Team Lead Software Engineer, VP

Burlington, ON
$120,000-202,500 per year
Permanent
Full-time

2 months ago

The Charles River Front Office organization is seeking an individual who can lead one or more scrum teams to build and maintain the core OEMS product areas.Charles River Development empowers investment firms worldwide with a cloud-based platform that streamlines and automates the investment process across asset classes. As part of State Street Alpha®, we bring together data, technology, and services to help clients make confident decisions and scale with agility. Our open ecosystem and global support model enable investment professionals—from portfolio managers to private markets specialists—to navigate complexity and drive innovation. At Charles River, we thrive on collaboration, continuous improvement, and a shared commitment to shaping the future of financial technology.Responsibilities:

Provide technical leadership and expertise within the front office teams and across the organization.
Work in an Architect capacity to lay down the modernization plans for the OEMS modules and drive the teams towards implementation.

Work with Product peers to design new features based on market needs, meet client commitments, and support the existing legacy application.
Manage the staff, including assignment of work items, employee performance, engagement, and professional development.
Fulfill the Scrum Master role by leading the team in their Agile development process and working to foster a strong continuous improvement culture.
Identify improvements in team development and quality including defining new strategies, processes, and required tooling to improve quality
Write, review, and approve software development specifications, projects, proposals, methods and schedules.
Provide expert guidance and critical analysis of proposed changes during code reviews.
Advise staff members on complex technical problems including specifying proper software designs and use of existing facilities to solve common problems
Monitor progress on a variety of initiatives and work packages to ensure fulfillment of product and scheduling objectives.
Review testing strategy and test plans for team’s product to ensure high product quality.
Mentor team members to cultivate technical and financial domain knowledge expertise, and assist with developing other essential skills to further their careers
Develop, test, debug, and implement software programs, applications and projects using Microservices, Java, C#, SQL, JavaScript, or other related software engineering languages as well as keeping abreast of emerging technologies impactful to CRDs business.
Work with the client services organization to provide support & maintenance to current customers.
Coordinate with other Scrum teams within the R&D organization to ensure seamless integration of functional workflows

Qualifications:Recommended Education:

B.S. degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics or other technical course of study required. MS degree strongly preferred.

Recommended Experience:

A minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible professional experience in a software engineering role required with a minimum of 3 years of technical leadership/ architect level experience.
A minimum of 8 years of experience in designing and developing software solutions in a highly transactional ,concurrent, event driven system.
A minimum of 5 years of experience in financial services developing solutions for Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Post-Trade, IBOR or Wealth Management is strongly desired.
A minimum of 5 years’ Cloud native application development experience in at least one of the cloud native platforms(preferably, Microsoft Azure) and experience in Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, Kubernetes and cloud databases.
Demonstrated experience with object-oriented programming, compiler or interpreter technologies, embedded systems, operating systems, relational databases (RDBMS), scripting and new/advanced programming languages.
UI development experience in C#, React, JavaScript is preferred.
A minimum of 5 years working with an Agile development methodology.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to summarize results clearly and succinctly for upper management .
Demonstrated experience in organizing and running efficient meetings.
Ability to manage solution complexity to ensure simple designs and workflows.
Ability to coordinate and lead cross-team activities.
Strong contributor to project plans and backlog management.

Salary Range: $120,000 - $202,500 AnnualThe range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.For a full overview, visit .About State StreetAcross the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.Discover more information on jobs atRead ourJob Application Disclosure:It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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