Senior Associate, Portfolio Engineering (Investment Tech)

Dimensional Fund Advisors; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dimensional Fund Advisors is seeking a Senior Associate in Charlotte or Remote North Carolina to help build and optimize a portfolio engineering platform used by portfolio managers. You will work across databases, APIs, processing services, and frontend components in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Ideal candidates have strong front-end and back-end skills, experience with SQL Server and modern frameworks, and a deep interest in investments and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics.
• Experience with front-end frameworks and full-stack development.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Understand user requests and convert them to concrete designs.
• Develop full-stack components: databases, schemas, APIs, processing services.
• Participate in code reviews and design sessions, and mentor junior teammates.
• Support triage and maintainability with a focus on system reliability.

Skills

Front-end components

OOP (C#, Java)

SQL Server

Module federation

Caching (Redis)

Material design

Large datasets

Analytical thinking

Investments domain

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math/Stats

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Angular

React

Vue

Svelte

C#

Java

Job description

Dimensional Fund Advisors is seeking a Senior Associate in Charlotte or Remote North Carolina to help build and optimize a portfolio engineering platform used by portfolio managers. You will work across databases, APIs, processing services, and frontend components in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Ideal candidates have strong front-end and back-end skills, experience with SQL Server and modern frameworks, and a deep interest in investments and data-driven decision making.