Senior Software Engineer
About The Position
Under minimal supervision, the Senior Software Engineer assists in developing software products and works on improving the overall quality of the product throughout the software development life cycle. Essential Job Functions: Works on broad problems of scope that require decision making and creativity. Receives general guidance but work is done independently and impacts team level goals. Defines technical solutions or operational processes to improve efficiency. Possesses a solid understanding and familiarity of systems and processes within job area. Delivers many of the team’s goals on time and with a high standard of quality. Preemptively identifies and resolves technical risks before they jeopardize the project. Resolves cross-team dependencies earlier to ensure the successful execution of the project. Demonstrated understanding in computer science fundamentals - Algorithm design, Problem solving, Complexity analysis and data structures. Engineering/Operations Excellence: Solves complex business problems, situations, processes based on existing theories of frameworks. Implements ways to simplify code and infrastructure. Prioritizes tasks that lead to lower system and infrastructure maintenance and migration costs with meaningful and measurable impact. Examines problems from different perspectives and uses evaluation, judgement, and interpretation to select right course of action. Helps team identify, prioritize, and deliver on clear short, mid and long-term goals aligned to the business. Accepts risk and uncertainty of business change as normal. Builds productive and collaborative working relationships with senior internal/external partners to remove barriers and identify shared goals and priorities. Actively seeks perspectives and works to engage others when communicating. Demonstrates the culture of intelligence, integrity, and initiative in day-to-day actions with the team. Avoids blame and solves the right problems, disagreeing and committing when necessary to move decisions forward. Demonstration of FINRA’s values. Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least 5 years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience
- System design experience
- Strong experience in object-oriented development
- Strong experience with cloud technologies
- Strong experience in data storage technologies
- Experience in performance tuning and optimization
- Experience in DevOps and CI/CD technologies
- Experience test automation and unit testing
- Experience software security
Responsibilities
- Works on broad problems of scope that require decision making and creativity
- Receives general guidance but work is done independently and impacts team level goals
- Defines technical solutions or operational processes to improve efficiency
- Possesses a solid understanding and familiarity of systems and processes within job area
- Delivers many of the team’s goals on time and with a high standard of quality
- Preemptively identifies and resolves technical risks before they jeopardize the project
- Resolves cross-team dependencies earlier to ensure the successful execution of the project
- Demonstrated understanding in computer science fundamentals - Algorithm design, Problem solving, Complexity analysis and data structures
- Solves complex business problems, situations, processes based on existing theories of frameworks
- Implements ways to simplify code and infrastructure
- Prioritizes tasks that lead to lower system and infrastructure maintenance and migration costs with meaningful and measurable impact
- Examines problems from different perspectives and uses evaluation, judgement, and interpretation to select right course of action
- Helps team identify, prioritize, and deliver on clear short, mid and long-term goals aligned to the business
- Accepts risk and uncertainty of business change as normal
- Builds productive and collaborative working relationships with senior internal/external partners to remove barriers and identify shared goals and priorities
- Actively seeks perspectives and works to engage others when communicating
- Demonstrates the culture of intelligence, integrity, and initiative in day-to-day actions with the team
- Avoids blame and solves the right problems, disagreeing and committing when necessary to move decisions forward
- Demonstration of FINRA’s values
- Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity
Benefits
- comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
- basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life, and spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, business travel accident, disability and legal
- immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match
- eligibility for participation in an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution
- tuition reimbursement
- commuter benefits
- adoption assistance
- backup family care
- surrogacy benefits
- employee assistance
- wellness programs
- 15 days of paid time off
- 5 personal days
- 9 sick days
- two volunteer service days
- military leave
- jury duty leave
- bereavement leave
- voting and election official leave for federal, state or local primary and general elections
- care of a family member leave
- childbirth and parental leave
- nine paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
