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We design, develop and implement unified software solutions for the financial services industry. Whether you're trading on global financial markets, managing investments, providing mortgages or helping your clients plan their financial future, you can rely on our software, and our team, to deliver real outcomes for your business and your clients. Our ...
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About the role
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced software developer with a background in scalable web architectures and distributed systems. The position requires a driven, ambitious team player who enjoys a challenging, fast-paced environment.
As an Intermediate C# Developer at IRESS based in our Bryanston office, you’ll be responsible for developing and maintaining challenging solutions, mentoring junior developers and collaborate with agile team members.
IRESS offers successful candidates the chance to:
- Learn the inner workings of the stock market - how it works, what traders actually do and the technical building blocks that holds it all together behind the scenes.
- Gain experience in real-time software development and flexible and scalable software architectures. Develop back‑end API's, web services and data management functions.
- Explore concepts of multithreading, data persistence strategies, network communications, GUI building, component development, design patterns and many other aspects of object oriented software development.
- A chance to work with a professional, driven and energetic agile team
About you
- Ability to work proactively and collaboratively with Development, Product, Implementation, and Operations teams
- Must be able to work within a global organization that spans multiple time zones.
Required experience
- 3-5 years development in C#
- Multithreaded, Multi-tiered (3+ tiers) applications
- ASP.NET / MVC Web Applications
- SQL and relational database technologies
- A good understanding of JavaScript
The following will be beneficial in your application for this position:
- Existing financial markets knowledge
- IT Degree or Diploma
- An understanding of the FIX protocol
- Scrum
- What you’ll bring to the team:
- Interpersonal skills: the ability to work well with people of all types and backgrounds and serious about client service and satisfaction
- Flexibility: a talent for adjusting quickly to rapid change, with a strong sense of urgency and ability to work well under pressure
- Team Player: a reliable team member
- Analytical Abilities: an eye for detail, technical as well as in a general context
- Communication: an ability to communicate clearly and confidently in an international environment
- Commitment: the dedication to achieve goals; and to continuous professional and personal development
What we offer you in return
It’s a cliché, but we work hard and we play hard. We recognise and reward hard work with a great benefits package. On top of a good remuneration package we’ll give you a generous holiday allowance, retirement fund, life assurance and income protection cover plus a performance related bonus. We also provide seriously good coffee and plenty of other perks to brighten your day including a casual dress code, vibrant open workspaces with areas to relax including pause areas, table tennis; plus free fruit every day. There are always sports and social events happening and chances to get involved in our charity work if you want to. Oh, and every Friday the drinks are on us!
With offices worldwide, we offer exciting opportunities for you to learn, grow and progress. A career at IRESS really can take you anywhere.
Join us and be part of something amazing.
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Job description
About the role
IRESS is seeking an experienced developer for the FIX and Algorithmic Trading Team in our Cape Town office.
- Must be able to work within a global organization that spans multiple time zones
- Collaborate on design and implementation with Developers, Business Analysts and Testers.
About you
- 3+ years commercial experience with a modern object orientated language (C#, Java or C++)
- Understanding of data structures, design patterns and object-orientated design.
- Familiarity with version control system (i.e. Git or TFS)
- Experience with Relational databases
- Looking for an environment that thrives on autonomy
- Must be able to communicate effectively with remote co-workers
- Be or are willing to become an expert C++ developer
The following will be beneficial:
- Degree or diploma
- Experience using Python
- Experience using C++
- Experience with Scrum
- Knowledge of agile development philosophy
- Knowledge of financial markets
- Knowledge of the FIX protocol
- Experience with multi-threaded and message driven object oriented designs
- Experience using Visual Studio and/or MSSQL
- Experience with Order Management systems
- Experience with Orchestration systems
- A strong mathematical or statistic background
What you’ll bring to the team:
- Design and implement automated trading and FIX messaging software solutions
- Contribute to our development processes (Scrum)
- Provide technical support to internal teams
- Write automated tests and unit tests (TDD)
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About the role
The IRESS Product Owner is the regional representative for IRESS product suite in region, and will manage the product from requirements to operational activities to ensure the ultimate success of the product. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring successful deployment and best practice implementations of product based on strategic and tactical plans.
Backlog
- Maintenance and prioritisation of a regional backlog of enhancements, features and defects.
- Channelling and driving regional requirements via Global Product Teams.
- Assist the team to estimate development time for request and participating in requirements analysis and deep dives.
- Constant monitoring of progress and feeding this back to stakeholders regularly and timeously.
- The product owner will be required to have a good understanding of the product and how the components fit together.
Communication & Interactions
- Building strong relationships and maintaining constant communication with global product teams.
- Maintaining constant communication with regional operational, business and sales teams.
- Managing all stakeholders within your area of responsibility.
- Playing a key role in release planning through planning and co-ordination.
- Responsible for documentation and knowledge transfer on the product.
ROI
- Ensure successful delivery of innovative software products within your area of responsibility, which satisfy customer needs and exceed customer expectations.
- Understanding, delivering and maximising on ROI.
