Financial Software Engineer
Company Overview
Galatea Associates is an IT consulting firm dedicated to creating strategic systems for the financial services industry. Galatea deploys systems solutions and provides consulting services that radically reinvent the survival-dependent applications supporting the securities industry. Our systems presume global and real-time processing capability and support the client enterprise-wide.
Our success is largely due to our company philosophy of "learning the business". While technical skills are essential, we differentiate ourselves by coupling our skills with an understanding of our complex industry. Securities transaction processing is a multifaceted business that touches almost every area in a brokerage firm. The better each Associate understands this business, the better the work we will be able to produce for our clients.
Current and former clients include Morgan Stanley, State Street, Mass Mutual, Deutsche Bank, and Merrill Lynch.
Company Culture
Galatea Associates is a unique place to work. We are not a large, inflexible corporation, nor are we a tiny start-up, scrambling for cash and recognition. We are a small, focused, well-funded, and well-respected company with a ten-year track record of success building and implementing complex financial securities systems.
We promote a friendly atmosphere. Our flat organizational structure promotes friendship and easy discourse. Most meetings are informal gatherings around a cubicle, or in our lounge area. The entire company breaks weekly to eat lunch together. People here socialize both in and out of work. We have frequent company outings both planned and unplanned. Sometimes it's candlepin bowling or an after-work gathering at a local pub.
We maintain an open work environment at our office in Davis Square (located on the Red Line) in Somerville, MA. Dress is casual and work hours are flexible since we place emphasis on the results of each person's work, we are not overly concerned with people adhering to a strict work schedule.
Ultimately, Galatea's most important asset is its people. As such, training is a crucial element in our business strategy. New employees spend their first few weeks learning about the securities industry in general and their project's business and technical environment in particular. This is done in an informal setting: each new employee is teamed with a mentor, a senior member of the firm who assists with their transition and helps ensure their success at Galatea. This relationship helps individuals share their skills and experience, which fosters growth and supports the long-term success of the company.
Job Description
Financial Software Engineers at Galatea Associates begin working on specific components of a current software design and development effort for one of our major Wall Street clients. The responsibilities of a new Associate will vary depending on the project, but are likely to include client interaction, participation in collaborative design sessions, and coding and testing of program modules. A varied amount of travel may be required of a new Associate, depending on the project. As the company grows, responsibilities and involvement in all aspects of the organization will increase.
Successful candidates are bright, energetic, self-motivated, and share a sense of excitement about the opportunities that surround a growing company. They have solid technical skills and demonstrate enthusiasm for the business problems we strive to solve. We look for Associates who move easily from technology to technology, taking their accumulated business knowledge with them. We want Associates who are excited to learn about securities processing, and who want to completely understand what they are building. Familiarity with leading-edge technologies (Java, .NET, XML, SQL, Sybase, DB2), particularly object-oriented development techniques and three-tier computing, is a plus. In addition, candidates should possess excellent interpersonal skills and have demonstrated superior analytical ability in their academic and career pursuits. Current Associates have come from diverse disciplines including computer science, engineering, business, and economics.
We expect our Associates to perform end-to-end project work. This means developing requirements, designing, building, revising, testing, implementing, and teaching for each project. We believe that this approach maximizes responsibility for each person, and removes the hurdle of departmental and interpersonal walls between Associates.
We expect our people to be self-motivated and to accept responsibility outside their consulting roles. Some work on recruiting, others on maintaining the web site, others on organizing company events. Because of our small size, there are a variety of interesting activities to pursue. We look for Associates who want to mold Galatea into the kind of place they really want to work.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted.
Submit resumes to: careers@galatea-associates.com