Software Engineer Specialist

American Century Investments is a leading global asset manager with over 65 years of experience helping a broad base of clients achieve their financial goals. Our expertise spans global equities and fixed income, multi-asset strategies, ETFs, and private investments.

Privately controlled and independent, we focus solely on investment management. But there’s an unexpected side to us, too. We direct over 40% of our profits every year—more than $2 billion since 2000—to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. Our ongoing financial support drives the Institute’s breakthrough work and mission of defeating life-threatening diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. So, the better we do for our clients, the more we can do for everyone.
** Role Summary
** Our IT teams support that mission by building applications and products that serve our customers. We’re looking for an Investment Management
** Software Engineer Specialist
** that is interested in software evolution and innovation within an Investment Technology team. The ideal candidate would be passionate about applying modern engineering principles for building and delivering software to market.

Primary responsibilities as a very "Hands-on" Developer for this position are to demonstrate technical proficiency and use of standard methodologies in our software development team. You will work closely with our Technical Leads, Product Owners, and Architects to identify and implement solutions. These solutions will be delivered to our clients through Agile development.

Engage with Product Owners/Managers to understand requirements
* You, as part of a team, will provide on call support and occasional overtime may be required
** What You Bring to the Team (Required)
*** Bachelor’s degree in computer science, finance or business or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
* A minimum of three years application development and support experience in the following:
* Python, Pandas and Num Py. AWS S3, Step Functions, Lambdas, SNS, SQS, Glue (or Apache Spark)
** Strong, demonstrable experience in data modeling for relational (SQL) and No

SQL applications. The following is preferred:
* SQL Server, Postgre

SQL, DB2
** Strong understanding of architectural and software design patterns
* Strong written and verbal communication skills and a passion for architectural and technical documentation
* Broad knowledge of software engineering and testing methodologies
* Experience working in an Agile Framework
* Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors:
Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven
** Additional Assets (Preferred)
*** Cloud native and AWS development is a strong plus
* Experience with Investment Management data and with data vendors (Bloomberg, Fact Set, etc.) is a strong plus

The above statements are not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.
** What We Offer
*** Competitive compensation package with bonus plan
* Generous PTO and competitive benefits
* 401k with 5% company match plus annual performance-based discretionary contribution
* Tuition reimbursement, formal mentorship program, live and online learning

Employees are required to be in the office on a scheduled frequency. Adherence to this schedule is essential to fulfilling the expectations of the role.

American Century Investments is committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all other applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations. As such, American Century strives to provide a reasonable accommodation to any qualified individual under the ADA to perform essential job functions.

We encourage people of all backgrounds to join us on our mission. If you require reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the recruitment process, please send a request to HR-Talent Ac All requests for accommodation will be addressed as confidentially as practicable.

American Century Investments believes all individuals are entitled to equal employment opportunity and advancement opportunities without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex, national origin,…