About you
- A Positive and “Can-Do” attitude
- The ability to work under pressure
- A desire to learn and further knowledge
- Passion, energy, persistence and confidence
- Self-motivation
- Teamwork
- Strong analytical ability & attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
What you’ll bring to the team
- B.Com IS/Informatics, B.Sc. Computer Science or similar qualification
- 3+ years’ experience in Financial Markets with an integral understanding of trading and SDLC
- Strong business analysis skills
- Strong communication & documentation skills
- Strong organisational skills
What we offer you in return
It’s a cliché, but we work hard and we play hard. We recognise and reward hard work with a great benefits package. On top of a good remuneration package we’ll give you a generous holiday allowance, retirement fund, life assurance and income protection cover plus a performance related bonus. We also provide seriously good coffee and plenty of other perks to brighten your day including a casual dress code, vibrant open workspaces with areas to relax including pause areas, table tennis; plus free fruit every day. There are always sports and social events happening and chances to get involved in our charity work if you want to. Oh, and every Friday the drinks are on us!
With offices worldwide, we offer exciting opportunities for you to learn, grow and progress. A career at IRESS really can take you anywhere.
Join us and be part of something amazing.
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Job description
About the role
Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects; whilst ensuring consistency with company strategy, protocols, commitments and goals.
- Lead planning and implementation of discreet projects
- Facilitate definition of project scope, goals, deliverables and timeframes
- Plan and schedule project timelines
- Define project tasks and resource requirements
- Develop full scale project plans
- Assemble and coordinate project resources - manage project resource allocation
- Implement and manage project Engagement Model
- Track project deliverables using appropriate tools and constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders per agreed mechanisms
- Provide direction and support to project team
- Proactively monitor and manage project progress, risks, issues, mitigating actions/solutions and delivery quality
- Implement and enforce IRESS PMO Change Management Process to actively manage project scope changes and interventions, as well as, associated stakeholder expectations
- Conduct project evaluations / Lessons Learned per project. Assess, publish and demonstrate implementation of results in future projects
About you
- Qualification in project management or equivalent
- Practical knowledge of and 5 years’ experience in both theoretical and practical aspects of project management and related tools within the Financial Industry – preferably in the specific markets within which IRESS operates
- Core strengths include communicating, influencing and leading across all levels of internal and external stakeholder organisations
- A team player who never shies away from taking responsibility and being accountable for success
- Ability to be productive and produce results, autonomously
- A decisive, critical thinking, pragmatic problem solver
- Proven skills and experience in:
- conflict management
- strategic thinking
- planning and organizing
- people management
- risk management
- change management
- A strong negotiator who remains flexible and adaptable
- Thrives under pressure due to high levels of stress tolerance
What you’ll bring to the team:
- Always uncovering the customer’s true needs through knowing our business, enquiry and learning the client’s business.
- Not settling for simply delivering stated requirements, but always striving to add real value.
- Build teams - not through telling people what to do but rather coaching them to find the right solutions and make decisions. Be an enabler rather – not a micro-manager. Remove blockages to allow teams get on with the work.
- Add maximum value and fully leverage teams by:
- Running ahead of the project team to make sure any potential roadblocks are timeously identified (or even removed) before the team stumble on them.
- Delegating to develop resource skill-sets and free yourself up to focus on what’s important, such as customer relationships, communication, leading and motivating, de-risking the project and steering the focus to the vision - always.
- Challenging the status quo – whilst complying with IRESS’s PMO methodology and actively employing our artefacts, strive to deliver change in better, cheaper, faster ways. Constantly assess what new technologies can be can employed, which extra benefits can be delivered and how processes can be improved. Encourage yourself – and the team – to think in new and unfamiliar patterns and ask questions such as “why”, “how” and “what if”.
- Gaining visibility for and strengthening buy-in to your projects through getting senior management involved and building great relationships based in trust with all project stakeholders. Proactively listen to stakeholders’ concerns and act upon their feedback to strengthen buy-in and commitment. Never shy away from initiating a difficult conversation.
- Instilling a risk-awareness culture in project teams by consistently asking people what they worry about, what is impeding their work and what could potentially go wrong. Constantly assess the impact on factors such as time, cost, quality and benefits if a requirement changes.
- Delivering on your promises – ALWAYS - do what you say you will and assist team members to do the same.
- Consciously sharing your knowledge and actively seeking knowledge / answers.
- Acting as an ambassador for the Project Management Office.
- Being an example for “making things happen”.
What we offer you in return
It’s a cliché, but we work hard and we play hard. We recognise and reward hard work with a great benefits package. On top of a good remuneration package we’ll give you a generous holiday allowance, retirement fund, life assurance and income protection cover plus a performance related bonus. We also provide seriously good coffee and plenty of other perks to brighten your day including a casual dress code, vibrant open workspaces with areas to relax including pause areas, table tennis; plus free fruit every day. There are always sports and social events happening and chances to get involved in our charity work if you want to. Oh, and every Friday the drinks are on us!
With offices worldwide, we offer exciting opportunities for you to learn, grow and progress. A career at IRESS really can take you anywhere.
Join us and be part of something amazing.
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