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Are you looking to work for a profitable, top-flight software development company utilizing your skills to create and distribute sophisticated investment management products? An opportunity with Zephyr Associates, Inc. may be just what you are looking for. Zephyr Associates is a leading financial analytics company providing advanced investment analysis software. Our software is used by an ever-growing collection of institutional money managers, pension funds, and consultants to manage billion dollar portfolios worldwide. Be a part of a small, rapidly growing, profitable firm with unbounded potential.
Software Engineer, Data Systems
Zephyr Associates is seeking a Software Engineer to join us at our main office on the shores of Lake Tahoe, minutes from Heavenly Ski Resort.
Zephyr, as a financial analytics company, processes a large amount financial data from vendors throughout the industry. The Data Systems team maintains a production system which aggregates and packages the data for use in our products and on our web site. This is an opportunity to contribute to a high-profile system which is critical to the ongoing success of our business.
While we primarily work in the Python language in a Windows environment, we will consider all previous relevant programming experience.
- High value on software system quality and reliability
- Broad knowledge of data text processing technologies such as RegEx, Python, Perl, and XML processing (SAX/DOM)
- Solid understanding of SQL and relational database design
- Client side understanding of internet and web technology such as TCP/IP, HTTP, and FTP
- Experience implementing a sophisticated data aggregation system in the financial services market or beyond
- Experience with ETL data management systems
- .NET and/or Java development
- MS SQL Server administration and development
- Installer creation
- Web and User interface design
- Production system administration
- Cloud deployment
- Comfort with multiple system environments including Windows and Linux
- Competitive salary and benefits package including health and dental
Zephyr Cove, NV (Lake Tahoe Office)
To apply, please send a resume and cover letter explaining why you believe you would be a good candidate for the position to chris@styleadvisor.com. No phone calls please.
Product Support Specialist
- Provides support to our clients/prospects surrounding basic and advanced usage of our software products
- Serves as a backup to the Client Consulting team for hosting online product trainings
- Educates clients/prospects on investment management concepts and statistics
- Passes product enhancement requests from clients/prospects to our Development team as well as suggests enhancements
- Troubleshoots incorrect functionality in our software reported by clients, prospects, and internal users and reports these to Development when necessary
- Tests pre-release versions of our software and provides feedback to Development
- Contributes articles to our Knowledge Base
- Suggests revisions to existing product documentation and recommends new documentation
- Trains internal staff on new/modified features of our software with each release, as well as known issues for product features and how to work around them
- Ad-hoc tasks
- 1-3+ years using Zephyr products, particularly StyleADVISOR
- 1-3+ years using Windows and Microsoft Office products
- 1-3+ years in a customer service role, preferably a call center environment
- Investment management knowledge including returns based style analysis and basic statistics
- Strong math skills including creating formulas in Excel
- Comfortable learning new software with little guidance
- Strong troubleshooting skills
- Strong documentation skills
- Ability to provide solid presentations publicly or online
- Ability to articulate instructions verbally and in writing
- Microsoft SQL, Citrix, Windows Installer, and other technical knowledge
- Bilingual, preferably Spanish
- Competitive salary and benefits package including health and dental
Zephyr Cove, NV (Lake Tahoe Office)
Monday through Friday, various shifts available. Submit resumes to jobs@styleadvisor.com. No phone calls please.
Senior Software Engineer Analytics - Work Where You Play
Do you want to get out of the Rat Race? Are you tired of long weekday or weekend commutes? Do you enjoy working with smart people? This might be the opportunity for you. Zephyr Associates, Inc. is looking for a software engineer to join its Lake Tahoe, NV based development team. You will be responsible for enhancing and improving the analytics engine that is driving our successful products. This involves statistical calculations as well as charting and presentation of data. You will be joining a small, dedicated team that takes pride in providing best-of-breed solutions to our customers.
The Team
We are passionate about software design and construction. We know and appreciate all kinds of different languages, but we believe C++ still has an edge for large-scale application programming. We cherish communication and collaboration but we know that sometimes only silence gets the job done. Therefore we make sure our developers have an office and a door to close for these moments. We believe in continuous learning and industry participation. We share a large library of books that we keep up to date. Zephyr is a long-time active member of the C++ Standards Committee. Members of our team have contributed to Boost and spoken at industry conferences. We enjoy being close to our customers and having a direct impact on Zephyr's business. Above all, we take pride in shipping a quality product on time, again and again and again.
You
We do not believe in judging a person's qualification by the number of years they have toiled away doing something. What we are looking for is aptitude and attitude. Or to put it in Joel Spolsky's words: "Somebody who is smart and gets things done." You have a broad range of knowledge and expertise in software engineering. The traps and pitfalls of numerical computation won't surprise you and you are capable of understanding the math behind the analytics we provide. You are passionate about user experience and realistic enough to know that real world software development involves tradeoffs.
