We are currently seeking for a summer intern for Performance Test Engineer Intern role to join our Analytics Infrastructure Stability and Performance group in Beijing, PRC.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Analytics Infrastructure Stability and Performance group is a part of the Model Validation team. The Model Validation team is responsible for developing and implementing validation processes and procedures for industry adopted financial instruments, statistics, stress tests and reporting. Our goal is to ensure the 'highest level quality' and the 'fastest time to market' in the industry for financial products. As a key member of this team, the candidate will have direct responsibility for delivering technologically innovative solutions to the quant model validation group as well as to test the continuously evolving state of the art architecture of extremely large scale financial software. The Model Validation team is largely composed of financial engineers whose expertise are advanced mathematical & statistical modeling for financial applications, and this role will also be responsible in supporting the group with in-house tools & technologies to execute the model validation projects effectively & efficiently.
RESPONSIBLITIES:
The candidate will be exposed on a daily basis to a range of topics that require in depth technical skills:
· Testing the performance and architecture of very large scale financial software
· Delivering (design, implement & support) technologically innovative solutions to the quant model validation group
· Software architecture involving distributed & remote pricings with extremely high degree of concurrency in computations
· Troubleshooting the problems from various technological areas ranging from system administration to identifying the causes of system slowness or failures
· Various scripting frameworks (perl, powershell, bash)
· Various technological frameworks (HPC, Azure, GPUs, etc.)
· Supporting the tools which already exist in model validation group
· Providing thought leadership in technology to keep our tools at the advent of technical innovations
DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
· Masters degree or PhD with focus in computer science or a degree in engineering with a very strong knowledge of computer technologies
· Experienced with C++, Python, PowerShell, perl
· Experienced with virtualized operating systems, Windows HPC, Azure or similar cloud computing technologies
· Fast learner, and must be willing to learn the rapid advances in financial software technologies
· Outstanding problem solving skills
· Strong written and oral proficiency in English
· Strong sense of ownership
· Must be willing to work in a global team environment and able to move things forward on projects
· Working experience with IT operations analytics tools like Splunk to harness the power of sampled data for business decisions or for troubleshooting the software issues
· Interested working in an environment that combines finance and technology
· Comfortable working in a team and bringing people together across teams.
· Should enjoy working with strong technical people (software architects, programmers, application management, operations) as well as business people (sales, account management, and product management).
· Should have demonstrated delivering creative solutions to the problems in previous work experience
APPLICATION METHOD:
Send a CV and cover letter or resume to Stanley Li (stanley.li@msci.com), with the email subject title: ‘Performance Test Intern’
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