Principal Software Engineer

Job OverviewAll potential candidates should read through the following details of this job with care before making an application.The Principal Software Engineer will be a thought leader on architecture and development within the development team responsible for the compute platforms, workflow and observability systems, and multiple services (such as Discovery, AI and the others) for the Research group. As a systematic asset manager, Arrowstreet must identify investable trading strategies and implement them quickly and with the highest quality. Having a robust, scalable, and performant general compute platform and workflow system is thus of critical importance. The ideal candidate will possess experience in building distributed systems, applications and infrastructure, experience with Kubernetes and AWS Cloud, experience in designing and implementing large scale systems. The expectation of the role is to be hands-on, working across multiple teams to define requirements, create the design, develop, test, build, deploy and support the functionality. The work includes developing Infrastructure-As-Code solutions, developing the automated build and deploy pipelines with unit and integrated tests to ensure high quality and efficient operations, and be part of on-call support rotation. Responsibilities Work closely with members of the Research group to review and define requirements for the compute platforms, workflow and observability systems, and multiple services (such as Discovery, AI and the others)Provide expert level design that ensures the solution to be scalable, cost effective and to have low maintenanceLead technical design discussions within the team to gather feedback, discuss the merits and risks of different approaches, and reach consensus on the target architectureDevelop high quality solutions in both on premise environments and AWS Cloud using Python and other languagesDevelop Infrastructure-As-Code solutions using Terraform, develop the automated build and deploy pipelines with unit and integrated tests to ensure high quality and efficient operationsProvide guidance to other team members on development tasks.Promote high quality code via code reviewsProvide production support to prevent disruptions to investment processesQualificationsBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related discipline8+ years of professional software development experience using Python or another object-oriented language, financial services exposure is a plus4+ years of experience leading design or architecture of large-scale production systems3+ years of experience developing large, high-performance, distributed systems3+ years of experience building high-performance cloud native solutions on public cloud (AWS preferred)3+ years of experience in container technologies like Kubernetes and Docker2+ years of experience in building resilient CI/CD pipelines, strong knowledge of Git, and familiarity with a DevOps platform like GitLab1+ years of experience with Helm and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform preferred)Strong in computer science fundamentals like data structures, algorithm design and complexity analysisAbility to write elegant code, and comfortable with picking up new technologies independently.Self-motivated and self-directed, ability to translate technical direction into functional solutionsArrowstreet Capital is a Boston-based systematic investment firm that manages global equity portfolios for institutional investors around the world. Arrowstreet Capital is an equal opportunity employment firm that values diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender identity, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, medical condition, disability, veteran or military status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. For more information, please refer to the Know Your Rights poster, as well as the following Pay Transparency statement.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.PDN-9c967fb3-8982-4684-ad40-d086ce9f5d77

Created: 2025-01-11