APPLICATION DEVELOPER JR/SR at Wharton School (Philadelphia, PA)

Design, develop, maintain, and document programs to populate research databases from a variety of data sources, and manage / query those databases. Learn, understand, and support a set of diverse financial databases. Devise ways to improve workflows to support an ever increasing number of databases and data update frequency. Work with WRDS research and web teams to develop analytics and extract files for statistical analysis. Determine functional requirements for client business processes and may organize, plan and manage projects. Perform technical and functional analysis of information, processing and management systems. Ensure adherence to departmental technical, quality assurance and security standards. Provide first/second tier data and technical support to external WRDS users.

Senior Application Developer’s responsibilities will also include:

Develop or modify procedures to solve complex problems, taking into consideration computer equipment capacity and limitations. Review the work of colleagues and provide feedback on efficiency, security, and other best practices. Oversee project goals, timelines, and create specifications to assure that projects are completed on time and within budget. Coordinate multiple projects while meeting deadlines.