Why this job is important to us

The team you will be joining is a part of Charles River Development (or CRD), that became a part of State Street in 2018. CRD helps create enterprise investment management software solutions for large institutions in the areas of institutional investment, wealth management and hedge funds. Together we have created the first open front-to-back platform - State Street Alpha that was launched in 2019.

Join us if delivering next generation infrastructure, using emerging technologies like AI and Blockchain sounds like a challenge you are up for.

What you will be responsible for

• Leadership and Management

• Lead one or more engineering Scrum teams to build and maintain one or more Charles River components or products. 

• Provide technical guidance, training, and professional development opportunities for team members

• Drive the Agile process and create a culture of continuous improvement of processes and methodologies through the engineering organization

• Fulfill the Scrum Master role by leading the team in their Agile development process and working to foster a strong continuous improvement culture

• SoftwareDevelopment

• Work with Product Owner to design and develop software solutions to meet market need and assist in managing the product backlog for their functional areas

• Lead architecture design to ensure system scalability, security, performance and reliability

• Manage a development team’s staff, including assignment of work items, employee performance, engagement and professional development

• Identify improvements in team development and quality including defining new strategies, processes, and required tooling to improve quality

• Write, review and approve software development specifications, projects, proposals, methods and schedules, and provide expert guidance and critical analysis of proposed changes during code reviews;

• Advise staff members on complex technical problems including specifying proper software designs, and use of existing facilities to solve common problems

• Monitor progress on a variety of initiatives and work packages to ensure fulfillment of product and scheduling objectives

• Review testing strategy and test plans for team’s product to ensure high product quality; mentor team members to cultivate technical and financial domain knowledge expertise, and assist with developing other essential skills to further their careers

• 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

• Collaboration

• Work with engineering, SaaS Operation, support and Implementation teamsto provide technical support to current customers

• Collaborate with cross-functional teamsto ensure seamless integration of functional workflows

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressively responsible professional experience in a software engineering rolewith a minimum of 5 years of experience in a supervisory role

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field. Master’s degree is a plus

• Proven experience with object-oriented programming, compiler or interpreter technologies, operating systems, relational databases (RDBMS), scripting and new/advanced programming languages

• Strong understanding of 

• Ability to coordinate and lead cross functional and organizational activities

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to clearly and succinctly summarize results for management

• Demonstrated experience with project planning and backlog management

• A minimum of 7 years working with an Agile development methodology strongly desired