Senior Platform Engineer: Cloud Data for Investments

Arrowstreet Capital, Limited; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

Arrowstreet Capital is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve its Shared Data Platform. You will develop cloud-native applications, APIs, and platform capabilities to onboard datasets and support investment workflows.

You will collaborate with engineering and business teams to improve usability, scale data-intensive applications, and implement secure, reliable cloud services. Strong programming, API design, and cloud experience are required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and building software systems.
• Strong fundamentals in OO design, system design, testing, and code quality.
• Experience in AWS or major cloud environment.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Experience designing APIs and client libraries.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures (Kafka/Kinesis).
• Excellent communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable cloud-native services and platform capabilities.
• Define and execute the technical roadmap for a shared platform.
• Contribute to data discovery, governance, ingestion, cost management, and performance.
• Ensure high-quality metrics via automated testing and resilient cloud architecture.
• Adopt new technologies and patterns to improve scalability and reliability.
• Mentor engineers and promote technical excellence.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

C#

Object-oriented design

System design

API design

Kafka/Kinesis

Communication

Learning agility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

OpenAPI

Kafka

Kinesis

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Arrowstreet Capital is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve its Shared Data Platform. You will develop cloud-native applications, APIs, and platform capabilities to onboard datasets and support investment workflows.

You will collaborate with engineering and business teams to improve usability, scale data-intensive applications, and implement secure, reliable cloud services. Strong programming, API design, and cloud experience are required.