Principal Software Engineer, Charles River Development, Vice President

at  State Street Corporation

Principal Software Engineer, Charles River Development, Vice President
Job Description

SUMMARY:

Leading technical contributor to the enhancement and maintenance of one or more Charles River IMS modules or components of an agile scrum team. Provide engineering troubleshooting assistance to customer support teams and other development teams within Charles River.

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.
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EXPERIENCE:

A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible professional software engineering experience
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- A minimum of 6 years of experience in financial services developing solutions for Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Post-Trade, IBOR or Wealth Management is strongly desired
- Authoritative experience with object-oriented programming, compiler or interpreter technologies, embedded systems, operating systems, relational databases (RDBMS), scripting and new/advanced programming languages
- Demonstrated problem solving abilities involving multi-tiered, high-performance database applications
- Demonstrated ability to design and develop simple software solutions to business and technical problems of high complex ityOutstanding written and verbal communication skills
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- Able to work well with peers in a collaborative team environmentA minimum of 5 years working with an Agile development methodology
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Supervisory Responsibility:

• Individual Contributor Team Lead Manager of Managers

Drive technical excellence by working independently to analyze, d esign, develop, test, and debug large and complex software enhanc ements and solutions within Charles River’s business and technical problem domains including modifications to core frameworks and other primary facilities critical to system operation
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- Collaborate with B usiness A nalysts and P roduct M anagers to create simple and sustainable software solutions for complex problems
- Provide thought leadership in the design of product architecture with in and beyond the team’s scope of responsibility
- Direct problem solving for projects or major phases of projects to resolve advanced software technical issues
- Develop, test, debug, and implement software programs, applications and projects using Java, C#, SQL, JavaScript, or other related software engineering languages as well as keeping abreast of emerging technologies impactful to CRDs businessProvide informed guidance and critical analysis of proposed changes during code reviews
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- Write unit and automation tests to ensure a high quality end product
- Identify ways of improving development test methodologies c ontribute to and related test methodology frameworks
- Conduct manual tests to ensure a high quality end product
- Provide expert level troubleshooting on large, mission critical client implementationsActively assist team leaders 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
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- Plan and coordinate cross-team activities groups to complete assignments
- Advise senior management on technical strategyProvide mentor ing to junior and senior staff
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