Java/Python Software Engineer

About this role

Benefits:

• Competitive salary

Location
Boston, MA

Experience Level
Mid–Senior Level (4 or more years of experience)

Role Overview
The Software Engineer Contractor supports the technology team by maintaining, upgrading, and building the infrastructure and applications that drive enterprise business operations. Working as an individual contributor within a cross-functional Agile squad, this role is responsible for building custom applications and creating robust integrations with third-party vendor platforms (such as Charles River Development IMS/OMS and SimCorp Dimension). The technical environment features a combination of mature, on-premises applications alongside modern, cloud-based architectures.

Key Responsibilities
Application Development & Engineering

• Design, develop, and maintain clean, well-formed, and easy-to-maintain code in alignment with enterprise software development best practices.
• Build, configure, and optimize custom applications and integrations to support core business units (such as Portfolio Management, Operations, Trading, and Compliance).
• Author thorough unit tests to ensure sufficient automated test coverage and system resilience prior to deployment.
• Conduct and participate in technical peer reviews to ensure code quality, compliance, and architectural alignment.

Third-Party Integrations & Cloud Modernization

• Create, optimize, and support robust data integrations with third-party vendor platforms, including Charles River Development (CRD) IMS/OMS and SimCorp Dimension (SCD).
• Support cloud migration efforts, transitioning legacy on-premises applications to modern, scalable cloud environments.
• Write efficient and performant SQL queries to manage, retrieve, structure, and store transactional financial data.

Squad Collaboration & Governance

• Collaborate actively with cross-functional squad members (including Squad Leads, Business Analysts, Quality Engineers, and peer develope...