Senior C++ Software

Title:Senior C++ Software
ID:JREQ001927

Description

Senior C++ Software Engineer

Overview

Americas Collection Technology group comprises several teams who are responsible for the development of Real Time systems that collect data from exchanges in the US, Canada and Latin America; this data is critical to hundreds of thousands of customers around the globe. The group makes 1000+ software releases each year to support the constant changes demanded by both customers and exchanges alike.

The position is in Commodities and Energy team. The person will focus primarily on C++ Software Development and maintenance on Windows for Elektron, IDN and Reuters Data Feed Direct Projects. The positions will involve Object Oriented design and development with a heavy focus on software performance. These projects involve the collection and normalization of financial data for fast, Real Time data systems.

Responsibilities
- Write new software, modifies existing software or integrates software in accordance with the agreed upon specifications, created in partnership with others.
- Creates and executes unit testing and integration testing ensuring software meets requirements.
- Lead the design or contribute to the design of components.
- May provide technical support to Operations or other development teams.
- Interface with the Business Analysts and Technical Team Leads to ensure the proper requirements are understood and being met
- Interface with QA to ensure the application performs as, or better, than expected.
- Aid in the preparation of status updates for projects. Actively participates in team and status meetings.
- Make moderate to complex modifications to existing software applications and modules in accordance with written specifications and industry standards.
- Take part in reviews of own work. Take part in reviews of the work of colleagues.
- Creates, reviews, and maintains all required technical documentation/manual related to assigned software to ensure supportability and reuse.
- Provides wider feedback into performance.
- Assists in identification and implementation of short-term and long-term solution options, including risk assessments.
- Assists with improvements to prevent problems, including problem resolution workflow.
- Participates in remediation solutions.
- Participates in project planning sessions with team members to analyze development requirements, provide design options, and provide work breakdown and estimates of work.
- Provides work breakdown and estimates for small software development tasks.
- Develops software using disciplined software development processes, adhering to team/company standards and software best practice guidelines, and corporate policies.We are the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.

Qualifications

Preferred Skills
- 5-8 years professional C++ experience
- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Experience of formal software development lifecycle
- Good understanding of programming and troubleshooting techniques within a Real Time application environment
- Working experience in writing and debugging multithreaded applications
- Good communication skills, including understanding requirements, verifying expectations, and written documentation
- Ability to work as part of a team, completing varied work assignments and to collaborate with or assist others in their work as required.
- Good understanding of principles, theories, practices and techniques for managing activities involved in planning, managing and implementing projects and programs
- Ability to thoroughly test code, including performance testing
- Ability to provide realistic timelines, and meet them, is a must.
- A customer service focus
- Knowledge of communications protocols, such as TCP/IP, and experience of distributed networks an advantageDesired Skills
- Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio.
- Understanding of financial markets, specifically Commodities and Energy market data is an advantage.
- Knowledge of communications protocols, such as TCP/IP, and experience of distributed networks is an advantage
- Knowledge of more programming languages and scripts.
- Knowledge of more than one Operating system, specifically VMS.At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

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Job: Technology Development Family Group
Primary Location: Creve Coeur, MO, US
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Organization: F&R CTO Collections
Schedule: Full-time
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Job Type: Standard
Shift: Day Job
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