Morningstar is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to design, build, and maintain scalable enterprise applications and APIs. The role focuses on backend development using C#, .NET, cloud technologies (AWS), microservices, and modern software engineering practices. The engineer will collaborate closely with Product Managers, QA, Project Managers, and other developers to deliver high-quality solutions that support Morningstar's investment research and technology platforms.
Job Responsibilities :
- Build well-designed, well-engineered, stable, and scalable products.
- Follow software design best practices such as continuous integration, test-driven development, and regular deployments.
- Be passionate about quality, process, programming, and investing in general
- Find opportunities for improvement, seize them, and then share your findings with others.
- Take ownership of the success of the team with a "gets things done" attitude.
- Seek understanding of and opportunities to leverage new technologies.
- Have or desire to become an AWS certified developer
- Help to shape product vision
Qualifications:
- A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field in software development with 5+ years of experience.
- Highly motivated individual with the potential and desire to learn new technologies and take on increasing levels of responsibility.
- Advanced knowledge of C# and the Microsoft .NET Stack. Solid experience with Entity Framework, LINQ.
- Experience in Web APIs, MVC, Dependency Injection, Asynchronous programming.
- Experience with supporting technologies: Databases (SQL Server, AWS Aurora, MySQL, Postgres, NoSQL), Python, REST API’s
- Demonstrated ability to use AI tools responsibly for code generation, refactoring, unit test creation, documentation, debugging, and software design while maintaining strong engineering judgment and code ownership.
- Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, security, performance, maintainability, and compliance with software development standards.
Proven knowledge of enterprise software concerns such as security, scalability, transaction management, and concurrency.
Demonstrable experience architecting and building micro service solutions hosted on AWS.
An understanding of how to protect software solutions from common security vulnerabilities.
Exposure to and understanding of DevOps with tools like Harness.
Knowledge of object-oriented design, domain modeling, design patterns, and building highly scalable and available systems.
Base Salary Compensation Range$93,200.00-$136,696.00
Incentive Target Percentage
12.5% AnnualMorningstar'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.
100_MstarResCanad Morningstar Research, Inc. (Canada) Legal EntitySkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related software development field
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Advanced knowledge of C# and the Microsoft .NET stack
- Experience with Entity Framework and LINQ
- Experience with Web APIs, MVC, dependency injection, and asynchronous programming
- Experience with databases including SQL Server, AWS Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or NoSQL systems
- Experience with Python and REST APIs
- Demonstrated ability to use and critically evaluate AI tools for software development
- Knowledge of enterprise software security, scalability, transaction management, and concurrency
- Experience architecting and building microservice solutions hosted on AWS
- Understanding of software security vulnerabilities and mitigation
- Exposure to DevOps tools such as Harness
- Knowledge of object-oriented design, domain modeling, design patterns, and highly scalable and available systems
- AWS developer certification or desire to become AWS certified
What the Team is Saying
Morningstar Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Employer 401(k) matching and access to Morningstar retirement‑planning tools are prominent features of the package. These elements create a strong foundation for long‑term savings.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible time off, paid holidays, sick and personal days, and a paid sabbatical every four years provide generous time away from work. Sabbaticals are specifically highlighted as a standout perk.
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Parental & Family Support — A global minimum of 16 weeks for primary caregivers, up to eight weeks for secondary caregivers, and at least six weeks of paid caregiving leave offer robust family support. Some materials also note adoption assistance and related resources.
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What We Do
We are a global investment research and financial data company with 40-plus offices across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Our products and services are used daily by individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, retirement plan providers, and institutional investors. We provide data, research, and analysis across managed investment products, publicly listed companies, private capital markets, debt securities, and real-time global market data. The financial system can have real barriers—hidden information, friction that can slow decisions, and forces that can limit transparency and access. We work to remove them, bringing independent research, connected data, and investor-first tools to a system that needs more clarity. The people doing this work span research, technology, design, product, sales, and functional areas. We build many of our products in-house, so the work can connect directly to the tools investors use to make real financial decisions.
Why Work With Us
Morningstar’s missing is to empower investor success. We can only do that if our people feel empowered. That means finding people who think independently, bring a wide range of backgrounds with analytical rigor and genuine intellectual curiosity to the work.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Across most of our offices globally, employees work four days a week in the office and one day from home. We recognize that life doesn't always fit a fixed schedule and offer programs that can help provided increased workplace flexibility.
