Senior Software Engineer

Morningstar; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial services is seeking an outstanding .Net developer to contribute to the development of its innovative cloud-based market data platform. The role involves working in a multi-functional team, focusing on new feature development, automation testing, and adopting best practices. The ideal candidate will possess a strong foundation in .Net, particularly C#, and be eager to expand their skill set in a collaborative environment with flexibility in work location.

Benefits

Hybrid work environment

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in software development.
• Strong knowledge of .Net using C#.
• Experience with CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop new features for the platform.
• Collaborate with QA to ensure automated testing.
• Contribute to CI/CD and modern software practices.

Skills

.Net development

C#

CI/CD

Clean coding principles

Willingness to learn Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Job description

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We are looking for an amazing .Net developer to help us on our journey building out our next generation, cloud-based market data platform.

The Realtime Data department is responsible for supplying the market data that powers the rest of Morningstar as well as our sizeable client base. We receive billions of messages per day from our direct Financial Exchange connections, which we process and distribute to our clients. This requires a high level of engineering to ensure reliability and efficiency.

At the start of the year, we began building out the latest version of this platform, adopting a greenfield approach to leverage the latest technologies, especially cloud. The role involves working as a developer within this multi-functional team, collaborating with teammates who specialize in QA, DevOps, and Production Management.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Design and develop new features for the market data platform, from requirements to production.
2. Collaborate with QA to maintain a high level of automated testing.
3. Contribute to modern software development practices such as CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing, config-as-code, infra-as-code, etc.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field with at least 5 years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of .Net development using C# and clean coding principles.
• Willingness to learn other languages such as Java.
• Good knowledge of development using CI/CD.

Nice to have:

• Experience with AWS.
• Financial markets knowledge.

About the Role:

We are seeking an exceptional .Net developer to help build our next-generation, cloud-based market data platform.

The Realtime Data department supplies market data that powers Morningstar and our clients. We handle billions of messages daily from direct Financial Exchange connections, requiring reliable and efficient processing.

This year, we started developing the latest version of this platform with a greenfield approach to utilize modern cloud technologies. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team working alongside QA, DevOps, and Production specialists.

Morningstar offers a hybrid work environment, allowing remote work with in-person collaboration at least three days a week, along with other flexible benefits.