Senior Software Engineer

Job Description Title: Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Summary: This role will be part of a strategic project to implement Portfolio Optimization capability for Wealth Management clients. The role requires extensive experience in developing distributed processing, high throughput software.

Responsibilities:

• Work under minimal supervision to analyze, design, develop, test, and debug medium to large software enhancements and solutions within Charles River’s business and technical problem domains
• Collaborate with Team Lead, Business Analysts and Product Managers to turn complex business requirements into working and sustainable software
• Provide thought leadership in the design of product architecture within the team’s scope of responsibility
• 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

Education:

• B.S. degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics or other technical course of study required. 
• MS degree strongly preferred.

Experience:

• 8+ years of progressively responsible professional software engineering experience in a financial services product delivery setting
• At least 4 years of experience developing software in the area of portfolio rebalancing, model ? management, optimization and/or portfolio analytics
• Extensive experience in server side Java with specific focus in developing multi-threaded, distributed processing and high throughput software
• Experience in writing complex and high performing SQL on Oracle and SQL Server databases
• Experience in C#, WinForms and DevExpress, highly preferred but not required
• A minimum of 2-5 years working with an Agile development methodology strongly desired

Position Overview: Independently develops and maintains software applications. Works on complex analytical and programming tasks, requiring knowledge of programming languages and data communications and general knowledge of the business operations/customer supported.  Leads development and maintenance efforts supporting software application. May function as a Project Manager on smaller projects.

Key Skills

1. Extensive experience and skills in server side JAVA developing multi-tier, multi-threaded and high throughput software

2. Expert level knowledge in Oracle and SQL-Server

3. Prior experience in C# with focus on UI development highly preferred but not required

4. 8+years experience in software development

5. Prior experience in the financial domain with specific focus in portfolio management, portfolio analytics and optimization or rebalancing