POSITION DESCRIPTION
Software Developer[1]
Taconic Capital is a global alternative investment manager that specializes in finding opportunity in market complexity, dislocation, and inefficiency. We manage a wide range of investment strategies including opportunistic credit, merger arbitrage, catalyst-driven equities, and real estate, as well as a co-investment platform. Taconic was founded in 1999 by former Goldman Sachs partners, Frank Brosens and Ken Brody and currently manages more than $4.6 billion in assets.
We have offices in New York and London with approximately 70 employees. We are privately held and our partnership owns, governs and leads the firm. Taconic Capital’s first fund was launched in June 1999 and began accepting outside capital in 2000. Over the last 26 years, we have continuously evolved, adding investment capabilities, management talent and geographic reach to capitalize on the changing opportunity set, and to meet the needs of our firm and investors.
Taconic Capital follows a disciplined, replicable investment process that aims to identify investment opportunities with three distinct elements: inefficiencies, catalysts and a margin of safety. We are opportunistic investors and agnostic as to where in the capital structure an investment is made. We have a collaborative, team-oriented culture with an open communication architecture that enables real-time decision-making among investment team members across asset classes, specialties and geographies. Taconic Capital evaluates, adjusts and manages risk, supported by a balance between qualitative and quantitative metrics.
Our culture of collegiality, teamwork, meritocracy and rigorous performance standards, supports everything we do and drives our philosophy of treating our investors as true partners.
Our principles underscore who we are and how we approach our work. They provide an important framework for collaboration and innovation across all functions of the organization.
- We live by the ethics of integrity and honesty
- We put investors first
- People drive our success
- We aim to be a meritocracy
- Everyone’s job is people development
- We value collegiality
- We strive to be flexible and creative in our thinking
- We encourage an open and honest dialogue
- We take risks prudently
We are committed to employing world class talent across all aspects of our business, which brings to the firm a diverse range of backgrounds, attitudes, values, beliefs, and experiences. Our ongoing focus is to create a working culture that connects each employee to the organization, and encourages collaboration, flexibility, and fairness.
Taconic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We base all employment decisions on merit, qualifications and abilities and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, creed, marital or civil partnership/union status, familial status, genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or conviction record to the extent required by applicable law or any other characteristic protected by law.
[1] This at-will position is intended to be filled on a temporary basis, for approximately one year. The temporary nature of this position does not otherwise change the at-will nature of this role or suggest that employment is guaranteed through a fixed term.
THE ROLE
We are seeking to recruit a full-time, temporary Software Developer to work with our Technology team. This position is intended to be filled initially on a temporary basis for approximately one year with the potential of an extension depending on business need. The expected salary range for this position is between $130,000 - $150,000 annually. The actual compensation will be determined based on the qualifications, skills, and experience of the applicant selected, and other factors permitted by law. Benefits are available.
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop and maintain existing applications to support business processes
- Monitor and fix any alerts/errors occurring in production environment
- Review, analyze and debug any user questions about unexpected behavior or data issues
- Support and help integration with Vendor systems or external data feeds
- Improve/Add documentation of new/existing application processes and support runbooks
- Any other related tasks assigned from time-to-time
The position will be located in our headquarters in midtown Manhattan. Our office works on a hybrid, 4-day in-office schedule with mandatory Tuesday through Thursday attendance.
IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated track record of success in his or her prior endeavors, an entrepreneurial, self-driven nature, a low ego, team-oriented style, unimpeachable integrity and values that align with our principles. We seek excellence in our candidates at every level. We want individuals who are driven to be the best at what they do and who continually seek to improve.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:
- BS Computer Science or related stream, or relevant experience in software development
- 2+ Years Experience in application development using C#, .Net Core, and automation using PowerShell
- 2+ Years Experience with relational databases using SQL (preferably MS SQL Server)
- Experience using development tools like Visual Studio, VS Code, SSMS/Azure Data Studio
- Experience using any SDLC and CI/CD processes
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent working ethic: Sincere and committed, methodical, ability to work independently or in a team, cognizant of SLA requirements, follow guidelines/instructions, punctual
The following experience is preferred, but not required:
- TypeScript/React UI development
- Power BI Reports – building and deployment
- Prior experience in Capital Markets
