About Us
Do you want to be part of a family of supportive, talented engineers with a passion for high quality, testable code? Do you want to take a pivotal role in advancing a brand new, state-of-the-art, scalable distributed securities processing system and data warehouse? If so, read on. CRSP is a leader in providing research-quality data to scholars and investors, advancing the body of knowledge in finance, economics, and related disciplines for over 60 years. Nearly 500 leading academic institutions in 35 countries around the world rely on CRSP data for quality and timely academic securities research. Current projects include development using Scala, Python, Apache Spark, SQL Server, Apache Parquet, Microsoft Azure technologies, and Microsoft Azure DevOps. Join us in our effort to create the highest quality financial research data and providing the input for some of the most influential financial research studies.
The Role
As a Senior Software Engineer at CRSP, you will utilize your engineering skills to contribute to the Research Products platform, helping develop innovative and high-quality solutions on an engaging stack utilizing both modern and leading-edge technologies. You will play a lead role on a small but growing team of engineers, using your skills to help extend the platform as well as mentor your peers and provide technical leadership. As a member of this driven and adaptive team you will participate in all stages of our development lifecycle - from initial research, discovery, solution prototyping, development, debugging, all the way through deployment to production, operational readiness, and support.
Responsibilities

• Implement, design, and maintain value-adding, performant, and scalable solutions which enhance and extend the CRSP Research Products platform
• Make independent, high-impact contributions through a comprehensive focus on quality, testable code
• Collaborate with all levels of the organization during the phases of the software development lifecycle to craft and build workable implementation plans, timelines, and ultimately, robust solutions
• Provide technical guidance to team members through education and coaching of best practice functional and object-oriented principles
• Maintain mutual and positive working relationships with all members of CRSP through an environment of cooperation, coordination, and respect

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong problem solving skills
• Experience leading software projects and mentoring junior engineers
• Familiarity with functional/declarative programming concepts (monads, functors, higher-order functions, currying, immutability, side effects, pure functions, etc.)
• Experience using both Scala and Apache Spark
• Experience with Python 3 and Panda's library
• Experience diagnosing and resolving relational database performance issues, including analysis of query plans, structure, and indexing
• Familiarity with Git or similar version control
• Experience working in an Agile environment with strong engineering best practices, including unit testing, code reviews, continuous integration, and automated deployments
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical staff, users, and partners
• Experience in the securities and/or financial industry and/or additional education in finance preferred

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree, preferably in computer science or related field and at least three years of applicable programming experience OR a Bachelor's degree, preferably in computer science or related field and at least four years of applicable programming experience
• Programming skills in Scala, Java, or C#
• Proficiency in data-driven programming
• Expertise with various databases

Only current Illinois residents will be considered.
LOCATION: 105 West Adams Street, 17 TH Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
WORK SCHEDULE: Full Time - 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. normal working hours