Platform Engineer, Investment Systems Engineering

Job Overview

The Investment Technology department is an internal software engineering organization whose mission is to provide and expand the technical capabilities that drive our systematic investment process. As an active manager, Arrowstreet seeks to design investment portfolios that will, in expectation, outperform their respective benchmarks on a risk-adjusted basis. To do so, the firm relies on a large set of proprietary systems and applications that provide our investment teams with powerful capabilities to conduct research for alpha generation, to implement investment strategies efficiently, to accurately manage our client accounts, and to provide in-depth analysis and reporting of our investment performance to our investors.

Technology is integral to our long-term success, and outstanding engineering talent is essential to the firm’s ability to meet its investment performance and fiduciary goals. We think that powerful software capabilities are critical for the firm to maintain and enhance its competitive advantage, so we look out for strong, motivated and collaborative technologists who are passionate about building production-quality solutions using modern technology.  

The position is part of a team responsible for designing and implementing software platforms for hosting micro services, event-driven real-time communication between components, as well as a common web platform for micro front ends. A successful candidate must be passionate about technology and understand software design patterns. They should be self-motivated, process-driven and a problem solver. 

This role will be responsible for designing software solutions which take complex investment ideas and bring them to life. Collaboration with other software development leads and teams is a critical part of the success in this particular role.

Responsibilities

• Architect, and build new features into a growing platform

• Propose architectural changes that benefit the platform, eliminate failures, and prevent race conditions

• Continuously learn new technologies to see how they can add value to the company

• Support a large development community

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of professional software development experience using Python or another object-oriented language

• Ability to write elegant code, and comfortable with picking up new technologies

• At least 3 years of experience building resilient CI/CD pipelines, strong knowledge of Git, and familiarity with a DevOps platform

• At least 2 years of experience with Cloud, preferably AWS

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

• Experience working with message / event-based architectures

• Great communication, both written and verbal

• Demonstrated experience interacting and solving problems with users

• Maturity, accountability, and ownership of projects/tasks

• Good collaboration with other teams within IT and a mindset for solutions that leverages a common foundation and development principles

Additional Preferences

• Experience with automated testing frameworks

• Platform Engineering or Composable Application experience would be a plus

• Cloud Certification at developer or solution architect level would be a plus

The base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $215,000 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.