Lead Engineer, Investment Technology Platform Services at Arrowstreet Capital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Finance, Asset ManagementIndustries

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related discipline
8+ years of professional software development experience using Python or another object-oriented language (financial services exposure is a plus)
4+ years of experience leading design or architecture of large-scale production systems
3+ years of experience developing large, high-performance, distributed systems
3+ years of experience building high-performance cloud native solutions on public cloud (AWS preferred)
3+ years of experience in container technologies like Kubernetes
Experience in building distributed systems, applications and infrastructure
Experience with Kubernetes and AWS Cloud
Experience in designing and implementing large scale systems

Responsibilities

Work closely with members of the Research and Investment Technology groups to review and define requirements for the compute platform, workflow, messaging, AI and observability systems
Provide expert design insights which help build scalable, easy-to-maintain, efficient solutions to business-critical problems that our platforms are used to tackle
Lead technical design discussions within the team to gather feedback, discuss the merits and risks of different approaches, and reach consensus on the target architecture
Develop high quality solutions in both on premise environments and AWS Cloud using Python and other languages
Develop easy-to-maintain, well-engineered and fully tested Infrastructure-As-Code solutions using Terraform, develop the automated build and deploy pipelines with unit and integrated tests to ensure high quality and efficient operations
Provide guidance to other team members on development tasks
Promote high quality code via code reviews
Provide production support to prevent disruptions to investment processes

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

KubernetesAWSdistributed systemscompute platformsworkflow systemsmessaging systemsAIobservability

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What is the employment type for this position?

This is a full-time position.

Is this role remote or does it require office presence?

This information is not specified in the job description.

What key skills and experiences are required for this Lead Engineer role?

The role requires experience in building distributed systems, applications and infrastructure, experience with Kubernetes and AWS Cloud, and designing and implementing large scale systems, along with proficiency in Python and other languages.

What is the company culture like at Arrowstreet Capital?

The culture emphasizes collaboration, motivation, and building production-quality systems with modern tools by strong technologists passionate about scalable solutions, working closely across Research and Investment Technology groups.

What makes a strong candidate for this Lead Engineer position?

A strong candidate is hands-on with experience architecting compute platforms, leading technical designs, developing Infrastructure-As-Code, automated pipelines, and participating in on-call rotations across multiple teams.

Arrowstreet Capital

Investment management for global equity strategies

About Arrowstreet Capital

Arrowstreet Capital specializes in managing global and international equity investments for institutional clients, including pension plans and foundations. Their investment strategies include long-only, alpha extension, and long/short approaches, utilizing various financial instruments like swaps and futures. The company employs quantitative methods to analyze investment signals and develop proprietary models for return, risk, and transaction costs. This structured investment process aims to create diversified equity portfolios that seek to outperform specific benchmarks by identifying opportunities across different companies, sectors, and countries. With around $100 billion in assets under management, Arrowstreet Capital serves over 200 clients across North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.

Boston, MassachusettsHeadquarters

1999Year Founded

SECONDARY_PRIVATECompany Stage

Quantitative Finance, Financial ServicesIndustries

201-500Employees