Senior Software Engineer - Investment Platform Engineering

Arrowstreet Capital; 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

Job Overview

The Senior Software Engineer will play a key role in designing, building, and evolving Arrowstreet Capital's Shared Data Platform. This platform enables teams across the firm to efficiently access, discover, and leverage critical datasets through scalable, reliable, and developer-friendly services.

In this role, you will design and develop cloud-native applications, APIs, frameworks, and platform capabilities that accelerate the onboarding of new datasets and implementation of the investment process. You will partner closely with engineering teams and business stakeholders to understand requirements, improve platform usability, and deliver solutions that simplify how data-intensive applications are built and operated across the firm.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable cloud-native services and platform capabilities that support business-critical applications.
• Define and execute the technical roadmap for a shared platform supporting both batch and real-time workloads.
• Oversee and contribute to building features for data discovery, lineage, governance, ingestion operation, cost management, performance, etc.
• Achieve high quality metrics through automated testing, robust operational tooling, and highly-available cloud architecture.
• Evaluate and adopt new technologies, architectural patterns, and engineering practices to improve platform scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.
• Drive engineering excellence through automated testing, continuous integration, monitoring, and resilient cloud architectures.
• Troubleshoot and support production systems to ensure stability and minimize disruption to business-critical processes.
• Collaborate closely with business and engineering stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
• Partner with cloud infrastructure and security teams to ensure platform capabilities are secure, reliable, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience designing and building software applications, developer platforms, or distributed systems in a production environment.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented design, system design, testing, and code quality.
• Fluency in at least one modern programming language such as Python, C#, Java, Go, or similar
• Experience building and deploying applications and services in AWS or another major cloud environment.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Experience designing and deploying APIs and client libraries using tools such as OpenAPI, FastAPI, or similar frameworks.
• Familiarity with event-driven or streaming architectures using technologies such as Kafka, Kinesis, or similar messaging systems.
• Proven ability to learn new technologies quickly and apply them to solve complex business and engineering challenges.
• Experience partnering with technical and business stakeholders to gather requirements, clarify priorities, and translate business needs into scalable software solutions.
• Strong communication skills with experience influencing stakeholders and balancing business needs with technical considerations.

The base salary range for this position is $135,000 - $325,000 per year.

Arrowstreet Capital operates a robust talent acquisition program, and we also seek to compensate and reward our employees competitively within our industry and in line with our merit-based culture. Our approach to total compensation includes base salaries and annual discretionary bonuses, as well as a robust benefits package. The determination of a successful candidate’s base salary placement within the listed range will vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience and qualifications (which may also include relevant certifications, credentials and other education), the job responsibilities and scope, the commensurate resulting level of the position and other relevant factors. The listed range is also an estimate, and additional information regarding base salary and other elements of total compensation offered by Arrowstreet Capital to successful applicants will be communicated during the recruitment process.

Arrowstreet Capital is a Boston-based systematic investment firm that manages global equity portfolios for institutional investors around the world.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, age, pregnancy, medical condition, disability, veteran or military status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Arrowstreet Capital is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a disability, contact us to discuss the nature of your request and contact information.