work in an automated and repeatable way
• Identifies and remediates technical debt
• Works with existing data models and schemas and suggests changes and improvements where necessary
• Demonstrates strong logic and reasoning capabilities
• Delivers on well-specified work items

The ideal candidate would have a background including:

Required Experience:

• Professional experience as a C#.NET Software Engineer working with the Advent – GENEVA Platform
• Familiarity with Azure Cloud technologies
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and coordinating people and resources
• Experience developing a strategy and implementing a program
• Ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
• Proven track record of delivering projects on time and at or under budget
• Ability to work in an open collaborative and highly charged environment.
• Experience working in a dynamic, fast-paced, Agile team environment
• Strong interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship’s
• Confident communicator
• Enthusiasm for learning & results oriented
• Strong desire to contribute and build a business – not just solve novel problems.
• Ability to work with a wide range of clients and technologists to develop and implement technology in support of a dynamically growing Private Credit platform

Required Education:

• Strong academic record and a BA/BS degree with high mathematical and computing content (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or Financial Engineering)

An individual who loves solving deep and complex technical and business problems and wants to have an outsized impact with the services/ products they deliver. An individual with a passion for project/program management, high level of intellectual curiosity, a commitment to excellence and an unparalleled drive to deliver world-class services.

If you or anyone in your network would be interested in this opportunity, please send resume to Jerry Goldberg at jgoldberg@jharlan.com or directly contact us at (212) 792-0099

About the Client:

The firm is a global investment firm focused on distressed debt and private equity opportunities with $21B+ in Assets Under Management (AUM) and offices in the US, Europe, and Asia. They use a combination of sourcing, financial, and operational expertise to unlock value in complex situations.

The talent and dedication of their people is critical to their success. They offer an opportunity for developing one’s professional career while working with individuals trained in a variety of disciplines in a collegial and dynamic environment. They offer a broad range of competitive benefits on a global basis.

They seek candidates who are high-energy self-starters who want to join an investment management firm on the leading edge of the global markets. The management team needs individuals of the highest professional caliber who are leaders, problem solvers, analytic, detail-oriented, and entrepreneurial. Everyone at the firm works side-by-side with the firm’s senior management in a highly collaborative and charged environment.

Successful candidates are:

• Analytic and relentless in pursuit of the right answer
• Strong communicators who excel at rapid synthesis
• Able to demonstrate sound business judgment
• Able to digest complexity while maintaining an understanding of the “big picture” of business needs
• Team players who are energized by a collaborative enterprise
  

The firm’s employees maintain the highest professional and ethical standards. The firm has earned a reputation for honesty, fair dealing, and transparency in a competitive industry. They believe that these standards are the foundation for superior investment performance and are critical to delivering performance to clients

SALARY RANGE: The salary range is $140,000 - $210,000 plus employees may also be eligible for annual discretionary incentive compensation. Actual compensation within that range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and applicable laws.