imagine you @ Scottrade

For more than 25 years, Scottrade has been a leader in the stock brokerage industry, a leader in technology, a leader in customer service and a leader in value. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, the firm allows investors to conveniently place trades online while offering the added assurance of America's largest branch office network among online brokerage firms. With Scottrade, investors have the stock trading tools and services they need to take control of their investing needs. Scottrade is proud to provide premium service and deeply discounted commissions to investors of all trading styles and we hope to continue to exceed our customers' expectations by providing the best price, the best service and the best technology.

In January of 2008, Scottrade was named one of FORTUNE Magazine's Best Companies to Work for in America. Computerworld Magazine ranked Scottrade 16th in its 100 Best Places to Work in IT for 2008. With our Above & Beyond recognition program, quarterly bonuses and our new $25 million data center, Scottrade offers talented IT professionals an exciting work atmosphere where opportunities abound and excellence is rewarded. Discover your career below. Click here to learn more about Scottrade.

We are looking for a Developer 1 in our Headquarters location in St. Louis, MO.

This is a great opportunity for a quick learner to grow their knowledge of the financial industry while applying cutting edge technology for a fast growing exciting company. We are searching for multiple candidates to help out our development team in various technologies. The candidate will acquire great experience as a part of a motivated team of developers who will work closely with them to produce quality code.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with Junior and Senior Development members, as well as business and product departments to develop and write application systems and programs.
• Work within production control guidelines for production application changes.
• Unit testing of each solution to ensure proper performance and efficiency guidelines are met.
• Obtains and maintains a working knowledge of operating systems and hardware used by the Web and Development groups, and systemic relationships with outside service providers and designers.
• Documents programs in accordance with development standards and procedures. Create and/or modify current documentation.
• Participate in "on-call" support.
• Create unit tests for existing code and any new features added
• Foster company success through a professional appearance, being courteous to customers & all Scottrade associates, and by having a positive attitude.
• Other projects/duties as assigned.

• 2 years programming experience using OOP. C++, C#, or Java required; academic or professional experience accepted.
• Knowledge of relational database concepts
• Interacting with databases from client applications using stored procedures.
• Ability to read and create UML diagrams.
• Great attention to detail.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Excellent organizational skills.

Bachelor degree in MIS or Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience preferred.