Principal Engineer

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Flexible paid time off Hybrid work schedule
401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution

Health & wellbeing benefits

Parental Leave benefits

Employee stock purchase plan

Job Description We’re seeking a Principal Engineer to join a technology team which is embedded with our Custom Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) business. In this position, you will work closely with Functional leads, business partners, developers, in the Technology team to create and deliver on our Financial Systems roadmaps.

The environment is demanding, and you will be challenged. We expect that you will be fluent in data and application integration. You’ll be a part of a dynamic, collaborative team that wants to hear your input because you have a sound foundation in technology and appreciate the nuances of investment processes.

We have a pragmatic approach to architectural and technology choices and hope you will too. We pair program and follow Test Driven Development because we know it delivers remarkable results. The ideal candidate is passionate about speed, quality, automation, and continuous delivery. We’re actively cultivating a culture of innovation and excellence, and while not for everyone, this environment will be challenging and rewarding for the right individual who welcomes dynamism and the ability to work with fast evolving requirements.

The ideal candidate is passionate about Finance technology and is an excellent translator of business needs into technical deliverables. This role will lead technical architects and developers and is responsible for technical delivery of the Finance Systems roadmaps as well as facing off with senior business and technology partners. The position offers an outstanding opportunity to work with a diverse group of people around the globe and to use your skill sets to deliver intuitive, valuable products.

Key Responsibilities / Duties:

A thought leader in large-scale distributed systems, microservices, web applications, databases, AWS, and its related technologies

Hands on builder, can execute and strive for efficiency without compromising quality; capable of diving in and getting hands on where needed to keep technical development on track

Create / Review detail solution design and validate that the holistic solution against design principles and client’s business outcomes

Plan, lead and run solution design workshops to assess business, strategic and operational requirements and shape the solution using Invesco technologies

Define design principles, and assess different solution options in context of business requirements and provide solution recommendations

Provide day to day support and troubleshooting of user and application problems within a specific business area

In partnership with Architects across One Tech team, you will be responsible for defining, designing and implementing the right long-term architecture for the portfolio.

Promote the right engineering and operational excellence principles – Dev Ops, Agile delivery; reduce technical debt while improving the speed and quality of delivery.

Perform quality assurance testing inclusive of unit, systems, integration and regression testing, and support the development of automated test scripts to be used to automate regression testing

Participate in new product reviews, tests and pilots, and be part of software selection

Document system functions and cross functional processes

Provide consulting support on processes and systems issues

Analyze the requirements, document…