Sr Software Engineer

Sr Software Engineer - Chicago
This role is within the Investment Technology team. Our mission is to empower our investment professionals to achieve greater success by leveraging Technology & Data to enhance all facets of our decision-making.
We seek creative software engineers with strong analytical & collaborative skills to join our team of highly qualified technology professionals to work towards our shared vision of unlocking the alpha in technology.
Responsibilities

• Work with the team to design, develop & support software and vendor integrations on our systems.
• Partner with stakeholders on efforts to modernize and transform our platforms to leverage cloud-native solutions to democratize technology & data across the enterprise.
• Develop business expertise in supported areas, related technology, data domains and vendor platforms.
• Serve as mentor for less experienced Software Engineers and interns at the firm, as opportunities arise
• Collaborate with team members to set standards around architecture, DevOps & data governance.
• As part of support escalations, triage & solve production incidents and participate in support activities for critical issues during business hours and when necessary, weeknights or weekends.

Requirements:

• Expertise with the .NET framework focusing on C#, ASP.Net, LINQ, Lambda (expertise in equivalent frameworks in the Java ecosystem is acceptable)
• Industry experience building Front Office investment platforms for teams in Research, Portfolio Management, Order Management and Trading
• Experience with Azure or AWS cloud platforms & services
• Demonstrated proficiency in SQL, database design & development

Nice to Have's:

• Programming experience with platforms suited for statistical computing like Python or R
• Experience with API design, messaging & modern JavaScript frameworks