Software Engineer , OFF

About the Company

Charles River Development empowers investment firms worldwide with a cloud-based platform that streamlines and automates the investment process across asset classes. As part of State Street Alpha®, we bring together data, technology, and services to help clients make confident decisions and scale with agility. Our open ecosystem and global support model enable investment professionals— from portfolio managers to private‑markets specialists—to navigate complexity and drive innovation.

At Charles River, we thrive on collaboration, continuous improvement, and a shared commitment to shaping the future of financial technology.

Be an integral part of an agile organization and contribute to the development of one or more CRD/Alpha Platform modules. Junior engineers will receive coaching and guidance from senior engineers and leadership as they develop their skills and contribute to the team.

• Full Stack Development
• Front‑end UI/UX development
• Dev Ops
• Database Engineering

• Under guidance of senior engineers, contribute to analysis, design, development, testing, and debugging of large and complex software enhancements and solutions within the CRD/Alpha Platform.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts to create simple and sustainable software solutions for complex problems.
• Participate in the agile software development process including daily stand‑ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
• Participate in on‑the‑job and formal trainings to develop your career.

• Implementing Single Page Applications (SPAs) using React and Angular with major cloud vendors (e.g., Azure).
• Building React packages and best practices, including Redux and RxJS.
• Node.js ecosystem, including NPM and/or Yarn.
• JavaScript, React
  
  JS, and Type Script.
• Object‑oriented programming (Java and/or C#), compiler/interpreter technologies, embedded systems, operating systems, relational databases, scripting and new/advanced programming languages.
• Event‑driven architectures.
• Kafka and /or Kubernetes knowledge.
• Building cloud‑native services on major cloud providers (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) using Java and Spring.
• Snowflake and SQL Server.
• Testing frameworks such as Jest, Cypress, and Jasmine.
• Business acumen in Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Post‑Trade, IBOR or Wealth Management.

• B.S. or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, or other technical field.
• 0–2 years of professional experience or equivalent college project experience.
• Interest and passion for building high‑quality software in the Fin Tech space.
• Initial experience with Java, Power Shell, batch scripts, and knowledge of C# is preferred.
• Familiarity with Dev Ops, continuous delivery, clean code, TDD, and agile methods.
• Experience with tools like Jira and Confluence.
• Eagerness to learn, challenge status‑quo, analytical and solution‑oriented thinking.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong collaboration and teamwork abilities.
• Employees expected to work from office locations per country‑specific guidelines.

$70,000 – $115,000 Annually (primary location, may vary for other locations).

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