Summary:

Lead the team to build next generation, cloud-based CRD Alpha services. Provide engineering expertise within the team and across the Engineering organization. Deliver support and assistance to customers and other teams within Charles River and the CRD Alpha Platform.

Responsibilities:

• Manage development team’s staff, including assignment of work items, employee performance, engagement and professional development
• Work with Product Owner to design and develop software solutions to meet market need and assist in managing the product backlog for their functional area
• When necessary, fulfill the Scrum Master role by leading the team in their Agile development process and working to foster a strong continuous improvement culture
• Identify improvements in team development and quality including defining new strategies, processes, and required tooling to improve quality
• Write, review and approve software development specifications, projects, proposals, methods and schedules
• Provide expert guidance and critical analysis of proposed changes during code reviews
• Advise staff members on complex technical problems including specifying proper software designs and use of existing facilities to solve common problems
• Monitor progress on a variety of initiatives and work packages to ensure fulfillment of product and scheduling objectives
• Review testing strategy and test plans for team’s product to ensure high product quality
• Mentor team members to cultivate technical and financial domain knowledge expertise, and assist with developing other essential skills to further their careers
• Develop, test, debug, and implement software programs, applications and projects using Java, SQL, JavaScript, or other related software engineering languages as well as keeping abreast of emerging technologies impactful to CRDs business
• Work with the client services organization to provide support & maintenance to current customers
• Coordinate with other Scrum teams within the R&D organization to ensure seamless integration of functional workflows

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

Experience:

• A minimum of 10-12 years of progressively responsible professional experience in a software engineering role required with a minimum of 5 years of experience in a supervisory role.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in financial services developing solutions for Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Post-Trade, IBOR or Wealth Management is strongly desired
• Demonstrated experience with object-oriented programming, compiler or interpreter technologies, embedded systems, operating systems, relational databases (RDBMS), scripting and new/advanced programming languages
• Experience developing horizonally scaling, cloud native applications on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
• Experience in the following is highly desired: event driven architectures, Kafka, Angular/React, Snowflake and Kubernetes
• A minimum of 5 years working with an Agile development methodology
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to clearly and succinctly summarize results for upper management
• Demonstrated experience in organizing and running efficient meetings
• Ability to manage solution complexity to ensure simple designs and workflows
• Ability to coordinate and lead cross-team activities
• Strong contributor to project plans and backlog management