Software Engineer - Business and Client Technologies

Arrowstreet Capital•Boston, MA

About The Position

The Business and Client Technologies team is responsible for developing technology solutions supporting Arrowstreet Capital’s Marketing & Reporting, Funds, Finance, Client Management and HR teams. They leverage technology to automate business processes, introducing solutions using a combination of custom development and packaged platforms. The Business Development and Relation Management Team (BDRM) provides services and capabilities to business users that are essential to the firm’s ability to deliver sustained alpha and to meet its fiduciary commitment to clients. This team supports the Client Management team, which includes support for the Business Development and Client Relationship Management teams, as well as the Client Services team. These teams collectively track prospects as they onboard to become clients, and manage the workflows and data elements needed for that process. They also maintain cashflows associated with these relationships, ensuring fast and accurate information for the firm's investment process. Arrowstreet Capital is seeking a Software Engineer to join a highly talented and motivated group of engineers who build and maintain applications supporting the Client Management team. This is a critical role that brings significant value to clients and internal business partners. The ideal candidate is a self-driven, team-oriented, hands-on engineer with previous experience in building technology in the financial services industry, who has a passion for improving software architecture and the development process. They are a creative problem-solver who enjoys working on complex problems as part of a team. This role offers the opportunity to bring passion for technology, delivery, and value-add to a collaborative team and apply experience building cloud-native business-oriented solutions to a challenging, rewarding purpose.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
2+ years of professional software development using C# and/or Python
Strong, creative problem-solving abilities
Great communication & organizational skills, drive, energy, enthusiasm, maturity, and confidence
Basic understanding of modern application architecture and software design principles
Exposure to unit testing and software testing practices; familiarity with mocking/isolation frameworks or behavior/domain-driven development is a plus
React or similar modern UI framework experience
Server side development of Python/.NET APIs
Exposure to cloud or platform services such as object storage, serverless compute, managed databases, virtual machines, and container orchestration
Exposure to relational databases such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL
Experience using Git or similar source code management tools
Experience with CI/CD pipelines with Azure/AWS DevOps and/or GitLab/GitHub

Nice To Haves

Experience with prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, MCP-based integrations, and AI API-driven application development is a plus
Experience working in the financial domain is a plus

Responsibilities

Partner with engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders to understand requirements, contribute to solution options, and implement agreed-upon designs
Support adoption of cloud-native technology designs and solutions
Deliver high-quality value-added enhancements to existing platforms
Contribute to automation of software development, testing, and deployment processes
Participate as an engaged member of an agile development team
Embrace development best practices including continuous delivery, test automation, containerization
Create and maintain clear technical documentation for assigned work
Assist with business-hours production support and escalation resolution
Design, build, and support AI-enabled capabilities within business applications, including integrations with LLM APIs, retrieval-augmented generation, and model context protocol-based workflows.