Senior Software Engineer - UI (.NET WPF) - Contract

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

-7+ years' experience as a Software Engineer, with at least 4 years of development experience in C#, .NET and WPF
-Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or Mathematics
-Knowledge and experience of working in an Agile development methodology
-Knowledge of the Financial Services industry

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

-Experience working with C#/WPF to deliver robust, scalable and extensible desktop applications is essential
-Web and desktop related software development experience and associated development languages, platforms, platform utilities and tools to include:
-Languages: .NET, Java, Javascript, HTML5
-Application Servers and development tools: Eclipse, Tomcat
-Frameworks: Spring, iBatis, Axis, JUnit, Javascript libraries & frameworks
-Tools: Stash/Git, Ant, BuildForge, Maven, Hudson
-Operating Systems: Windows, Linux/UNIX
-Experience working with Oracle databases
-Experience in developing web services (SOAP and/or REST)
-Proven customer facing skills
-Full understanding of the software development process including exposure to continuous integration and user-acceptance testing
-Full project life cycle experience
-Exposure to use cases, unit testing and structured test plans
-Strong communication skills (oral and written)