Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
About the Role:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer to contribute to the enhancement and maintenance of one or more Charles River IMS modules or components as a senior member of an agile scrum team.
The ideal candidate will have strong analytical, design, development, testing, and debugging skills with a focus on software engineering. They will also have excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including Business Analysts and Product Managers.
Responsibilities:
* Analyze, design, develop, test, and debug small to medium software enhancements and solutions within Charles River's business and technical problem domains.
* Collaborate with Business Analysts and Product Managers to turn business requirements of moderate complexity 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 suggestions 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.
Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics, or other technical course of study required. Master's degree strongly preferred.
* 4 to 7 years of progressively responsible professional software engineering experience preferably in a financial services product delivery setting.
* 2 to 5 years of experience in financial services developing solutions for Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Post-Trade, IBOR, or Wealth Management is strongly desired.
* Demonstrated experience with object-oriented programming, compiler or interpreter technologies, embedded systems, operating systems, relational databases (RDBMS), scripting, and new/advanced programming languages.
* Able to contribute to design specs with some assistance from senior staff.
* Able to work on small to medium projects with little to no supervision and on more complex tasks with moderate oversight.
* Very good written and verbal communication skills.
* Able to work well with peers in a collaborative team environment.
* A minimum of 3 years working with an Agile development methodology strongly desired.
Estimated Salary Range:
$120,000 - $180,000 per year, depending on location and experience.