Sr. Software Engineer - Clojure/JRuby

Chicago  ‐ Onsite
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I have an excellent role that I am looking to fill that I think will be of interest to you.

My client is a leading Proprietary Trading Firm based here in the Chicago Loop and has an amazing opportunity for a Sr. Software Engineer, who specializes in Java/Clojure.

Because of their expansive development in technology, this established firm is seeking to hire an individual who is an experienced polyglot programmer. This is an excellent opportunity to expand skills and grow software craftsmanship.

The candidate will be involved in the following activities; Hands-on development, design, and testing of proprietary application, support the development of multiple components (servers, GUIs, web UIs), work on a small team as a self-starter, test at the unit, functional and integration level, work on legacy code as well as green field development, actively track new languages and technologies, provide on-call support as needed, collaborate with various software, IT and trading support teams, as well as working in multiple languages including JavaScript, Java, Ruby, JRuby, and Clojure.

Candidates for this position must have the following skills and experience:

- Prior experience working with JVM especially non-Java languages (JRuby, Clojure, Groovy, Scala, etc); polyglot programmers are encouraged to apply
- Must have both front end and back end development experience
- Practical use of modern web frameworks (Ruby on Rails, etc.)
- Familiarity with Clojure, Ruby, Java

- Familiarity with git and svn

- Familiarity with Linux and Windows

- Familiarity with CSS, JavaScript, HTML, jQuery

- Familiarity with SQL on Oracle or SQL Server as well as Mongo DB

- Familiarity with Rabbit and AMQP

- Must have strong initiative and have proven experience independently driving projects to completion

If you feel that you are a good fit for this position, please submit your resume highlighting your relevant experience as it relates to this description. Please contact Marissa Fagel at Huxley Associates at with questions. If this position is not for you, I would recommend sending me your resume, as we have numerous other roles we are looking to fill in the sector that could potentially be a fit for your skill set.

To find out more about Huxley Associates please visit www.huxley.com
Start date
11/2013
From
Huxley Associates
Published at
08.11.2013
Project ID:
623959
Contract type
Permanent
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