Principal Software Engineer (Full Stack)
Summary
Hands-on principal engineer leading a team building microservices and UIs for an asset management technology group that supports retirement and college savings products. Day-to-day is full-stack development with Java, Spring Boot, REST and Angular, plus DevOps tooling like Maven and Jenkins.
We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead a team within our client's Asset Management Technology group. You will be a hands‑on developer contributing to building a suite of Micro-Services and UIs. The team is responsible for designing & implementing technical solutions for the Asset Management Solutions division which provides retirement and college saving solutions.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
You have a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent and you want to learn more.
A minimum of 10 years of design & development experience.
Experience in Java, SpringBoot, RESTful services and Angular or similar
DevOps enablers such as Maven and Jenkins
Karate, Playwright, Storybook or similar testing frameworks is a plus
As well as experience in Oracle SQL & PLSQL
Exposure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Kubernetes would be an advantage
Messaging frameworks such as Kafka would be good but not necessary
Investment Management/Business Domain business insight would be advantage, but it is not required.
Business Acumen
You enjoy working in Agile Teams, focused on delivering incremental business value. You thrive in a team environment, collaborating openly and actively contributing to how work gets completed. You have skills such as:
Ability to manage priorities effectively across multiple workstreams
Ability to triage, complete root cause analysis, and ability to make sound decisions in complex or time-sensitive situations
Ability to promote and set standards in applying practices across the team in areas such as Unit testing, Automation, DevOps, CI/CD, design, and code reviews
Ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups, both in person and virtually, in a constructive and collaborative manner and build and maintain effective relationships
The Team
In this role, you will be contributing to the development of quality software components that are used by Portfolio Analysts and Managers in managing over $950 Billion assets under management held in Retirement & College Savings solutions. You will have chance to engage, shape and contribute to our suite of Micro-Services and UIs that provides building, modeling and trading capabilities for these solutions.
We are looking for product‑aware engineers who are passionate, inquisitive, and responsible individuals to help deliver best‑in‑class solutions for customers. Your ideas will improve solutions as well as develop your skills. We're looking for highly motivated individuals who work well in a collaborative, iterative, and fast‑paced environment.