- Proficiency in modern C++ and at least one other programming language
- Experience working in multithreaded environments
- Experience writing and testing numerical code
- Mathematical knowledge with an emphasis in statistics and probability
- Attention to detail
- A natural desire to do things right
- Financial knowledge
- Modern Portfolio Theory
- Experience developing Windows applications
- Experience working on large projects
- Knowledge of mathematical libraries for C++ like GNU Scientific Library, Boost uBLAS or quantlib
- Knowledge of GUI frameworks WIN32, MFC, Qt
- Boost
- Python
- Perforce
- Jira/FishEye/Crucible
- The position comes with a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package. Among other things, Zephyr provides health and dental insurance, and a contribution to your ski pass.
Zephyr Cove, NV
Sweat the fine print. Please submit a resume and brief cover letter describing why you believe you are the right candidate for the position to jobs@styleadvisor.com. Cover letters should be in the body of the email and provide a link to your resume or an attached file. Include the word "Rumpelstiltskin" in your cover letter, and you are guaranteed to have your application considered.
Senior Software Engineer UI - Work Where You Play
Do you want to get out of the Rat Race? Are you tired of long weekday or weekend commutes? Do you enjoy working with smart people? This might be the opportunity for you. Zephyr Associates, Inc. is looking for a software engineer to join its Lake Tahoe based development team. Your primary responsibility will be enhancing and improving the user interface of our successful Windows desktop applications. You will be joining a small, dedicated team that takes pride in providing best-of-breed solutions to our customers.
The Team
We are passionate about software design and construction. We know and appreciate all kinds of different languages, but we believe C++ still has an edge for large-scale application programming. We cherish communication and collaboration but we know that sometimes only silence gets the job done. Therefore we make sure our developers have an office and a door to close for these moments. We believe in continuous learning and industry participation. We share a large library of books that we keep up to date. Zephyr is a long-time active member of the C++ Standards Committee. Members of our team have contributed to Boost and spoken at industry conferences. We enjoy being close to our customers and having a direct impact on Zephyr's business. Above all, we take pride in shipping a quality product on time, again and again and again.
You
We do not believe in judging a person's qualification by the number of years they have toiled away doing something. What we are looking for is aptitude and attitude. Or to put it in Joel Spolsky's words: "Somebody who is smart and gets things done." You have a broad range of knowledge and expertise in software engineering. You enjoy working on graphical user interfaces and you know that the design of everyday things is more than an activity. You are passionate about user experience and realistic enough to know that real world software development involves tradeoffs.
- Experience in user interface and graphics programming
- Proficiency in modern C++ and at least one other programming language
- Experience developing Windows applications
- Knowledge of GUI frameworks WIN32, MFC, Qt
- Experience working in multithreaded environments
- Attention to detail
- A natural desire to do things right
- Boost
- Experience working on large projects
- HTML5
- CSS
- Javascript
- Python
- Perforce
- Jira/FishEye/Crucible
- The position comes with a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package. Among other things, Zephyr provides health and dental insurance, and a contribution to your ski pass.
Zephyr Cove, NV
Sweat the fine print. Please submit a resume and brief cover letter describing why you believe you are the right candidate for the position to jobs@styleadvisor.com. Cover letters should be in the body of the email and provide a link to your resume or an attached file. Include the word "Rumpelstiltskin" in your cover letter, and you are guaranteed to have your application considered.
Technical Support Representative
- Assists clients/prospects with installation and configuration of all Zephyr products, as well as data and other third party products.
- Provides support to our clients/prospects surrounding basic usage of our software.
- Troubleshoots errors, crashes, and other technical issues reported by clients, prospects, and internal users and reports these to Development when necessary.
- Tests pre-release versions of our software and provides feedback to Development.
- Contributes technical articles to our Knowledge Base.
- Suggests revisions to existing technical documentation and recommends new documentation.
- Maintains awareness of new and changing technologies and provides recommendations to Development on preparing our software for these changes.
- Trains internal staff on technical changes to our software with each release, as well as technical issues that arise and how to fix them.
- Maintains Microsoft certification to ensure the company's status in the Microsoft Partner Program.
- Other duties as assigned.
- 1-3+ years experience in Windows system administration or related education.
- 1-3+ years experience in Microsoft SQL Server administration or related education.
- 1-3+ years experience in Citrix administration or related education.
- 1-3+ years experience in a customer service role, preferably a call center environment.
- Strong troubleshooting skills.
- Strong documentation skills.
- Ability to provide solid presentations publicly or online.
- Ability to articulate instructions verbally and in writing.
- Microsoft certification, preferably related to SQL 2005 or newer
- Bilingual, preferably Spanish
- Financial knowledge
- Zephyr product knowledge, particularly StyleADVISOR
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
Zephyr Cove, NV (Lake Tahoe Office)
Hours: Monday - Friday, various shifts available. *Some flexibility required. Submit resumes to jobs@styleadvisor.com. No phone calls please.