Senior Software Engineer

SS&C•Union, NJ

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer with a UI/UX focus, you will play a key role in designing and developing next-generation investment and financial applications, including trading systems, FIX interfaces, and market-data solutions. The ideal candidate is passionate about software craftsmanship, committed to delivering high-quality solutions, eager to innovate, and excels in analytical thinking and team collaboration. SS&C is a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Requirements

Proven ability to independently develop end-to-end solutions with meticulous attention to detail in User Interfaces and Experience.
Full-stack development expertise across server-side and UI technologies, including .NET, C#, C++, WPF, WinUI, Angular, React.
Proficiency in designing and optimizing SQL schemas, stored procedures, triggers, views, and functions.
Deep understanding of object-oriented design principles, data structures, and collections.
Ability to analyze legacy code, identifying design intent, and integrating modern technologies to enhance performance.
Exceptional communication, cross-functional collaboration, and analytical problem-solving skills.
Experience in team collaboration using tools such as Visual Studio, GitHub, and Jira/Confluence.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools like GitHub CoPilot to accelerate development and improve code quality.
Experience with message streaming platforms such as Ultra-Messaging, Kafka, Redis or MQ.
A collaborative attitude, an ever-growing curiosity, and a desire to win.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, debug, test, and support native and web applications across the full software development lifecycle.
Develop native applications built on .NET/C#/C++ as well as web applications leveraging JavaScript frameworks like jQuery, Angular or React.
Work with microservices, multithreading, and asynchronous/event-driven programming models.
Gain hands-on experience with Ultra-Messaging/Kafka messaging, NoSQL and SQL databases for data delivery and persistence.
Enhance functionality and optimize performance of distributed, multithreaded applications, including modules, queries, stored procedures, and services.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement new components, services, reports, and APIs.
Conduct code reviews and contribute to unit testing to ensure high-quality, maintainable software.