Software Development Engineer III

Clearwater Analytics, Ltd.; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 114,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from anywhere

401(k) retirement plan with company

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Maternity and paternity leave

Personal Time Off

Volunteer Time Off to give back

Job summary

Clearwater Analytics is seeking a seasoned software engineer to help build and scale our cloud-native investment analytics platform. You will contribute across the full software lifecycle, from design to production, in an Agile environment and mentor junior developers.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years of experience in Java or Python, strong problem-solving skills, and a track record delivering reliable, scalable services on cloud platforms like AWS/GCP/Azure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 7+ years of professional experience in industry-leading programming languages (Java/Python).
• Experience with SDLC & Agile practices.
• Experience with Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience with messaging systems such as Cloud Pub/Sub, Kafka, or SQS/SNS.

Responsibilities

• Developing quality software used by large technology firms, asset managers and banks.
• Participate in Agile meetings to contribute development strategies and roadmaps.
• Own critical scalable processes and feature enhancements.
• Mentor entry-level developers and contribute to design decisions.
• Provide leadership and expertise across CW systems and documentation.

Skills

Java

Python

Object-oriented

Agile methodologies

Cloud platforms

Kafka

SQS/SNS

Cloud Pub/Sub

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

DynamoDB

NoSQL databases

Job description

Job Description Clearwater Analytics’ mission is to become the world’s most trusted and comprehensive technology platform for investment reporting, accounting, and analytics. With our team, you will partner with the most sophisticated and innovative institutional investors around the world. If you are infectiously passionate about what you do, intensely committed to clients, and driven by continuous innovation and improvement...

With the use of advanced technology, you and your team will work in an agile environment producing designs and code that our customers will use every day.

Responsibilities

Developing quality software that is used by some of the world's largest technology firms, fixed income asset managers, and custodian banks Participate in Agile meetings to contribute with development strategies and product roadmap Owning critical processes that are highly available and scalable Producing tremendous feature enhancements and reacting quickly to emerging technologies Encouraging collaboration and stimulating creativity Helping mentor entry-level developers Contributing to design and architectural decisions Providing leadership and expertise to our ever-growing workforce Testing and validating in development and production code that they own, deploy, and monitor Understanding, responding to, and addressing customer issues with empathy and in a timely manner Independently can move a major feature or service through an entire lifecycle of design, development, deployment, and maintenance Deep knowledge in multiple teams' domains; broad understanding of CW systems. Creates documentation of system requirements and behavior across domains Willingly takes on unowned and undesirable work that helps team velocity and quality Is in touch with client needs and understands their usage Consulted on quality, scaling and performance requirements before development on new features begins. Understands, finds, and proposes solutions for systemic problems Leads in the technical breakdown of deliverables and capabilities into features and stories. Expert in unit testing techniques and design for testability, contributes to automated system testing requirements and design Improves code quality and architecture to ensure testability and maintainability Understands, designs, and tests for impact/performance on dependencies and adjacent components and services. Builds and maintains code in the context and awareness of the larger system Helps less experienced engineers troubleshoot and solve problems Active in mentoring and training of others inside and outside their division

Requirements

Strong problem-solving skills Experience with an object-oriented, or functional language Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field Strong problem-solving skills 7+ years professional experience in industry-leading programming languages (Java/Python). Background in SDLC & Agile practices. Experience in monitoring production systems. Experience with Machine Learning Experience working with Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP). Experience working with messaging systems such as Cloud Pub/Sub, Kafka, or SQS/SNS. Must be able to communicate (speak, read, comprehend, write in English).

Desired Experience or Skills

Ability to build scalable backend services (Microservices, polyglot storage, messaging systems, data processing pipelines). Possess strong analytical skills, with excellent problem-solving abilities in the face of ambiguity. Excellent written and verbal skills. Ability to contribute to software design documentation, presentation, sequence diagrams and present complex technical designs in a concise manner. Professional experience in building distributed software systems, specializing in big data and NoSQL database technologies (Hadoop, Spark, DynamoDB, HBase, Hive, Cassandra, Vertica). Ability to work with relational and NoSQL databases Strong problem-solving skills. Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills. Detail oriented. Motivated, team player.

What we Offer

• Business casual atmosphere in a flexible working environment
• Team focused culture that promotes innovation and ownership
• Access cutting edge investment reporting technology and expertise
• Defined and undefined career pathways allowing you to grow your own way
• Competitive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Personal Time Off and Volunteer Time Off to give back to the community
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Work from anywhere
• 3 weeks out of the year
• Work from home Fridays

Salary Range

Salary Range $113,810.00 - $147,250.00 This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), PTO, parental leave, and medical leave, STD/LTD insurance benefits.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Clearwater Analytics is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

Thank you for your interest in a career with Clearwater! Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN) is transforming investment management with the industry’s most comprehensive cloud-native platform for institutional investors across global public and private markets. While legacy systems create risk, inefficiency, and data fragmentation, Clearwater’s single-instance, multi-tenant architecture delivers real-time data and AI-driven insights throughout the investment lifecycle. The platform eliminates information silos by integrating portfolio management, trading, investment accounting, reconciliation, regulatory reporting, performance, compliance, and risk analytics in one unified system. Serving leading insurers, asset managers, hedge funds, banks, corporations, and governments, Clearwater supports over $8.8 trillion in assets globally. Learn more at www.clearwateranalytics.com.

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