Small and growing investment research trading firm is looking to hire a Chief Technology Officer / Chief Operating Officer. 

This person will be responsible for managing the daily technological and administrative operations of a small but growing firm and for providing technical leadership in the firm's continual efforts to improve and expand its trading strategies.  This is primarily a ‘hands on' role, and requires a responsible self starter accustomed to working in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment. While this person will be involved of all aspects of IT infrastructure, the will also be asked to perfrom several COO functions which may include payroll and other related day to day functions of the firm. 

The ideal candidates will have experience managing a staff of IT & general support personnel; Experience managing complex technical projects; IT experience with building and/or maintaining the infrastructure required for an institutional, high frequency, quantitative equity trading operation; experience with stat arb and options trading desired.  IT experience with business class firewalls, routing, VPN setup, windows network maintenance and server hardware troubleshooting; Experience programming with Java, Perl, Excel VBA, SQL, and C++; Experience with automated trading system software (e.g., Portware, Flextrade, etc.), or with the FIX trading protocol; Consulting experience a plus; Experience with Advent Axys would be a plus; Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Graduate degree in Computer Science or other technical field is preferred. Candidates having current FINRA licenses (Series 7, 63, 26) would be a plus but market knowledge is more important.  Relocation will be provided if required.

For more information or immediate consideration, please reference Job#JCK679 and submit resume in Word format to:  ian@comprehensiverecruiting.com