About Morningstar
Morningstar unites problem solvers with a clear goal: helping investors achieve their financial objectives. As a leading investment research and data company, we stand out by how we apply our insights to serve a broad range of users. Our independent investment research, powered by cutting-edge technology and design, provides tailored solutions that meet users' needs. With a strong foundation in data and innovation, we deliver comprehensive services to investors worldwide — empowering better decisions for individuals and those managing money for millions.
The Role
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with full-stack JavaScript experience to join the Central Technology Web Development team in support of Morningstar’s Corporate Marketing. This position will be part of an engineering team focused on updating Morningstar’s web-based marketing platforms. The position includes the development of new systems, maintenance, and improvement of existing applications. Candidates should have solid software engineering experience in building commercial-grade web-based applications using modern frameworks.
Location: Toronto, ON (We follow a hybrid policy of 4 days onsite)
Job Responsibilities
- Develop full-stack web applications using Vue.js, Nuxt 3, TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS.
- Build and maintain server-side rendered and universal web applications, with awareness of routing, hydration, caching, browser behavior, and performance.
- Create reusable front-end components and contribute to component libraries and design-system patterns.
- Build and maintain Node.js-based APIs, middleware, and service integrations, including integrations with headless CMS, analytics, personalization, and third-party platforms.
- Contribute to AI-enabled marketing workflows, including tools that assist with content creation, content migration, schema mapping, personalization, experimentation, and operational automation.
- Support production-quality delivery through testing, debugging, monitoring, accessibility, SEO, security, privacy, and Core Web Vitals improvements.
- Troubleshoot issues across browser behavior, API responses, CMS configuration, cloud infrastructure, and build pipelines.
- Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, documentation, and team planning while continuing to grow technical depth across the stack.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional software development experience, preferably with a focus on full-stack JavaScript or TypeScript.
- Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as Vue, Nuxt, React, Next.js, Angular, or similar.
- Familiarity with server-side rendered, statically generated, or universal JavaScript applications.
- Solid understanding of browser fundamentals, including rendering, JavaScript execution, caching, networking, accessibility, and performance.
- Strong JavaScript or TypeScript skills, including asynchronous programming, modular code, package management, and modern build tooling such as Vite, Webpack, Rollup, or similar.
- Experience building or consuming RESTful APIs, Node.js services, middleware, or integrations with external platforms.
- Familiarity with deploying, debugging, or monitoring applications in AWS or a similar cloud environment.
- Strong communication skills, curiosity, and the ability to work collaboratively with engineers, product managers, designers, content teams, and other cross-functional partners.
Nice to have
- Experience with headless Content Management Systems like Contentstack.
- Experience developing for or partnering with digital marketing teams, particularly around content personalization, analytics, or lead generation workflows.
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
- 3+ years of professional software development experience
- Experience with full-stack JavaScript or TypeScript
- Experience with Vue.js or Nuxt (Nuxt 3 preferred) and modern front-end frameworks
- Familiarity with server-side rendered, statically generated, or universal JavaScript applications
- Solid understanding of browser fundamentals (rendering, JS execution, caching, networking, accessibility, performance)
- Strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills and experience with modern build tooling (Vite, Webpack, Rollup)
- Experience building or consuming RESTful APIs, Node.js services, middleware, or platform integrations
- Familiarity with deploying, debugging, or monitoring applications in AWS or similar cloud environments
- Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
- Experience with headless Content Management Systems like Contentstack
- Experience partnering with digital marketing teams on personalization, analytics, or lead generation workflows
What the Team is Saying
Morningstar Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off policies include flexible PTO and a paid sabbatical every four years, often highlighted as a standout perk. Feedback suggests this structure supports strong work–life balance and meaningful breaks.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies advertise a global minimum of 16 weeks for primary caregivers, up to 8 weeks for secondary caregivers, and at least six weeks of paid caregiving leave. These offerings signal above-average support for family and caregiving needs.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs feature employer 401(k) contributions/matching, with some postings citing a 75% match on up to 7% of pay. Feedback suggests these offerings are a strong pillar of the package.
Morningstar Insights
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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Hybrid Workspace
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.
