Principal Front - end Engineer, AVP

Principal Front-End Engineer

Act as a Principal Front-End Engineer responsible for the enhancement and maintenance of one or more Alpha/Charles River Development modules or components of an agile scrum team. Provide engineering troubleshooting assistance to customer support teams and other development teams within Charles River.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze, design, develop, test, and debug large and complex software enhancements and solutions within Charles River's business and technical problem domains including modifications to core frameworks and other primary facilities critical to system operation
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and Product Managers to create simple and sustainable software solutions for complex problems
• Direct problem solving for projects or major phases of projects to resolve software technical issues
• Develop, test, debug, and implement software programs, applications and projects using C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, React or other related software engineering languages as well as keeping abreast of emerging technologies impactful to CRDs business
• Provide informed guidance and critical analysis of proposed changes during code reviews
• Write unit and automation tests to ensure a high quality end product
• Identify ways of improving development test methodologies contribute to and related test methodology frameworks
• Conduct manual tests to ensure a high quality end product
• Provide troubleshooting on large, mission critical client implementations
• Engage in the agile software development process by adhering to and advancing the CRD scrum methodology, including attending all daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Plan and coordinate cross-team activities groups to complete assignments
• Senior-level engineers are expected to drive technical excellence, coach and inform application level architectures and roadmaps.

Qualifications:

Recommended Education:

• Bachelors in Computer Science / Engineering or other technical course of study required. Masters degree strongly preferred.

Recommended Experience:

• Experience with Single Page Application (SPAs) using React and Angular.
• Experience with prominent React packages and best practices, including Redux and RxJs.
• 11 - 16 years of experience in JavaScript with extensive experience in ReactJS and Typescript
• Familiarity with test standard and popular supporting frameworks such as Jest, Cypress, and Jasmine.
• Experience delivering single page applications in cloud-based deployments with major cloud vendors (Azure preferred)
• Experience with object-oriented programming (JAVA and/or C#), compiler or interpreter technologies, embedded systems, operating systems, relational databases (RDBMS), scripting and new/advanced programming languages.
• Experience in financial services is a plus.
• Demonstrated problem solving abilities involving multi-tiered, high-performance database applications
• Demonstrated ability to design and develop complex software solutions to business and technical problems.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Able to work well with peers in a collaborative team environment
• A minimum of 3 years working with an Agile development methodology

Supervisory Responsibility: Individual Contributor Team Lead Manager of Managers

Travel: May be required on a limited basis.

About Charles River Development

Charles River Investment management System in a platform that provides many Front-Office functions including Portfolio Management, Order Management and Execution, Compliance, Performance & Attribution, Modelling, Scenario Analysis, and Wealth Management.

We are part of the State Street Bank. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers, and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation, we're making our mark in the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we've been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading, and investment management to institutional clients.

Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary in location, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans among other perks. You'll have access to flexible Work Program to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.

Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees' diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift programs and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.

State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Discover more at StateStreet.com/careers.