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In this sector, you'll find all of our Information Technology jobs, or IT jobs, in investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds, private equity funds, insurance companies and other financial services firms.

Good technology is often the important factor that puts one financial services company ahead of its competitors. Technology can also help the organization save money by speeding up processes and increasing efficiency. As a result, firms in the financial sector spend a very large amount of money on IT recruitment.

The biggest user of technology in an investment bank is the trading floor and everything related to it. Technology may be required to help with buying and selling financial products electronically, processing them through smart-order routing systems or communicating to help trades go through smoothly and quickly. These multimillion dollar technology projects are absolutely crucial to successful operations.

IT careers in financial services fall into five separate departments. These are usually development, business analysis, project management, infrastructure and technical support.

Developers are at the frontlines of the IT department. Some development jobs may require developing completely new systems in-house, which offers opportunities for developers using Java or other coding languages to use their knowledge. Often, however, banks buy software off the shelf from third-party companies. In these cases, the developer will need to modify the software to serve the institution's particular needs or integrate it into existing systems.

When creating systems for flow products like equities or FX, developers aim for "low latency" or to reduce the amount of time taken while executing and processing a trade.

Business analysts connect with both the IT department and the business side of the organization, investigating how technology can be used to improve the bank's competitive advantage.

Meanwhile, project managers will take the reins of the new venture once it's been given the go-ahead. Project management roles are strategic and involve planning, structuring and eventual completion of the projects. Project managers work with a team of developers, liaise with third-party vendors and are answerable to the business should plans go awry.

Those in technical support jobs solve problems when they arise on the trading floor. Infrastructure roles deal with the nuts and bolts of IT - everything from servers to operating systems to databases.

This section also includes IT jobs working for third-party vendors, which specialize in providing software for a particular sector.

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Java / .Net Developer Morgan Stanley Competitive Chicago, IL 23 May 13

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AVP-VP Senior C++ Software Developer Selby Jennings $130000 - $200000 per annum, Benefits: b... Chicago, IL 21 May 13

AVP-VP Senior C++ Software Developer Core Electronic Trading Leading Investments Bank, Chicago, IL Circa $1...

Senior System Engineer - Windows - Storage And Scripting Huxley Associates Negotiable Chicago, IL 21 May 13

Systems Engineer / Chicago Finance / Contract

C# Software Engineer - Chicago GQR Global Markets $100,000 - $150,000 + bonus Chicago, IL 21 May 13

A leading proprietary and fund manager of circa 75 employees and a 22 person technology team that has been ope...

Trading Platform Developer Futures Group IT, LLC 150-250K total comp Chicago, IL 20 May 13

Financial firm is looking for a Senior Developer to build the analytic infrastructure and trading platform usi...

Senior C++ Low Latency Engineer (High Performance) Futures Group IT, LLC $150-$190k plus Bonus Chicago, IL 20 May 13

Senior C++ Low Latency Engineer (High Performance) to work across all assets classes and develop highly optimi...

Trading Developer Carlton Senior Appointments Highly Competitive Chicago, IL 17 May 13

The client is a start-up looking to expand its successful high frequency trading team by adding an experienced...

Developer - Market Data Distribution UBS AG - Investment Bank - US Competitive Chicago, IL 16 May 13

UBS Equities trading systems are developed purely in-house, and support a wide range of products, including tr...

Java/J2EE - Principle Developer/Architect - Chicago 120K Huxley Associates USD110000 - USD120000 per annum + Base +... Chicago, IL 14 May 13

A publicly traded global software firm within the finance industry has a brand new downtown Chicago office, an...

Project Manager/Release Manger Citadel, LLC DOE Chicago, IL 10 May 13

The Project Manager/Release Manager will help manage and push existing, as well as, new business and technical...

Mobile Application Architect - 150K Huxley Associates USD140000 - USD150000 per annum + Base +... Chicago, IL 10 May 13

A leading global bank is looking for a senior level mobile architect to lead their new mobile projects and dev...

Mid-Senior Level Java Developer(s) Not Disclosed $100,000 - $150,000 Chicago, IL 09 May 13

My client, a leading 'tier 1' investment bank requires a team of mid-senior Java Developers to join their deve...

Software Developer - Clearing PEAK6 Investments, LP Not Specified Chicago, IL 08 May 13

PEAK6 Investments, established in 1997, is a leading financial institution in Chicago with a demonstrated tra...

IT Product Development - Feed Products Team, Associate Director Fitch Ratings competitive Chicago, IL 03 May 13

The IT Product Development Group is responsible for feed products that that provide a wide range of financial...

Application Support Specialist OptionsHouse LLC Not Specified Chicago, IL 01 May 13

OptionsHouse, was founded by PEAK6 Investments, LP in 2005. Developed and powered with PEAK6 technology, Opti...

CIB - Applications Developer - Associate J.P.Morgan. Competitive Chicago, IL 30 Apr 13

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Senior Java Developer Continuity Partners $100k - $150k Base Salary + Bonus Chicago, IL 23 Apr 13

A world leading financial institution is seeking a strong Core Java developer to build out a global clearing p...

Low Latency Network Architect - BGP - MPLS - 130-150k Huxley Associates USD130000 - USD150000 per annum + bonus... Chicago, IL 22 Apr 13

Are you comfortable with issues like the BGP decision-making criteria, or route reflection? Want to be an arch...

Low Latency Architect - MPLS/BGP - Chicago Huxley Associates USD130000 - USD150000 per annum + bonus... Chicago, IL 18 Apr 13

Are you comfortable with issues like the BGP decision-making criteria, or route reflection? Want to be an arch...

Trade Production Support Engineer Huxley Associates Negotiable Chicago, IL 03 Apr 13

This role is for a trade production support engineer for a major financial firm in downtown Chicago.

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