Junior Application Developer

HarbourVest Partners • Boston, MA

15d • $104,000 - $156,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

For over forty years, HarbourVest has been home to a committed team of professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to deliver impactful solutions to our clients and investing partners. As our global firm grows, we continue to add individuals who seek a collaborative, open-door culture that values diversity and innovative thinking. In our collegial environment that’s marked by low turnover and high energy, you’ll be inspired to grow and thrive. Here, you will be encouraged to build on your strengths and acquire new skills and experiences. We are committed to fostering an environment of inclusion that promotes mutual respect among all employees. Understanding and valuing these differences optimizes the potential of both the individual and the firm. HarbourVest is an equal opportunity employer. This position will be a hybrid work arrangement. You will receive 18 remote workdays per quarter to use at your discretion, subject to manager approval. For example, you may choose to work in the office 4 days per week and take one remote day weekly (typically 13 weeks per quarter), leaving 5 additional remote days to be used as needed. Seated within our Quantitative Investment Science group, this position converts deployment velocity into learning velocity by building telemetry, analytics, and experimentation systems that guide product direction. This engineer works at the intersection of engineering and product - turning user behavior data into actionable insights that accelerate product-market fit. This role is ideal for analytically-minded engineers who are curious about how users interact with software and want to help develop product decisions with data. The ideal candidate is someone who has: Strong analytical skills and natural curiosity about user behavior Excellent collaboration skills - you'll work closely with product and development Attention to detail and systematic thinking A love for turning data into insights and insights into action Interest in finance and building products that users love

Requirements

• Proficiency in Python and SQL for data analysis and pipeline building
• Understanding of web application architecture (frontend/backend event flow)
• Experience with analytics platforms (Mixpanel, Amplitude, Application Insights, or similar)
• Fundamental knowledge of statistics related to A/B testing (sample sizes, significance, confidence intervals)
• Experience building dashboards (Power BI, Grafana, Metabase, or similar)
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and telemetry patterns
• Understanding of version control (git)
• Ability to communicate data insights clearly to non-technical collaborators
• Interest in product metrics and analyzing user behavior
• 2-4 years development experience (Associate level), with exposure to analytics, data analysis, or product engineering

Nice To Haves

• Experience with feature flag platforms
• familiarity with React/TypeScript for frontend instrumentation
• exposure to financial products

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain event taxonomy across frontend and backend applications
• Develop A/B testing and gradual rollout frameworks coordinated with feature flags
• Build self-serve dashboards and metrics pipelines for activation, retention, and adoption tracking
• Implement telemetry instrumentation following privacy-conscious guidelines
• Partner with product and design to interpret usage data and develop experimentation strategy
• Define and track product health metrics (engagement, feature adoption, user journeys)
• Develop automated reporting systems for important product indicators and test results
• Document experimentation guidelines and help the team run rigorous tests

Benefits

• This role is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, which is determined based on individual and overall firm performance.
• total compensation may include eligibility for long-term reward programs and a comprehensive total rewards package that may include retirement, health, insurance, paid time off, and wellness programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees