Who we are looking for:

A Senior Software Engineer with capabilities in core Java technologies, SQL, and Agile methodology in a multi-threaded environment.

Why this role 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 first open front-to-back platform - State Street Alpha, that was launched in 2019.

What we value:

Committed individuals ready to join us in delivering next generation infrastructure, using emerging technologies like AI and Blockchain.

• Drive technical excellence by working independently to analyze, design, develop, test, and debug large and complex software enhancements and solutions within Charles River's business and technical problem domains including modifications to core frameworks and other primary facilities critical to system operation
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and Product Managers to create simple and sustainable software solutions for complex problems
• Provide thought leadership in the design of product architecture within and beyond the team's scope of responsibility
• Direct problem solving for projects or major phases of projects to resolve advanced software technical issues
• Develop, test, debug, and implement software programs, applications and projects using Java, and SQL, as well as keeping abreast of emerging technologies impactful to CRD's business
• Provide informed guidance and critical analysis of proposed changes during code reviews
• Write unit and automation tests to ensure a high quality end product
• Identify ways of improving development test methodologies contribute to and related test methodology frameworks
• Conduct manual tests to ensure a high quality end product
• Provide expert level troubleshooting on large, mission critical client implementations
• Actively assist team leaders in the agile software development process by adhering to and advancing the CRD scrum methodology, including attending all daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Plan and coordinate cross-team activities groups to complete assignments
• Advise senior management on technical strategy
• Provide mentoring to junior and senior staff

• 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.
• A minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible professional software engineering experience
• At least years of experience in core and enterprise java, including collections API, concurrency, JDBC and web services
• Extensive experience developing complex and high performing SQL code in Oracle and SQL-Server databases
• Experience with JavaScript and modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, and Ext JS
• Experience in SpringBoot, Microservices and cloud technologies preferred
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Good understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, software development best practices, and ability to write clean and maintainable code
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prior experience troubleshooting and fixing database and application performance issues is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to apply design patterns to solve real problems is preferred.
• Able to work well with peers in a collaborative team environment
• Prior experience with Agile development methodology is preferred