Everest Application Developer - Dallas, United States - McLaren Strategic Solutions (MSS)

Description

About McLaren Strategic Solutions (MSS):

McLaren Strategic Solutions (MSS) is a technology-led business solutions company specializing in data & AI, cloud engineering, and hyper-automation for Global 1000 companies. We accelerate business outcomes by leveraging a curated ecosystem of 45+ platforms giving our customers a clear market advantage.

Job Description:

You have US citizenship or are a Green Card holder.

You should have strong analytical skills, technical knowledge, and thorough experience in the following skills listed.

Ideal candidates are strategic thinkers, problem solvers, and team players who are excited about using technology for business success. If this sounds like you, we're eager to meet you.

Our client is seeking a talented Application Developer to work on Everest, a best in-class vendor platform in the investment management space. Everest, an Allvue Systems product, is part of the firms strategic portfolio management vision. You will work with front office business users, and professionals from Operations, Risk and Technology to define and implement underwriting, trade order management, portfolio maintenance and pricing, and end user reporting functionality. You will also work with Technology professionals to develop new UIs in Everest, meeting the requirements of the business, as well as integrate with our strategic data platform driving 3600 reporting and analytics.

You should have a strong technical background in programming and relational database technology coupled with proven experience in financial products such as credit, real estate and private equity. Strong teamwork and collaboration skills are also critical to role.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, implement and test new functionality in Everest to support the portfolio management functions for multiple lines of business
• Setup and deploy Everest to new lines of business for our client
• Design and build workflows for deal capture and loan trade entry
• Work with Quant team to implement capital allocations and pre/post trade portfolio compliance
• Develop new User Interfaces to support the entire investment life-cycle including issuer research, underwriting, financials capture and portfolio monitoring
• Integrate with in-house built APIs for computing fund performance, P&L and Risk
• Work with Business Operations teams to implement middle and back office functionality
• Work with end users to understand business requirements and translate into technical solutions in Everest
• Develop robust and insightful reports for Portfolio Managers
• Integrate with next generation data platform in Microsoft Azure
• Partner with various leaders across the firm, understand their needs and assist with the development of a strategic vision to meet their enterprise needs

Key Qualifications

Must Have

• 3-5 years in application development or SQL development
• An ability to initiate and manifest flexibility, adaptability and creativity
• Strong problem-solving ability, and practical experience in delivering complex solutions in a fast-moving business landscape
• Capable of executing short-term(tactical) and long-term (strategic) plans
• Experience working with investment professionals and supporting front office and operations
• Strong knowledge of SQL Server or other modern RDBMS platforms using ANSI SQL
• Strong knowledge of SQL development, preferably SQL Server and T-SQL
• Ability to understand tuning, configuration and optimization of SQL Server
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills ability to take a business problem and develop a technical solution
• Experience building User Interfaces to meet business requirements in .NET or similar technology
• Experience diagnosing performance issues with SQL Server and query performance tuning
• Knowledge of QA and DevOps including unit and regression testing
• Setting clear and measurable performance objectives and monitoring progress rigorously, planning ahead, and linking action to business priorities

Preferred

• Solid knowledge of Credit, Real Estate, Finance, Accounting and Portfolio Management
• Preferable experience developing in Everest or similar buy side portfolio management vendor platform
• Experience with a programming language such as Python, Java or C#
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Powershell or Bash
• Experience with .NET, building apps and front end GUIs in C#/.NET
• Working knowledge of windows infrastructure (servers, mechanics of SQL Server)