The Role
The Associate Software Engineer will develop and maintain backend services, improve application performance, collaborate with teams, and stay updated on AWS technologies.
Summary Generated by Built In
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Technical Skills:
We're only considering candidates who are authorized to work permanently in the US.
Total Compensation Range:
$70,825 - $120,425
Inclusive of annual base salary and target incentive
Compensation and Benefits
At Morningstar we believe people are at their best when they are at their healthiest. That's why we champion your wellness through a wide-range of programs that support all stages of your personal and professional life. Here are some examples of the offerings we provide:
Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.
- Backend & Data Development: Support designing and building backend services that help with data processing, publication, and delivery to downstream applications. Assist in developing APIs and cloud-native components using AWS services.
- Application Maintenance & Modernization: Help maintain, refactor, and migrate existing applications and services to modern, scalable, AWS-based architectures.
- System Reliability: Contribute to improving performance, resiliency, and delivery speed by assisting with monitoring, logging, and optimization following best practices for scalability and maintainability.
- Collaboration: Work closely with senior engineers, product teams, data engineers, and DevOps/SRE partners to align backend and cloud solutions with business needs.
- Engineering Practices: Write clean, maintainable, and testable code. Participate in code reviews and follow modern engineering standards.
- Learning & Growth: Stay current on AWS cloud technologies and AI-assisted development tools. Demonstrate curiosity about applying AI and automation to improve engineering productivity and system efficiency.
Qualifications:
- Problem-Solving: Ability to analyze technical challenges, propose solutions, and deliver reliable results with guidance.
- Methodology: Familiarity with Agile/Scrum and modern software development practices.
- Security Awareness: Basic understanding of secure service design, API security concepts, and AWS security best practices.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Experience: 0-2 years of professional software development experience, with exposure to backend development and cloud-based systems.
Technical Skills:
- Solid programming foundation in C#/.NET (preferred) or another backend language.
- Experience building or consuming REST APIs; familiarity with event-driven patterns is a plus.
- Hands-on exposure to AWS services such as Lambda, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, S3, and RDS. Basic understanding of serverless patterns is preferred.
- Experience with CI/CD workflows and Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) is a plus.
- Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and basic data workflows (plus).
- Scripting experience with Python for automation, small data tasks, or AI experimentation (plus).
- Frontend exposure with Vue.js or other modern JavaScript frameworks (plus).
- AI/ML Exposure: Interest or basic experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot), prompt engineering, or integrating simple AI APIs. Understanding of how AI can support automation, testing, or data workflows is a strong plus
We're only considering candidates who are authorized to work permanently in the US.
Total Compensation Range:
$70,825 - $120,425
Inclusive of annual base salary and target incentive
Compensation and Benefits
At Morningstar we believe people are at their best when they are at their healthiest. That's why we champion your wellness through a wide-range of programs that support all stages of your personal and professional life. Here are some examples of the offerings we provide:
- Financial Health
- 75% 401k match up to 7%
- Stock Ownership Potential
- Company provided life insurance - 1x salary + commission
- Physical Health
- Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision) including potential premium discounts and company-provided HSA contributions (up to $500-$2,000 annually) for specific plans and coverages
- Additional medical Wellness Incentives - up to $300-$600 annual
- Company-provided long- and short-term disability insurance
- Emotional Health
- Trust-Based Time Off
- 6-week Paid Sabbatical Program
- 6-Week Paid Family Caregiving Leave
- Competitive 8-24 Week Paid Parental Bonding Leave
- Adoption Assistance
- Leadership Coaching & Formal Mentorship Opportunities
- Annual Education Stipend
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Social Health
- Charitable Matching Gifts program
- Dollars for Doers volunteer program
- Paid volunteering days
- 15+ Employee Resource & Affinity Groups
Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.
Top Skills
AWS
C#/.Net
Ci/Cd
CloudFormation
Infrastructure As Code
NoSQL
Python
Rest Apis
SQL
Terraform
Vue
What the Team is Saying
Raaghavendar
Associate Software Engineer
Saurabh
Senior Software Engineer
Anna
Team Lead of Software Engineering
Wendell
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Jeff
Head of Technology and Product
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The Company
What We Do
At Morningstar, we believe in building great products in-house in a highly collaborative, agile environment where we focus on technical excellence, the user experience, and continuous improvement. Our technologists represent a range of skills and experience levels, but they all view their work as a craft and push technology’s boundaries.
Why Work With Us
Imagining big things is in our blood -- it's transformed us from a company with just a few employees in 1984 to a leading independent investment research company with a worldwide presence today. As of April 2020, we acquired Sustainalytics to drive long-term meaningful outcomes for investors in the ESG space. Join us on this exciting journey!
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Morningstar Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Typical time on-site:
3 days a week
