Senior Software Engineer

Job Duties

Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following industry best practices, including Test-Driven Development (TDD) and coding standards (15%).

Design, develop, and maintain scalable, customer-facing web applications and APIs, ensuring high performance and reliability using Java and Spring Boot framework (15%).

Manage and optimize data storage and retrieval using relational (SQL, Postgres) and file-based databases (10%).

Participate in code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing with team members and create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including system architecture diagrams, API specifications, and code-level documentation (10%).

Work with developmental teams and product managers to design and develop software solutions catering to various business requirements (10%).

Apply Java, multi-threaded application, and cloud technologies such as AWS to build, test, deploy and host solutions (10%).

Write a suite of automated unit tests to individual units of the application to ensure code is up to Sonar standards (10%).

Collaborate with cross-functional team and contribute to system architecture, implement microservices, and manage cloud-based infrastructure using AWS (10%).

Document architecture design and related software functionality & communicate architecture and functionality decisions/issues/solutions to colleagues and stakeholders (10%).

Remote work requests will be considered consistent with company’s remote work policy.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or foreign equivalent, and 4 years of experience in Full Stack Engineer, Associate Software Engineer, or related position.
• 4 years of experience managing version control systems (Git) effectively in collaborative environments.
• 4 years of experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Harness, and Cloudbees to ensure smooth deployments.
• 4 years of experience monitoring application performance and reliability with tools like New Relic and Splunk.
• 4 years of experience working in AWS-based environments, building and deploying serverless applications and microservices using AWS services such as Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SQS, EC2, and CloudFormation.
• 3 years of experience developing, delivering, and maintaining professional-grade software with an emphasis on scalability, security, and maintainability showcasing expertise in object-oriented programming.
• 3 years of experience building responsive and dynamic user interfaces using JavaScript frameworks like Vue.js (or React/Angular as applicable).
• 3 years of experience developing RESTful APIs using Java and managing data through XML, relational (SQL, Postgres), and file-based databases.
• 3 years of experience adhering to software engineering best practices, including writing clean, maintainable, test‑driven, secure, and scalable code following Sonar‑approved coding standards.
• 3 years of experience working with product owners and stakeholders to align technical solutions with business objectives.
• 2 years of experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform to build and maintain scalable and reliable cloud infrastructures.
• Experience working in agile teams, mentoring junior engineers, and contributing to cross‑functional collaboration to meet project goals.
• Will accept any suitable combination of education, training, and experience.
• Must possess unrestricted right to work in the U.S. in this position.

Base Salary Compensation

$128,353

Benefits

• 401(k) match up to 6% of salary.
• Company provided life insurance.
• Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision) including potential premium discounts and company-provided HSA contributions (up to $500‑$2,000 annually).
• Long‑term and short‑term disability insurance.
• 6‑week paid sabbatical program.
• Competitive 8‑24 week paid parental leave.
• Annual flex stipend - $1,000 annually.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Paid volunteering days.
• Employee Resource & Affinity Groups.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Morningstar Investment Management is an equal opportunity employer.