Junior Software Engineer .Net

at  State Street

Who We are:
Charles River Development (CRD) is the FinTech division of State Street. Together with State Street’s Middle and Back-office services, Charles River’s cloud-based Front Office technology forms the foundation of the State Street Alpha® Platform, the first front-to-back solution in the industry.
CRD / Alpha® Platform 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.
Position Summary:
Be an integral part of an agile organization and contribute to the development of one or more CRD/Alpha Platform modules. Junior engineers should expect coaching and guidance from senior engineers and leadership as they develop their skills and contribute to the team.

Responsibilities:

• Under guidance of senior engineers contribute to analysis, design, development, testing, and debugging large and complex software enhancements and solutions within the CRD/Alpha Platform 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
• Participate in the agile software development process including attending all daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Participate in on-the-job and formal trainings to develop your career

What will you learn:

• We will match candidate’s existing knowledge and career interest to the company’s priorities to help you build knowledge and practical hands-on experience in one or many of the areas below:
• Develop practical experience with object-oriented programming (C#), operating systems, relational databases (RDBMS), scripting and new/advanced programming languages
• Learn how to build an event driven architectures
• Build knowledge of Kafka and /or Kubernetes
• Learn to develop cloud native services on one or more of the major cloud providers (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) and using Java and Spring
• Learn Snowflake and SQL Server
• Learn to develop observable, operable cloud native software that horizontally scales and is aligned with the modern architectural principles
• Develop business acumen in Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Post-Trade, IBOR or Wealth Management
• Build knowledge of test standard and popular supporting frameworks such as NUnit, SpecFlow, DevExpress

Qualifications:

• Bachelors or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics or other technical course of study
• 0 – 2 years of professional experience or equivalent college project experience
• Ideally, you already have initial experience with .NET or C#
• You are familiar with concepts such as DevOps, continuous delivery, clean code, TDD and agile methods - we do not expect you to have the experience, just be familiar with the ideas behind these tools.
• You have knowledge about issue tracking system and wiki (e.g. Jira and Confluence)
• You are eager to learn and challenge status quo and are characterized by a very analytical and solution-oriented way of thinking
• You have effective written and verbal communication

Able to work well with peers in a collaborative team environment

What We Offer

• Permanent contract of employment from day one
• Additional holidays (Birthday Day Off, 3rd and 5th year anniversary Day Off)
• Gold medical package for employees and their families (partner and children)
• Premium life insurance package and private pension plan
• Employee savings plan
• Multisport Card
• Wide range of soft skills training, technical workshops, language classes and development programs
• Opportunities to volunteer your time to company-driven initiatives, employee networks or organizations of your choice
• Variety of well-being programs
• Technical or leadership career pathway

About State Street
What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation we’re making our mark on the financial services industry. 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, investment research, trading and investment management to institutional clients.
Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome the candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift program and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.
State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Apply today – we are committed to teaching you the ropes for your successful career in State Street

• Under guidance of senior engineers contribute to analysis, design, development, testing, and debugging large and complex software enhancements and solutions within the CRD/Alpha Platform 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
• Participate in the agile software development process including attending all daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Participate in on-the-job and formal trainings to develop your caree