Job Overview

Core Investment Systems team is responsible for developing technology solutions supporting Arrowstreet Capital’s investment services and operations. We leverage technology to automate business processes introducing solutions using a combination of custom development and packaged platforms. The Core Investment Systems team provides services and capabilities to our business users that are essential to the firm’s ability to deliver sustained alpha and to meet our fiduciary commitment to our clients.

The ideal candidate is a self-driven, team-oriented, accomplished hands-on engineer with previous experience in building technology in the financial services industry, who has a passion for improving software architecture and the development process. They are a creative problem-solver who enjoys working on complex problems as part of a team. They are a leader who drives technology adoption. This role is responsible for designing and implementing software solutions which take complex investment processes and bring them to life. Collaboration with other development leads and teams within Investment Systems and the broader IT team is a critical part of the success in this particular role. Bring your passion for technology, delivery and value-add to our collaborative team and put your experience building cloud-native business-oriented solutions to a challenging, rewarding purpose.

Responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced full stack developer to join one of our agile teams who will be responsible for the following:

Engage with business and technology leaders to understand strategy, articulate solution options, evaluate tradeoffs, and influence key decisions
Lead adoption of cloud-native technology designs and solutions
Deliver high-quality value-added enhancements to existing platforms
Automate the software development, testing and deployment process
Participate as an engaged member of an agile development team
Collaborate with other groups including developers, DBAs, network engineers, quality assurance and third party vendors / consultants
Embrace development best practices including continuous delivery, test automation, containerization
Create and maintain documentation that is thorough, complete, and of a professional caliber
Support production escalations with urgency

Qualifications

Degree in Computer Science or related field
Hands-on coding experience with Python and C# .Net Core
Leadership and collaboration mindset
Strong, creative problem-solving abilities
Strong background in modern technology architecture, data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming, and an understanding and adherence to standard design principles
Experience with unit testing, isolation frameworks, and behavior/domain driven development
Technology stack design and development experience in:

Server-side development in Python and C# using .Net Core
Object Relational Models libraries such as Dapper and Entity Framework
ASP.NET/Core Web API's
Angular, React, or similar modern UI framework
HTML, CSS, Javascript, and JQuery
Database design and development in SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, MySQL, or NoSQL
AWS Services including S3, Lambda, RDS, EC2 and EKS
Git source code management

Experience with CI/CD pipelines with Azure/AWS DevOps and/or GitLab/GitHub
Great communication & organizational skills, drive, energy, enthusiasm, maturity, and confidence
Experience in Financial Services
Experience with messaging and REST
Experience with Docker and/or Kubernetes
Experience with the ELK stack

We maintain a friendly, team-oriented environment and place a high value on professionalism, attitude and initiative.