Senior Software Engineer

FINRA; Rockville (MD); Hybrid; USD 112,300 - 202,500; Full time

Job summary

FINRA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support DIVER, BDSQL, METASTOR and FASTOLA. Under minimal supervision, you will develop software products and improve quality across the software development life cycle.

You will design, implement and maintain core systems, provide technical leadership, collaborate across teams, and help shape architecture while ensuring performance and reliability in production environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least 5 years of related experience
• Strong object-oriented development experience
• Experience with cloud technologies and data storage technologies
• Experience in performance tuning and DevOps/CI-CD
• Experience in test automation and software security

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain DIVER, BDSQL, METASTOR & FASTOLA
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver technical solutions
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers
• Ensure code quality, performance optimization and best practices
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical strategy
• Support production systems and troubleshoot complex issues
• Deliver team goals on time with high quality

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentorship

Problem solving

Algorithm design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Terraform/CloudFormation

QuickSight

CloudWatch/X-Ray

IAM

REST APIs

Job description

This position is essential for supporting DIVER, BDSQL, METASTOR & FASTOLA. Under minimal supervision, the Senior Software Engineer assists in developing software products and works on improving the overall quality of the product throughout the software development life cycle.

Essential Job Functions

• Design, develop, and maintain DIVER, BDSQL, METASTOR & FASTOLA
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver technical solutions that meet business requirements
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers
• Ensure code quality, performance optimization, and adherence to best practices
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical strategy
• Support production systems and troubleshoot complex technical issues
• Works on broad problems of scope that require decision making and creativity
• Receives general guidance but work is done independently and impacts team level goals
• Defines technical solutions or operational processes to improve efficiency
• Possesses a solid understanding and familiarity of systems and processes within job area
• Delivers many of the team’s goals on time and with a high standard of quality
• Preemptively identifies and resolves technical risks before they jeopardize the project. Resolves cross-team dependencies earlier to ensure the successful execution of the project
• Demonstrated understanding in computer science fundamentals - Algorithm design, Problem solving, Complexity analysis and data structures
• Strong experience with Bigdata

Engineering/Operations Excellence

• Solves complex business problems, situations, processes based on existing theories of frameworks
• Implements ways to simplify code and infrastructure. Prioritizes tasks that lead to lower system and infrastructure maintenance and migration costs with meaningful and measurable impact
• Examines problems from different perspectives and uses evaluation, judgement, and interpretation to select right course of action
• Helps team identify, prioritize, and deliver on clear short, mid and long-term goals aligned to the business
• Accepts risk and uncertainty of business change as normal
• Builds productive and collaborative working relationships with senior internal/external partners to remove barriers and identify shared goals and priorities
• Actively seeks perspectives and works to engage others when communicating
• Demonstrates the culture of intelligence, integrity, and initiative in day-to-day actions with the team
• Avoids blame and solves the right problems, disagreeing and committing when necessary to move decisions forward
• Demonstration of FINRA’s values
• Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity

Core TECH Skills

• AWS
  • Core services: EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECS, API Gateway
  • QuickSight for dashboards and data visualization
  • CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray for monitoring and troubleshooting
  • IAM, Security services, VPC networking
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
• Programming & Development
  • Python, Node.js, Go, or similar
  • Java
  • Frontend applications (React, Angular, Vue.js)
  • RESTful API design and microservices architecture
  • CI/CD pipelines (GitLab exposure preferred)
• Databases
  • SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora)

Education/Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least 5 years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience.
• System design experience
• Strong experience in object-oriented development
• Strong experience with cloud technologies
• Strong experience in data storage technologies
• Experience in performance tuning and optimization
• Experience in DevOps and CI/CD technologies
• Experience test automation and unit testing
• Experience software security

Working Conditions

• Hybrid work environment, with defined in-person presence requirements.
• Occasional travel and extended hours may be required.

Location salary ranges: CO/FL/TX: Minimum Salary $97,700, Maximum Salary $176,100; IL/PA: Minimum Salary $107,500, Maximum Salary $194,100; MA/MD/VA/Washington, DC: Minimum Salary $112,300 Maximum Salary $202,500; NY/NJ: Minimum Salary $112,300, Maximum Salary $211,400.

FINRA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to any legally protected category, including race, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, religion, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex, or any other status or classification protected by state or local law.