SW Engineer I – Full Stack, Officer at State Street in Burlington, MA

Summary: State Street is a global investment firm that empowers investment firms with a cloud-based platform. They are seeking a Junior Full Stack Engineer to contribute to the development of the CRD/Alpha Platform modules, while receiving guidance and coaching from senior engineers. Responsibilities: - Under guidance of senior engineers contribute to analysis, design, development, testing, and debugging large and complex software enhancements and solutions within the CRD/Alpha Platform domains including modifications to core frameworks and other primary facilities critical to system operation - Collaborate with Business Analysts to create simple and sustainable software solutions for complex problems - Participate in the agile software development process including attending all daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives - Participate in on-the-job and formal trainings to develop your career Required Qualifications: - B.S. or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics or other technical course of study - 1 – 5 years of professional experience - Interest and passion about building high quality software in FinTech space - Ideally, you already have initial experience with Java, PowerShell and batch scripts and have knowledge of C# - You are familiar with concepts such as DevOps, continuous delivery, clean code, TDD and agile methods - You have worked with tools like Jira and Confluence - You are eager to learn and challenge status quo and are characterized by a very analytical and solution-oriented way of thinking - You have effective written and verbal communication - Able to work well with peers in a collaborative team environment - Our employees are expected to work from our office locations per country-specific guidelines Preferred Qualifications: - Develop practical experience with object-oriented programming (JAVA and/or C#), compiler or interpreter technologies, embedded systems, operating systems, relational databases (RDBMS), scripting and new/advanced programming languages - Develop web based applications with ReactJS - Learn how to build an event driven architectures - Build knowledge of Kafka and /or Kubernetes - Learn to develop cloud native services on one or more of the major cloud providers (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) and using Java and Spring - Learn Snowflake and SQL Server - Learn to develop observable, operable cloud native software that horizontally scales and is aligned with the modern architectural principles - Develop business acumen in Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Post-Trade, IBOR or Wealth Management - Build knowledge of test standard and popular supporting frameworks such as Jest, Cypress, and Jasmine Required Skills: Full Stack Development, Java, ReactJS Important Skills: C#, SQL Server, Cloud Services, Kafka, Kubernetes Nice-to-Have Skills: DevOps, Agile Methods, Analytical Thinking Benefits: Retirement savings plan (401K) with company match, Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages, Paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities, Access to our Employee Assistance Program, Incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans), Eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans, Flexible work-life support, Paid volunteer days, Vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most