Fullstack Engineer

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.

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