OSAM SW Developer - C# / SQL - NYC or Stamford, CT

O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM) is owned by Franklin Templeton, a dynamic firm that spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, giving us many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. With clients in over 150 countries and offices on six continents, you’ll get exposed to different cultures, people, and business development happening around the world.

O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM) operates independently as a Specialist Investment Manager and is a research and money management firm based in Stamford. Our approach to managing money is transparent, logical, and completely disciplined, leading to long‐standing relationships with our clients. We are a leading provider of Custom Indexing services via CANVAS®. CANVAS® is a platform offering financial advisors an unprecedented level of control and ease in creating and managing client portfolios in separately managed accounts (SMAs). Advisors can set up custom investment templates, access factor investing strategies, utilize passive strategies, actively manage taxes, and apply ESG investing and SRI screens according to the specific needs, preferences, and objectives of individual clients.

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O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM) is a research and money management firm based in Stamford, CT. On December 31, 2021, . The firm manages approximately $14 billion in assets for institutions and financial advisors. Our approach to managing money is transparent, logical, and completely disciplined, leading to long‐standing relationships with our clients. We are a leading provider of via CANVAS®. CANVAS® is a platform offering financial advisors an unprecedented level of control and ease in creating and managing client portfolios in separately managed accounts (SMAs). Advisors can set up custom investment templates, access factor investing strategies, utilize passive strategies, actively manage taxes, and apply ESG investing and SRI screens according to the specific needs, preferences, and objectives of individual clients.

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At Franklin Templeton, we’re driving our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic and diversified firm spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, offering many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. Our talented teams working around the globe bring expertise that’s both broad and unique. From our welcoming, inclusive, and flexible culture to our global and diverse business, we offer opportunities not only to help you reach your potential but also to contribute to our clients’ achievements.

Come join us in delivering better outcomes for our clients around the world!

What is the Software Developer - C# and SQL - responsible for?

OSAM is hiring a Software Developer to join our Core Technology team. The ideal candidate will have solid computer science fundamentals, a demonstrated passion for solving problems with technology, and possess strong programming experience. This position is a hands-on role responsible for developing, supporting, and maintaining firmwide trading-data, performance, risk, research, and investment applications, APIs, and visualization tools. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with a strong technical background and excellent communication skills to interface directly with a wide range of OSAM’s investment teams.

What are the ongoing responsibilities of a Software Developer - C# and SQL?

Work directly with trading, engineering, and R&D departments to solve a wide variety of evolving data and emerging business requirements

Design, develop, and support significant components managing client portfolios

Develop applications in C# / SQL in a stable and scalable manner

Build robust data pipelines from many sources of varied levels of data quality, supporting business demands, ad-hoc client analytic requests, and the core production applications

Ensure all code, new and old, meets standards for coding, architecture, and operation

What ideal qualifications, skills and experience would help someone to be successful?

Experience with investment performance workflows and analytics

4-6 years of prior professional programming experience

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a technology field of study; advance degree is a +

Solid computer science fundamentals with knowledge of data structures / algorithms

Think logically and solve problems with demonstrated attention to detail

Understand proper source control practices (Git experience preferred)

Have excellent communication skills to be able to interact with a wide range of users ranging from very technical (quants) to non-technical

Demonstrate solid small-project management skills

Be a quick learner with the ability to adapt quickly and work in a dynamic environment

Have experience working in a financial services company, ideally in asset management

What technology skill sets are critical to the success of this role?

Must be proficient in C# and SQL (SQL Server / relational databases). Other similar OOP languages might be acceptable depending on experience.

Have additional experience with : ETL workflows, REST APIs, WCF, and WinForms

Be very comfortable developing in MS Visual Studio

Experience with DevOps practices, including CI / CD, and infrastructure-as-code a +

Working knowledge developing with various Azure / cloud technologies a +

Experience with : DevExpress, Angular Framework, ASP.NET, Javascript a +