Who we are
Charles River Development (CRD) is the FinTech division of State Street, of which Charles River Private Market's (CRPM) offers holistic solutions across clients' public and private portfolios.
Our vision is to be the world's leading investment platform, shaping the future of the industry and driving new levels of technology-led innovation, resiliency, efficiency and growth for investors and the people they serve.
CRD Engineering organization is innovating and transforming the platform by moving away from monolithic software to utilising next generation cloud-based technology that leverages Microsoft Azure, Kafka, Snowflake, etc.
Industry momentum has seen CRD grow over 135% in headcount over the last 5 years, and we continue to grow. As a digital innovation leader, we invest into our solutions, processes, systems, and talent.
We are actively hiring engineers for our Private Market's division as this is an exciting time to join our innovative engineering teams as we are investing in growing out our European presence and leadership to help drive our next phase of growth.
Summary
Act as Full Stack engineer responsible for the development, enhancement and maintenance of the CRPM modules and components, as part of an agile scrum team, and at times provide troubleshooting assistance to customer support teams.
Responsibilities
•Analyze, design, develop, test, and debug large and complex software enhancements and solutions critical to system operation
•Collaborate with engineering team to create simple and sustainable software solutions for complex problems
•Direct problem solving for projects or major phases of projects to resolve software technical issues
•Provide informed guidance and critical analysis of proposed changes during code reviews
•Write unit and automation tests to ensure a high-quality product
•Engage 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
Qualifications
Recommended Education:
•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.
Key skills and prior experience:
•Experience of 1-3 years developing event driven architectures, financial services a plus
•Knowledge in cloud native development using Java, Spring, Angular or React
•Knowledge with relational databases (RDBMS)
•Demonstrated problem solving abilities
•Demonstrated ability to design and develop software solutions to business and technical problems
•Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
•Able to work well with peers in a collaborative team environment
•Knowledge of Agile development methodology
About State Street
State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. For more than two centuries, we've been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investments research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.
