Senior Software Engineer

Posted 2 Hours Ago
Chicago, IL
Hybrid
5-7 Years Experience
Enterprise Web • Fintech • Financial Services
The Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and develop scalable software solutions, focusing on building web-based applications and cloud-centric APIs within a cross-functional team. Responsibilities include backend development, writing scalable APIs with Java, and enhancing software security and availability. You will also collaborate with product managers, manage project prioritization, and write technical documentation.
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About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to produce scalable software solutions within the Workplace engineering team. You will be part of a cross-functional team that is responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment. As an engineer, you should be comfortable with back-end coding languages, development frameworks and third-party libraries. You should have solid software engineering experience in building commercial-grade web-based applications and scalable cloud-centric APIs (Applications and programming interfaces). A successful candidate will be able to play an active role in managing the prioritization of work to meet project goals. The position is based in our Chicago office.
Job Responsibilities

  • Work with development teams and product managers to build software
  • Design & develop client-side and server-side architecture
  • Write scalable APIs using Java based technologies (Java 8+, Java Spring Boot)
  • Develop software with the focus on security, availability, and scalability
  • Write technical documentation


Requirements

  • Proven experience as a full-stack developer or similar role
  • 5-7 years' experience in back-end languages (Java)
  • Familiarity with any databases technologies - Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL
  • Experience in AWS (Amazon Web Services) based environment building serverless applications is a plus
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills
  • Great attention to detail and organizational skills
  • Experience within the financial services industry is desirable


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If you receive and accept an offer from us, we require that personal and any related investments be disclosed confidentiality to our Compliance team (days vary by region). These investments will be reviewed to ensure they meet Code of Ethics requirements. If any conflicts of interest are identified, then you will be required to liquidate those holdings immediately. In addition, dependent on your department and location of work certain employee accounts must be held with an approved broker (for example all, U.S. employee accounts). If this applies and your account(s) are not with an approved broker, you will be required to move your holdings to an approved broker.
Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. While some positions are available as fully remote, we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis, typically three days 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.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
12,700 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1984

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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