Principal Fullstack Engineer

Location: Boston

Salary: up to $120k

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join a dynamic full stack engineering team. As a hands-on lead developer, you will contribute to building a suite of Micro-Services and UIs while also guiding the squad on technical direction, design, and development. This will involve collaboration with Team Leads, Product Owners, Architects, Business Partners, Peers, and other Team Members.

You will lead a squad responsible for building a brand-new platform to launch a new Options Overlay Product (Liquid Alternatives). This is a unique opportunity to be part of something special from the ground up. You will work on broadening the portfolio of capabilities within the new Liquid Alts product, which employs various Market Instruments, including Derivatives and Equities. Additionally, you will solve for new products in areas such as Endowments & Foundations, Liquid Alternatives, and Liability Driven Investments.

The Expertise We are Looking For

• A deep commitment to doing excellent work with excellent people.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent, with a desire to continue learning.
• Minimum of 10 years of design and development experience.
• Extensive experience in Angular (RXJS), Java, SpringBoot, RESTful services, Oracle SQL & PLSQL, and deep familiarity with at least one other technology.
• Ability to set ambitious standards in applying practices across the squad, including Unit Testing, Automation, ATDD, DevOps, CI/CD, design, and code reviews.
• Exposure to frameworks like Karate and Cypress is a plus.
• Knowledge of Cloud Technologies such as AWS and Kubernetes is advantageous.
• Experience working in Agile Teams, focused on delivering incremental business value.
• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to build positive relationships.
• Passion for mentoring and helping to develop talent at all levels.
• Effective communication skills to convey technical concepts to stakeholders and influence discussions with partners.
• Experience breaking down high-level requirements into solutions.
• Proven ability to lead the design of enterprise solutions across the stack.
• Experience in the Investment Management/Financial Business Domain is beneficial but not required.

The Purpose of Your Role

You will join an agile team at the forefront of engineering in Asset Management Technology, with a strong focus on ATDD, Continuous Integration/Delivery, and engineering excellence. We are looking for a versatile engineer eager to tackle the latest problems and share solutions, pushing the technology forward. Working independently and collaboratively, you should have a positive 'can-do' approach to teamwork.

The Skills You Bring

• Excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to provide technical guidance to your team.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring junior team members.
• Thrive in a team environment, collaborating openly and contributing to how work gets completed.
• Ability to act independently under general directions.

The Value You Deliver

• Deliver high-quality, timely, cost-effective, and maintainable software solutions in an agile environment to meet functional and non-functional business requirements.
• Actively contribute to promoting engineering practices such as code and design reviews, and defining source control strategy, environment strategy, and build and deployment pipeline.
• Collaborate with product owners, technical leads, and architects to influence technical improvements to the platform.
• Develop a deep understanding of the business domain you are working on and actively participate in technology discussions with business partners and other external parties.
• Explore and share creative practices with your teammates.