O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM) is owned by Franklin Templeton, a diversified 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 is a research and money management firm based in Stamford, Connecticut operating autonomously and backed with global, enterprise resources. Their approach to managing money is transparent, logical, and completely disciplined, leading to long‐standing relationships with clients. OSAM is a leading provider of Custom Indexing services via its Canvas® platform which offers financial advisors an unprecedented level of control and ease in creating and managing personalized separately managed accounts (SMAs) that target improved after-tax outcomes.

For more firm information, please visit www.osam.com

Position Summary:

OSAM is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our Technology team. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated a passion for solving business problems with technology and possess strong programming experience. This position is a hands-on role responsible for developing, supporting, and maintaining a firmwide trading data-rich platform supported by 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 OSAM’s trading team.

The position will be in either Stamford, CT or New York City with a hybrid work schedule (partially remote).

What are the ongoing responsibilities of a Senior Software Engineer?

• Work directly with the Trading team to enhance the trading application, based on new use-cases, product launches, and changes to the trading workflows.

• Performance tuning of the C# client-server Trading application so it’s more responsive as volumes grow

• Design and develop cloud-native solutions in C# and SQL to promote consistency of use of the Firmwide data platform across numerous analytical tools.

• Drive a technology strategy with increased levels of automation to reduce risk and enhance data quality and associated controls

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field of study. Advanced Degree a plus.

• 7+ years of prior professional programming experience (preferred).

• Advanced C# and SQL experience.

• Working knowledge working with Windows environments and cloud-based technologies (Azure).

• Excellent communication skills to be able to interact with a wide range of users ranging from very technical to non-technical.

• Experience with equity products and associated market data, pricing, and risk concepts

• Results-oriented team player, with the ability to handle a rapidly changing set of projects and priorities while maintaining a strong professional presence.

• Strong analytical skillset with demonstrated attention to detail.

• Fast learner with the ability to adapt quickly and work in a dynamic environment.

• Leadership and/or managerial experience; position will likely manage other developers

Additional desired experience:

• Experience working in the front office environment with investment and trading teams

• SQL Server experience

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

• Experience with the following technologies: GIT, App Containers, Microservices & APIs, shell scripting, messaging buses

• Experience using DevExpress Winforms is a plus

Along with base compensation, other compensation is offered such as a discretionary bonus, 401k plan, health insurance, and other perks. There are several factors taken into consideration in making compensation decisions including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. At Franklin Templeton, we apply a total reward philosophy where all aspects of compensation and benefits are taken into consideration in determining compensation. We expect the base salary for this position to range between $128,000 - $175,000 per year plus bonus opportunity.

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