Company Description USM Business Systems Job Description Role: Sr. Full stack – front and back end. Location: Boston, MA Duration: 6-12 months contract Interview: Phone AND F2F Basic Purpose: The Senior Developer works as a member of the Research and Market Data Team to design, develop, and support research applications. Primary Responsibilities: • Design and develop software systems, working both independently and collaboratively with the rest of the team. • Analyze and resolve production system issues independently or in conjunction with business system analysts to methodically reproduce a problem, identify root causes, and design a solution. • Maintain and enhance any existing applications the team is responsible for. • Manage technical debt, placing a high value on refactoring, collective code ownership, and improving the design of existing code. • Provide advice and assistance to others throughout the company, subsidiaries, and partners. • Work closely with Portfolio Managers, Analysts, and Traders. • Manage client expectations and balance priorities as part of the team. Desired Skills: • Full Stack development experience (Web UI, C# backend, SQL Server database). • UI Layer - Experience developing Web interfaces using Angular2, Java • Service Layer – Experience building restful C# web services. • Persistence Layer – SQL Server database • From a database perspective, ideal candidate would have: • a working understanding of relational database design, including data modeling, normalization and denormalization. • Experience with SQL Server • Solid understanding of SQL, including knowledge of different join types and grouping, as well as SQL for creating schemas • programming experience using Transact-SQL • basics of SQL Server administration, security, index creation, and performance tuning • Ability and desire to collaborate, sketch and discuss designs at a whiteboard, engage in pair programming, ask for help before you need it, and openly share code, designs, and ideas. • Experience with the following techniques, libraries, and tools are helpful: • Agile Methodologies – any of Scrum, Kanban, and/or Lean • Test driven development (TDD) • Git, Jira Job Requirements: • Overall 5+ years of software development experience • 3+ years with web UI development – ideally experience with Angular2, Angular, React, or similar. • 3+ years of experience programming with C# • 3+ years of experience with SQL server • Excellent communication and organizational skills and ability to communicate with non-technical investment professionals • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science preferred Additional Information All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.