Senior Software Engineer

This position utilizes software engineering skills to contribute to the CRSP Market Indexes platform, developing innovative and high-quality solutions using modern technologies. As a senior member of the software engineering team, you will apply your technical expertise and local knowledge to extend the platform, mentor peers, and provide technical leadership. You will participate in all stages of the development lifecycle, including initial research, discovery, solution prototyping, development, debugging, deployment to production, operational readiness, and support.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implement, design, and maintain value-adding, performant, and scalable solutions which enhance and extend the CRSP Market Indexes platform

• Make independent, high-impact contributions through a comprehensive focus on quality, testable code.

• Collaborate with all levels of the organization during the phases of the software development lifecycle to craft and build workable implementation plans, timelines, and ultimately, exceptional solutions.
• Provide technical guidance to team members through education and coaching of best practice object-oriented principles.
• Maintain mutual and positive working relationships with all members of CRSP through an environment of cooperation, coordination, and respect.
• Proactively identify risk and provide solutions.
• Provide production support on a rotating basis.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Development experience in a professional environment:
• With a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 5 years of software development experience in a professional environment or
• Associate's degree with 7 years of software development experience in a professional environment or
• At least 8 years of software development experience in a professional environment.
• Advanced proficiency with multiple object-oriented languages, including C#, Java, C++.
• Experience in the securities and/or financial industry and/or additional education in finance.
• Proficiency in working with and writing queries against relational databases, such as SQL Server, Postgres, or MySQL.
• Knowledge/expertise in web development using JavaScript.
• Experience with Git or similar version control.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science or related field.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical staff, users, and partners.
• Experience leading software projects and mentoring junior engineers.
• Familiarity with advanced C# programming concepts (async/await, managing allocations, concurrency strategies, race conditions, generics, etc.)
• Experience using the latest versions of .NET, with an awareness of the open-source landscape and major libraries.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving relational database performance issues.
• Experience working in an Agile environment with strong engineering best practices, unit testing, code reviews, continuous integration, and automated deployments.
• Experience with CI/CD tools, such as Octopus Deploy, TeamCity or Azure DevOps.
• Experience in the securities (most desired) and/or financial industry and/or additional education in finance.
• Self-starter driven to make an impact.

TRAVEL REQUIRED:

• Minimal travel required; however, candidates should be open to occasional travel as needed to support business objectives.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate with others. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, demonstrate hand and finger dexterity in the course of their work, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
The expected physical workload is classified as:
Sedentary Work : Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Salary Range = $119,509.00 - $155,362.00 USD Annually + Benefits
The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.