Who we are:
Charles River Development (CRD) is the FinTech division of State Street. Together with State Street’s Middle and Back-office services, Charles River’s cloud-based Front Office technology forms the foundation of the State Street Alpha® Platform, the first front-to-back solution in the industry.
Our vision is to be the world’s leading investment platform, shaping the future of the industry and driving new levels of technology-led innovation, resiliency, efficiency and growth for investors and the people they serve.
CRD Engineering organization is innovating and transforming the platform by moving away from monolithic software to utilising next generation cloud-based technology that leverages Microsoft Azure, Kafka, Snowflake, etc.
Industry momentum has seen CRD grow over 135% in headcount over the last 5 years, and we continue to grow. As a digital innovation leader, we invest into our solutions, processes, systems, and talent.
We are actively hiring in Poland as this is an exciting time to join our innovative engineering teams as we are investing in growing out our European presence and leadership planning to have in person panel interviews during our recruiting drive in Poland.
Summary:
Act as a 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 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 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.
- Expect critique, mentoring and guidance on designs.
- Demonstrate more independence of design and development.
Benefits
- Medical Care and Insurance
We provide a range of medical plans that cover you and your dependents. You can also take advantage of our employee and family life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
- Well-Being Programs
State Street's BeWell helps employees proactively manage their well-being. Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides personal and confidential assistance for a broad range of issues.
- Financial Well-Being
Depending on where you work, you will be eligible for regionally specific savings and/or retirement plans.
We also provide resources and host local events to educate employees on achieving financial well-being.
- Holidays and Time Off
We provide our employees with a highly competitive holiday and paid vacation allowance, with considerations for local requirements. We also offer our employees two paid days off to volunteer their time to company-driven initiatives or organizations of their choice.
- Supporting Families
We are committed to supporting all employees and the ones they care about. Some of our programs include paid parental leaves, back-to-work support, adoption assistance or flex work arrangements.
- Other Benefits
Among others benefits, you may have access to group savings, discounts at sport clubs and cinemas, and our new employee referral bonus program.
Qualifications:
Recommended Education:
- B.S. degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics or other technical course of study required. MS degree strongly preferred.
What we are looking:
- Experience with prominent React packages and best practices, including Redux and RxJs.
- Knowledge of JavaScript with extensive experience in ReactJS and Typescript.
- Familiarity with test standard and popular supporting frameworks such as Jest, Cypress, and Jasmine.
- Familiarity with the NodeJS ecosystem, including NPM and/or Yarn.
- Experience of 2-4 years delivering single page applications in cloud-based deployments with major cloud vendors (Azure preferred).
Nice To have:
- 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 developing solutions for Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Post-Trade, IBOR or Wealth Management is strongly desired
- Demonstrated problem solving abilities involving multi-tiered, high-performance database applications
