Title:

Software Engineer Location:

Onsite in Boston or Quincy or Burlington in Massachusetts - 4 days onsite

Duration:

6 months, extension psosible

Pay:

80-85/hr

Summary:

Contribute to the enhancement and maintenance of one or more Charles River IMS modules or components as a senior member of an agile scrum team. Provide engineering troubleshooting assistance to customer support teams and other development teams within Charles River.

Responsibilities:

Work under minimal supervision to analyze, design, develop, test, and debug small to medium software enhancements and solutions within Charles River's business and technical problem domains Collaborate with Business Analysts and Product Managers to turn business requirements of moderate complexity into working and sustainable software Participate in product architecture design within the team's scope Develop, test, debug, and implement software using Java, C#, SQL, JavaScript, or other related programming languages Provide thoughtful insight and suggestions during code reviews Write unit and automation tests to ensure a high-quality end product Conduct manual testing to ensure a high-quality end product Contribute to written design and API documentation and participate in customer documentation Actively participate in the Agile software development process, including daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives Participate in cross-team activities to complete assignments

Qualifications:

Education:

B.S. degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or another technical field required M.S. degree strongly preferred

Experience:

4-7 years of progressively responsible professional software engineering experience, preferably in a financial services product delivery setting 2-5 years of financial services development experience in Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Post-Trade, IBOR, or Wealth Management strongly desired Demonstrated experience with object-oriented programming, compiler/interpreter technologies, embedded systems, operating systems, relational databases (RDBMS), scripting, and new/advanced programming languages Able to contribute to design specifications with some assistance from senior staff Able to work independently on small to medium projects and handle more complex tasks with moderate oversight Very good written and verbal communication skills Able to work well with peers in a collaborative team environment Minimum 3 years of experience working with Agile development methodology strongly desired