Senior Software Engineer

Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 115,517 - 141,188; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match up to 6% of salary

Company provided life insurance

Comprehensive health benefits

Long- and short-term disability insurance

6-week paid sabbatical program

Competitive parental leave

Annual flex stipend - $1,000

Tuition reimbursement

Paid volunteering days

Employee Resource & Affinity Groups

Job summary

Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to develop and maintain web applications. The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in Java, AWS, and CI/CD processes, alongside experience in managing databases and delivering software solutions that prioritize maintainability and performance.

The position offers a base salary of $128,353, alongside competitive benefits such as 401(k) matching, health insurance, and paid sabbaticals. This role may allow for remote work under the company’s policy.

Qualifications

• 4 years experience as Full Stack Engineer or related position.
• Experience with version control systems (Git) in collaborative environments.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with tools like Jenkins or Harness.
• Experience monitoring application performance with New Relic and Splunk.
• Experience in AWS-based environments, deploying serverless applications.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, maintainable code following TDD and coding standards.
• Design and maintain scalable web applications and APIs.
• Manage data storage using SQL and file-based databases.
• Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with teams to design software solutions.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

SQL

Postgres

AWS

CI/CD

Git

JavaScript frameworks

RESTful APIs

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Terraform

New Relic

Splunk

Job description

Job Duties

Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following industry best practices, including Test-Driven Development (TDD) and coding standards (15%).

Design, develop, and maintain scalable, customer-facing web applications and APIs, ensuring high performance and reliability using Java and Spring Boot framework (15%).

Manage and optimize data storage and retrieval using relational (SQL, Postgres) and file-based databases (10%).

Participate in code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing with team members and create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including system architecture diagrams, API specifications, and code-level documentation (10%).

Work with developmental teams and product managers to design and develop software solutions catering to various business requirements (10%).

Apply Java, multi-threaded application, and cloud technologies such as AWS to build, test, deploy and host solutions (10%).

Write a suite of automated unit tests to individual units of the application to ensure code is up to Sonar standards (10%).

Collaborate with cross-functional team and contribute to system architecture, implement microservices, and manage cloud-based infrastructure using AWS (10%).

Document architecture design and related software functionality & communicate architecture and functionality decisions/issues/solutions to colleagues and stakeholders (10%).

Remote work requests will be considered consistent with company’s remote work policy.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or foreign equivalent, and 4 years of experience in Full Stack Engineer, Associate Software Engineer, or related position.
• 4 years of experience managing version control systems (Git) effectively in collaborative environments.
• 4 years of experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Harness, and Cloudbees to ensure smooth deployments.
• 4 years of experience monitoring application performance and reliability with tools like New Relic and Splunk.
• 4 years of experience working in AWS-based environments, building and deploying serverless applications and microservices using AWS services such as Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SQS, EC2, and CloudFormation.
• 3 years of experience developing, delivering, and maintaining professional-grade software with an emphasis on scalability, security, and maintainability showcasing expertise in object-oriented programming.
• 3 years of experience building responsive and dynamic user interfaces using JavaScript frameworks like Vue.js (or React/Angular as applicable).
• 3 years of experience developing RESTful APIs using Java and managing data through XML, relational (SQL, Postgres), and file-based databases.
• 3 years of experience adhering to software engineering best practices, including writing clean, maintainable, test‑driven, secure, and scalable code following Sonar‑approved coding standards.
• 3 years of experience working with product owners and stakeholders to align technical solutions with business objectives.
• 2 years of experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform to build and maintain scalable and reliable cloud infrastructures.
• Experience working in agile teams, mentoring junior engineers, and contributing to cross‑functional collaboration to meet project goals.
• Will accept any suitable combination of education, training, and experience.
• Must possess unrestricted right to work in the U.S. in this position.

Base Salary Compensation

$128,353

Benefits

• 401(k) match up to 6% of salary.
• Company provided life insurance.
• Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision) including potential premium discounts and company-provided HSA contributions (up to $500‑$2,000 annually).
• Long‑term and short‑term disability insurance.
• 6‑week paid sabbatical program.
• Competitive 8‑24 week paid parental leave.
• Annual flex stipend - $1,000 annually.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Paid volunteering days.
• Employee Resource & Affinity Groups.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Morningstar Investment Management is an equal opportunity employer.