Company Description: AB is a leading global investment management firm that offers high-quality research and diversified investment services to institutional clients, individuals and private clients in major markets around the world. AB employs more than 500 investment professionals with expertise in growth equities, value equities, fixed income securities, blend strategies, and alternative investments, and, through its subsidiaries and joint ventures, operates in more than 20 countries. AB’s research disciplines include fundamental research, quantitative research, economic research and currency forecasting capabilities. Through its integrated global platform, AB is well-positioned to tailor investment solutions for its clients. AB also offers independent research, portfolio strategy and brokerage-related services to institutional investors. IT Group Description: The Fixed Income Investment Technology (FIIT) team provides decision support software for the fixed income investment (portfolio management, trading, and research) teams as well as operational support for operations, client services, legal, and third party users of our proprietary application. This includes developing software to: Analyze securities using fundamental and quantitative analysis Help portfolio managers monitor their portfolios by allowing them to slice and dice analytics and position data either at the security, sector, or portfolio level Assist the APMs in creating orders, run compliance, and clear trades Execute and book credit derivatives Implement in-house Fixed Income quantitative research visions and models. Our team’s goals are to provide technology support in line with business priorities in an iterative fashion. We partner with our business sponsors to solve problems, decrease risk, and increase our business counterparts’ ability to do their jobs effectively without increasing cost. IT Job Description: We are seeking a Nashville based Senior develop to join our RAP team in Fixed Income Technology. Describe the role: We are looking for Developers to join our Fixed Income Development team. The team works closely with Portfolio Management, Trading and Operations teams. A developer in this position will provide decision support software for the fixed income investment (portfolio management and research) teams as well as operational support for operations, client services, and third-party users of our proprietary application. The goal is to provide technology support in line with business priorities in an iterative fashion. The developer will be expected to partner with various business sponsors including FI PMG, FI Trading etc. to solve problems, mitigate risk, and increase the businesses’ ability to do their jobs effectively without increasing cost. Describe the applications and business or enterprise functions the role supports: We support Fixed Income Trading, Portfolio management and Middle Office. The key job responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Gathering business requirements from all stakeholders Designing / re-engineering processes Writing technical specifications Designing database architecture, services and user interfaces Developing code, development, unit and integration testing Supporting the QA team as they write test cases Facilitating User Acceptance Testing Launch planning and coordination Post-launch maintenance; enhancement prioritization in conjunction with the business; on-going release management Analyzing and implementing new data models Developing systems for downloading market data from various sources and managing the data repository Providing Level 2 application support Providing support for ad-hoc data and research requests from the investment team Providing support for overnight batch jobs What makes this role unique or interesting (if applicable)? The FIIT team is highly aligned with our business not stakeholders and provides a “high touch” opportunity for the programmer analyst to interact with our counterparts on a daily basis. The role also provides exposure to the entire Software Development Life Cycle. While the developer can draw on resources from other groups as needed, this role affords the opportunity for hands-on experience across the SDLC, including requirements gathering, development, testing and deployment. The roles expose the person to every aspect of software development to an extent to provide intrapreneurial experience. What is the professional development value of this role, i.e. what learning and professional growth does the role offer the candidate? This role offers a pathway to becoming a development / product manager, responsible for strategic vision for product. Job Qualifications (The ideal candidate should have the following): The ideal candidate should have background in computer science and should have the following skillsets and experience: 10 years of C# and SQL required 4 years of Rest API, WCF, web technologies Python and Angular Web is a plus Strong, effective communication skills (oral and written), combined with the ability to engage the business in substantive discussion and resolution of issues (e.g. methodology for calculation of analytics, etc.). Equally strong analytical skills to map data elements between systems, develop transformation logic, and resolve issues with data integrity. Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines Passionate in programming Must have interest in research/analytical applications Must be a problem solver and can work independently. Our employees typically have track records of outstanding professional performance and academic achievement, excellent analytical and financial skills, and strong verbal communication skills. Candidates should have a strong ability to work in a collaborative environment and to present results to both expert and non-expert audiences. Qualifications, Experience, Education: A bachelor or master’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or highly related fields Pluses: Experience working directly with portfolio managers and traders in helping them use technology solutions to best advantage Experience in working in Financial domain. s Special Knowledge (if applicable): Finance knowledge a plus Nashville, Tennessee