Senior Software Engineer, VP
Who we are:
Charles River Development (CRD) is the FinTech division of State Street. Together with State Street’s Middle and Back-office services, Charles River’s cloud-based Front Office technology forms the foundation of the State Street Alpha® Platform, the first front-to-back solution in the industry.
Our vision is to be the world’s leading investment platform, shaping the future of the industry and driving new levels of technology-led innovation, resiliency, efficiency and growth for investors and the people they serve.
CRD Engineering organization is innovating and transforming the platform by moving away from monolithic software to utilising next generation cloud-based technology that leverages Microsoft Azure, Kafka, Snowflake, etc.
Industry momentum has seen CRD grow over 135% in headcount over the last 5 years, and we continue to grow. We are growing our European presence and building teams in Dublin, Ireland and Krakow or Gdansk, Poland
This role will manage a cross functional team while also working as a senior member of a Scrum team to develop one of Charles River’s products. As Full Stack engineer, and a development manager, you will be responsible for the enhancement and maintenance of one or more Alpha/Charles River Development modules or components, working in an agile scrum team. Plus provide engineering troubleshooting assistance to customer support teams and other development teams within Charles River.
Responsibilities:
- Directly manage a team of engineers
- Analyze, design, develop, test, and debug large and complex software enhancements and solutions within Charles River’s business and technical problem domains including modifications to core frameworks and other primary facilities critical to system operation
- Collaborate with Business Analysts and Product Managers to create scalable and sustainable software solutions for complex problems
- Develop, test, debug, and implement software programs, applications and projects using Java, C#, SQL, JavaScript, or other related software engineering languages as well as keeping abreast of emerging technologies impactful to CRDs business.
- Provide informed guidance and critical analysis of proposed changes during code reviews.
- Write unit and automation tests to ensure a high-quality product.
- Identify ways of improving development test methodologies contribute to and related test methodology frameworks
- Provide troubleshooting on large, mission critical client implementations
- Engage in the agile software development process by adhering to and advancing the CRD scrum methodology, including attending all daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
- Plan and coordinate cross-team activities groups to complete assignments
- Mentoring and guiding junior engineers
Recommended Education:
B.S. degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or similar technical course of study required. MS degree strongly preferred.
What we are looking for
- Experience managing and mentoring teams of up to 10+ people
- 8+ years of experience with full lifecycle of commercial software development
- Strong object-oriented design and web services development skills with Java
- Architectural design and implementation capability for high performance and low latency systems
- 3+ years of experience in cloud platforms and technology (Azure, AWS, etc.)
- Experience with web frontend technologies like React, Angular, JavaScript
- Experience in financial services developing solutions for Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Post-Trade, IBOR or Wealth Management
- Experience with RDBMS and strong SQL skills
- Strong in Agile methodology
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Collaborate well cross functionally
Nice To have
- Technical leadership role experience
- Oracle and SQL Server
- Experience with SWIFT or FIX system development
