Senior Software Engineer

Job Description:

We are looking for a Senior level software engineer with expertise in enterprise Java technologies, Relational databases, cloud native application development, Agile methodologies and hands-on experience working in highly transactional, scalable software systems. The job involves the engineer to contribute towards new enhancements and maintenance of one or more components as a Senior member of a Front Office Trading team.  The engineer will also be expected to provide engineering troubleshooting assistance to customer support teams, implementation teams and other development teams within Charles River.

Responsibilities:

• Work under minimal supervision to analyze, design, develop, test, and debug medium to large software enhancements and solutions within Charles River's business and technical problem domains.

• Collaborate with Business Analysts and Product Managers to turn moderately complex business requirements into working and sustainable software.

• Participate in the design of product architecture within the team's scope of responsibility.

• Develop, test, debug, and implement software programs, applications and projects using Java, C#, SQL, JavaScript or other related software engineering languages.

• Provide thoughtful insight and direction in code reviews.

• Write unit and automation tests to ensure a high-quality end product.

• Conduct manual tests to ensure a high-quality end product.

• Contribute to written design and API documentation and participate in customer documentation process.

• Actively participate in the agile software development process by adhering to the CRD Scrum methodology including attending all daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.

• Participate in cross-team group activities to complete assignments.

• Provide mentoring to junior engineers/interns when required.

Preferred qualifications and education:

• B.S. degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics or other technical course of study required. MS degree strongly preferred.

• 8+ years of progressively responsible professional software engineering experience in core and enterprise java, including collections API, concurrency, multithreading, JDBC and web services.

• 6+ years of experience in designing and developing software solutions in a highly transactional, concurrent, event driven systems. Financial Trading systems experience is a huge plus.

• 2+ years of Cloud native application development experience in at least one of the cloud native platforms. Preferably, Microsoft Azure.

• 2+ years of Experience in SpringBoot, Microservices, Kafka , cloud databases.

• Extensive experience in RDBMS(Oracle and SQL Server) with a solid understanding of the transactional database intricacies and expertise in writing complex and high performing SQLs.

• UI development experience in C#, React, Javascript is preferred.

• Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms, object-oriented programming, design patterns.  

• Solid ability to write clean, maintainable code with extensive code coverage via unit tests.

• Able to contribute to complex design specs in consultation with senior staff

• Able to work on medium to large projects with no supervision and on more complex tasks with minimal oversight

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Able to work well with peers in a collaborative team environment

• Prior experience troubleshooting and fixing database and application performance issues is preferred

• Great understanding of Agile development methodology and software development practices and principles.

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.

We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you'll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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