Programmer / Software Engineer, Agile Software House, Java, Scala, Open Source

Job Description

We are looking for outstanding and talented software developers to join our Boston, MA office.  Our systems help manage billion-dollar portfolios, feed complex quantitative financial models, and fuel the sales and trading desks of the world's largest investment banks.  We give our teams the freedom to use the tools and languages that they need to solve the problems inherent in these systems. Our systems are written in Java, Javascript, Scala and Groovy / Grails, and we use and contribute to open source technologies such as Apache Tomcat, Hibernate, and MySQL. We use agile development techniques and tools such as test-driven development, pair programming, and continuous integration, adapting these to our needs as necessary at regularly held retrospectives involving developers, operators, support staff, and senior product owners. We are committed to on-going training during slack time and regularly scheduled lightning talks. We have an active research programme focused on improving and expanding our core technology. We expect our developers to develop rapidly, deploy new code regularly, test constantly, and help us continuously to improve our development processes. We keep our teams small and filled with smart people, who work interactively with our customers and with our internal business analysts.

Essential Attributes / Skills:

• Solid and proven coding in any domain / language
• Use of and interest in open-source products
• Willingness to work in an agile environment
• Willingness to work in a pair-programming environment

Ideal Attributes:

• Java
• Javascript
• Scala
• Groovy / Grails
• Prior experience in test driven development
• Experience / interest in the finance sector

TIM Group generates new revenue for administrators, brokers, and other customers.  They trust us with their data and intellectual property, which we analyse, evaluate, and deliver to investors. 

Hedge funds, funds of hedge funds (FoHF)s, and more traditional asset managers use the information to identify market-beating opportunities, and to reward the contributors accordingly.

For seven years we have delivered market-beating analysis to investors in the best positions to take action, while ensuring that our contributors are duly compensated for their efforts.  We are trusted partners to both investors and service providers.