Consultant - Director of Software Development (Fractional/Contract Role)

Arootah is a rapidly growing advisory and coaching firm specializing in Alternative Investment & Family Office Advisory, Executive & Leadership Coaching, and Talent Acquisition & Development. Founded by Rich Bello, co-founder and COO of Blue Ridge Capital, Arootah leverages deep industry expertise to drive peak performance for executives, teams, and firms across the alternative investments landscape.       Join Arootah’s Network of Business Advisors serving Arootah’s clients on a project basis in the alternative investment industry, including hedge funds, private equity firms, and family offices. Our mission is to deliver top-tier business advisory services tailored to the multifaceted needs of the alternative investments landscape. As part of the network, you will take on project-based assignments that let you apply your expertise directly to our client initiatives. These consulting roles provide the opportunity to work on varied and impactful projects across the alternative investments industry.       Our Services Include:   Advising alternative investment managers with front-to-back office services, including but not limited to operations, business development strategy, due diligence, human resources, and compliance    Providing fractional expert advisors in key operational areas for emerging and established investment firms   Offering executive, life, health, and career coaching for individuals   Delivering talent acquisition and leadership development solutions   Developing SaaS applications for enterprise and consumer use       Visit us at https://arootah.com/advisory/ for more information.  WHO WE NEED:    Arootah is searching for an experienced Director of Software Development to consult with our client base. As a consultant, you will work with our Alternative Asset Firm and Family Office clients to provide expert advice and support.   Job Status

Contractor

Hours are based on the needs of the assigned client (0-40 hours per week). 

What You'll Do

As a consultant, you will work with our Alternative Asset Firm and Family Office clients to provide expert advice on Software Development needs. 

This will involve consulting to some of the leading Alternative Asset Firm and Family Offices in the world and sharing your experience as a Director of Software Development in helping clients with:

Best practice reviews

Developing realistic and effective action plans

Breaking apart goals into actionable steps

Vendor selection and oversight

Creating and implementing policies, procedures, and control measures

Evaluating each client's advancement toward goal achievement through key performance indicators (KPIs) and scoring matrices

Special projects or other areas of need

Direct software programming and development initiatives to lower operational barriers, enhance the investment management process and improve efficiency and productivity across all areas of the firm

Lead the development, deployment, and integration of software solutions for the firm including planning and managing release cycles and formulating and managing budgets

Hire, guide and manage the software development team and external vendors to develop, implement and launch world class software and in-person products and services

Evaluate software solutions and system performance with a focus on budget/cost controls, risk mitigation and regulatory and legal compliance

Determine system specifications and analyze test and staging data requirements

Resolve software deployment and integration errors, and document processes

Create and maintain suitable DevOps channels to support the needs of the organization

Maintain build environments to speed up software development

Develop, implement, and direct software system validation and testing methodologies

Qualifications

A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems, or a related field

10+ years of proven experience as a Director of Software Development at a Hedge Fund, Investment Management firm or Family Office

6+ years of hands-on project management and professional software development using C#, Java, or C++, plus an understanding of RDBMS design and optimization practices

Knowledge of IT security practices, distributed systems, containerization, common automation tools (Jenkins/SOS Job scheduler, etc.), CICD toolsets (GIT, Atlassian, Gitlab, etc.), and the Microsoft Visual Studio/DotNet development environments

Experience automating infrastructure provisioning, DevOps, and continuous integration/delivery

Deep technical background developed from experience working with various applications and technologies to evaluate design alternatives and their time/cost/performance tradeoffs

Comprehensive understanding of software development life cycle

Passionate about staying current on modern solutions and best practices