Scottrade, Inc has a Mid-Tier Trading Applications Development
Supervisor position available in St. Louis, MO. Relocation is an
option. The main purpose of this position is to assist C++
developers in recognizing, researching, isolating and resolving
technical problems. This person develops and maintains positive
working relationships with key business managers and other peer
application development teams. This leadership role will manage a
specific technology team dedicated to application product development
and support, while at the same time understand the impact to other
teams.

Responsibilities:

Work with the Application Architects and Development Managers
on strategic and tactical projects and participate in all
aspects of the project to ensure systems meet the needs and
quality requirements of the business.

Develop new products and support applications already in
production. (30% max of time)

Coordinate and review high-level requirements for conversion
into detailed technical design specification documents for the
application team and provide technical estimates and customer
support metrics.

Provide work direction and support to team members to ensure
assignments are completed on time and SDLC process guidelines
are followed by conducting team meetings, status reports,
periodic code reviews, design sessions and unit testing.

Mentor, assess training needs and provide performance, time
and attendance and recruiting feedback

Document policies, procedures, and standards using established
PMO standards, including UML diagrams.

Use source control systems such as VSS, CVS or TFS.

Address system problems during off hours with the guidance
from other members of the development staff when assigned.

Develop and maintain effective partnerships with Scottrade
product development and business teams in order to understand
and anticipate their needs, the business environment, other
challenges and opportunities.

Experience:

5+ years of proven success as an application developer
required including knowledge of relational database concepts,
including interacting with databases from client applications
using stored procedures.

5+ years of programming experience using OOP.

5+ years of programming experience using C++ required.
Experience with C# a plus.

5+ years experience with application communication API's
including JMS, COM, and sockets.

5+ years experience in writing and debugging multithread
applications.

Knowledge of trading protocols such as FIX, a big plus.

Education:
Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science, or related field, or
equivalent combination of education and experience required.

Scottrade, Inc., an equal opportunity employer, is committed to
inclusion and a diverse workforce.

Scottrade will provide relocation
assistance.*