Consultant - Director of Software Development

Hedge Fund/Family Office Consultant –

ROLE: Director of Software Development

Join our experienced roster of consultants that support Hedge Funds and Family Offices.

WHO WE ARE:

Arootah is a personal and professional development leader in the Investment and Financial Services industry. Our mission is to provide top business advisory services to our hedge fund client base. Our Business Advisory Services focuses on the multi-faceted needs of Hedge Funds and Family Offices.

Arootah was founded by Rich Bello, the Co-Founder and COO of the industry-leading $10 billion hedge fund, Blue Ridge Capital. Rich brings more than 30 years of experience, including leadership positions at Morgan Stanley, Tiger Management, and Ernst & Young. 

Visit us at https://arootah.com/hedge-fund-advisory/for more information. 

WHO WE NEED:

Arootah is searching for an experienced Director of Software Development to consult with our highly prestigious client base. As a consultant, you will work with our Hedge Fund and Family Office clients to provide expert advice and support.

WHAT YOU WILL DO AS A CONSULTANT:

Provide advice and guidance to Arootah clients who seek help with their Software Development needs. This will involve consulting some of the leading Hedge Funds and Family Offices in the world and sharing your experience as an expert in office management to help clients:

Qualifications
A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems, or a related field

10+ years of proven experience as a Director of Software Development at a Hedge Fund, Investment Management firm or Family Office

6+ years of hands-on project management and professional software development using C#, Java, or C++, plus an understanding of RDBMS design and optimization practices

Knowledge of IT security practices, distributed systems, containerization, common automation tools (Jenkins/SOS Job scheduler, etc.), CICD toolsets (GIT, Atlassian, Gitlab, etc.), and the Microsoft Visual Studio/DotNet development environments

Experience automating infrastructure provisioning, DevOps, and continuous integration/delivery

Deep technical background developed from experience working with various applications and technologies to evaluate design alternatives and their time/cost/performance tradeoffs

Comprehensive understanding of software development life cycle

Passionate about staying current on modern solutions and best practices

Responsibilities
As a consultant, you will work with our Hedge Fund and Family Office clients to provide expert advice

Provide advice and guidance to Arootah clients who seek help with their software development needs

This will involve consulting to some of the leading Hedge Funds and Family Offices in the world and sharing your experience as a Director of Software Development in helping clients with:

Best practice reviews

Developing realistic and effective action plans

Breaking apart goals into actionable steps

Vendor selection and oversight

Creating and implementing policies, procedures, and control measures

Evaluating each client's advancement toward goal achievement through key performance indicators (KPIs) and scoring matrices

Special projects or other areas of need

Direct software programming and development initiatives to lower operational barriers, enhance the investment management process and improve efficiency and productivity across all areas of the firm

Lead the development, deployment, and integration of software solutions for the firm including planning and managing release cycles and formulating and managing budgets

Hire, guide and manage the software development team and external vendors to develop, implement and launch world class software and in-person products and services

Evaluate software solutions and system performance with a focus on budget/cost controls, risk mitigation and regulatory and legal compliance

Determine system specifications and analyze test and staging data requirements

Resolve software deployment and integration errors, and document processes

Create and maintain suitable DevOps channels to support the needs of the organization

Maintain build environments to speed up software development

Develop, implement, and direct software system validation and testing methodologies