Senior Software Engineer, Investment Systems

Location: Boston

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Job Overview

 The Core Investment Systems team is responsible for developing technology solutions that support Arrowstreet Capital’s investment services and operations. We leverage technology to automate business processes using a combination of custom development solutions and packaged platforms. The team provides mission critical capabilities to our business users, offering solutions essential to the firm’s ability to deliver sustained alpha and meet our fiduciary commitment to our investors.

We manage hundreds of portfolios for institutional clients in many geographies. Given our systematic investment process and the size of our investable universe, the need for scalable and performant systems is critical, as is a high degree of automation to accurately manage the broad spectrum of benchmarks, instruments, holdings and reference entities that feed our trading cycle.

The ideal candidate is an accomplished and driven engineer with experience building complex systems using modern platforms. We value technologists who are passionate about innovation and seeking ways to continuously improve software development processes and architecture. This hands-on role involves meaningful responsibilities for designing and implementing software solutions that automate complex portions of Arrowstreet’s investment processes. Because our team levers common platforms and shared solutions developed by other groups within the Investment Technologies organization, strong collaboration and proactive communication will factor heavily on success in this role.

Responsibilities

• Engage with business and technology leaders to understand strategy, articulate technology options, evaluate tradeoffs, and influence key decisions.

• Provide technical leadership by mentoring team members and leading projects.

• Build new functionality and enhancements to systems currently supporting our systematic investment process.

• Develop a strong understanding of the flow of our investment data and identify opportunities for greater automation, performance enhancements and increased resiliency.

• Accelerate the migration of older systems to modern, cloud-native platforms that leverage modern compute and data models (e.g., containerization, serverless), and drive the adoption, design, and implementation of cloud-native technology solutions.

• Automate the software development, testing and deployment life cycle for investment process applications.

• Support production escalations with urgency.

Qualifications 

• Minimum 7+ years professional experience in software engineering.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience with cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure), with AWS preferred.

• Strong knowledge of databases and data manipulation languages and platforms (SQL, Iceberg, Spark, Pandas/Polars, etc.).

• Proven track record of adoption, design and implementation of scalable solutions.

• Hands-on experience building and supporting mission-critical production systems.

• Demonstrated drive to take ownership and initiative in a complex technical role.

• Good debugging and problem-solving skills; knowledge of automated testing.

• Focus on delivering value with persistent efforts to improve business processes through greater system performance and resilience.

• Outstanding communication, organization, and collaboration.

• Experience building solutions in the asset management or financial services industry is a plus.

The base salary range for this position is $115,000 to $325,000 per year.

Arrowstreet Capital operates a robust talent acquisition program, and we also seek to compensate and reward our employees competitively within our industry and in line with our merit-based culture. Our approach to total compensation includes base salaries and annual discretionary bonuses, as well as a robust benefits package. The determination of a successful candidate’s base salary placement within the listed range will vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience and qualifications (which may also include relevant certifications, credentials and other education), the job responsibilities and scope, the commensurate resulting level of the position and other relevant factors. The listed range is also an estimate, and additional information regarding base salary and other elements of total compensation offered by Arrowstreet Capital to successful applicants will be communicated during the recruitment process.

Arrowstreet Capital is a Boston-based systematic investment firm that manages global equity portfolios for institutional investors around the world. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, age, pregnancy, medical condition, disability, veteran or military status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Arrowstreet Capital is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a disability, contact us to discuss the nature of your request and contact information.