Lead Software Developer (Financial Research)
About this role
Lead Software Developer (Financial Research)
Department: Technology
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: India
Description
The ideal candidate has a passion for solving business problems with technology and can effectively communicate business and technical needs to stakeholders. We are looking for candidates that value collaboration with superb colleagues and having an immediate, tangible impact for a leading global independent financial insights and data company.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop high-quality, high-performance, scalable applications using best practices and the latest generation of technologies
- Mentor and work with a skilled team while shaping the future of our products
- Work collaboratively with product and technical stakeholders to understand and clarify requirements
- Provide recommendations for proposed solutions
- Review and validate solution designs from other team members
- Perform design, debug, and performance analysis on solutions
- Provide technical leadership to a team throughout a project lifecycle
- Follow Agile best practices effectively and actively participate in all scrum ceremonies.
- Respond to and resolve production issues
- Be part of a culture of continuous learning and improvement of both the team and codebase
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- A minimum of 6+ years of full stack development experience on enterprise web applications.
- Proficient in frontend development using React/Typescript
- Proficient in backend development using Python
- Fluency in the AWS infrastructure for delivering web applications: API Gateway, Lambda, Cognito, CloudFront, S3.
- Proficient in SQL and developing solutions using relational databases such as MySQL.
- Experience using object-oriented design principles and building backend applications with REST APIs
- Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure as code technologies
- Experience with Git and continuous integration environments
- Experience with code pipelines such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or AWS CodePipline
- Experience with frontend and backend unit testing methodologies
- Proficient with software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies like Agile
- CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation with hands-on experience in financial equity research is a strong plus, providing domain expertise in financial statement analysis, valuation, and investment research that translates directly into more informed design of CFRA's research and analytics platforms
- Excellent analytical and communication skills are essential, with strong verbal and writing proficiencies
- Great organizational and time-management skills, including an ability to estimate project completion times
- Ability to take complex technical concepts and communicate to non-technical audience
- Ability to juggle multiple projects, tasks, and deadlines
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Engineering is required
Benefits
- 21 days of Vacation
- 8 Sick Days
- 1 paid volunteer day
- 11 - 13 Holidays a year
- Health Insurance
- Company paid Life & Disability Insurance
- Competitive Pay
- Annual Performance Bonus
Company at a glance
CFRA is a global leader in financial intelligence solutions and insights.
Our experienced team of experts delivers timely and actionable analysis across global markets and multiple research disciplines, ensuring you always have our most up-to-date views, analysis, and data at your fingertips so you can make smarter and faster decisions.
Founded as the Center for Financial Research and Analysis in 1994, today our company is simply known as CFRA. Our proprietary approach blends a unique mix of fundamental equity, forensic accounting, fund, public policy and technical research with data, analytics and next-gen technology to arm clients with the financial intelligence required to meet their business and investing goals.
We are fiercely independent, we are client obsessed, and our mission is simply to be the most trusted global source of independent financial intelligence and innovation.
Top Benefits
- 21 days of Vacation
- 8 Sick Days
- 1 paid volunteer day
- 11 - 13 Holidays a year
- Health Insurance
- Company paid Life & Disability Insurance
- Competitive Pay
- Annual Performance Bonus
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