Overview:
This is an outstanding opportunity to join one of the largest alternative asset managers. Technology is central to Man’s business strategy and we are constantly looking at better ways of doing things. Our culture embraces change; indeed change is the norm rather than the exception in a constantly evolving organisation and industry.
We are looking for skilled engineers with a genuine passion for technology to work within our C# Software Engineering teams. You will work on solutions in critical areas for an asset manager such as order management, trade settlement, risk management, fund accounting and client reporting.
You will work as part of a software engineering team aligned with one of our business or technical domains building new solutions, or adding new functionality to existing solutions, for one of the key C# systems that run Man Group's operating platform. We strongly believe in the 'you build it, you run it' principle and our software engineers will spend some time fixing, optimising and improving the resilience of their systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Owning the end-to-end delivery process – from requirements gathering through to development, testing and coordinating deployment to production
- Participating in/owning the planning, design and delivery of longer term projects
- Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing amongst peers
- View stakeholder interaction as integral to successful delivery
- Continuous improvement of production components such as reducing tech debt, increasing release quality and improving resource utilization
- Encourage and drive adoption of best practices and help improve business knowledge and understanding within the team
- Support for production systems and BAU requests
- Depending on seniority – mentoring more junior members of the team
Key Skills
- 3+ years of software engineering experience with C# and .NET
- Strong delivery focused approach, ensuring business value is being met
- Query writing, schema design and performance tuning in Microsoft SQL Server
- Ability to balance business delivery and incremental adoption of new architectural platform features
- Proponent of collaborative software engineering techniques and methods
- Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views
Useful Experience
Any working knowledge of Kafka, Mongo, React, Python.
Working Here
The Man Group team in Boston team has a small company, no-attitude feel. It is flat structured, open, transparent and collaborative, and you will have plenty of opportunity to grow and have enormous impact on what we do. We are actively engaged with the broader technology community.
- We regularly talk at leading industry conferences, and tweet about relevant technology and how we’re using it. See @manquanttech
- We host and sponsor Boston meetups and London’s PyData and Machine Learning Meetups
- We open-source some of our technology, including our ultra-high-performance DataFrame database, ArcticDB. See https://github.com/man-group for a full list and more information.
We’re fortunate enough to have a fantastic open-plan office overlooking the Boston harbour, and continually strive to make our environment a great place in which to work. We believe that agile working allows us to deliver the best business outcomes for our clients and investors as well as having a positive impact on work-life balance and the wellbeing of our staff. We are simultaneously committed to “levelling the playing field” and believe that agile working promotes inclusivity across teams, regions and business units. In general, Technology roles are expected to be in the office for 3 days a week. However, the specifics can vary based on the role, team, and individual circumstances, and are ultimately subject to the manager’s discretion.
We offer competitive compensation, a generous holiday allowance, various health and other flexible benefits. We are also committed to continuous learning and development via coaching, mentoring, regular conference attendance and sponsoring academic and professional qualifications.
Our Culture, Values and Benefits at Man
Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equal opportunities. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business and this is embedded in our culture and values. There are a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and that encourage inclusion and diversity across our firm and the industry. Man Group is a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter and the Race at Work Charter.
Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme.
We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact [email protected].
Top Skills
What We Do
Man Group is a global active investment management firm, which runs $127 billion* of client capital in liquid and private markets, managed by investment specialists based around the world. Headquartered in London, the firm has 15 international offices and operates across multiple jurisdictions. Our business has five specialist investment engines, which represent the range of our capabilities: Man AHL, Man Numeric, Man GLG, Man FRM and Man GPM.
These engines house numerous investment teams, working collaboratively within the framework of Man Group, with a high degree of investment autonomy. Each team benefits from the strength and resources of the firm’s single operating platform, enabling their primary focus to be seeking to generate alpha for clients. The teams invest across a diverse range of strategies and asset classes with highly specialised approaches, with long only and alternative strategies run on a discretionary and quantitative basis in single and multi-manager formats. Our clients are at the heart of everything we do and we engage in close dialogue with our investors as strategic partners, to understand their particular needs and constraints. Man Group’s investment teams are empowered and supported by our institutional infrastructure and technology, which aims to facilitate the efficient exposure to markets and effective collaboration across the organisation.
