Principal Software Engineer

Geode is actively seeking a highly motivated Principal Software Engineer to be a part of our technology team, which is responsible for maintaining, upgrading, and building infrastructure and applications that run our business. This includes building custom apps as well as creating integrations with third party vendor tools and platforms such as Charles River Development (CRD) IMS/OMS and Simcorp Dimension (SCD.) As an individual contributor, you will work on a cross-functional squad that is generally responsible for the custom applications and integrations for a specific business group, such as Portfolio Managers, Operations, Traders, Compliance, etc. Our technology consists of a combination of mature on-prem applications along with newer cloud-based infrastructure.

This is a hybrid work environment opportunity with a weekly in office schedule of Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and remote work availability on Mondays and Fridays.

Responsibilities:

• Write well-formed and easy-to-maintain code
• Write unit tests to ensure sufficient automated test coverage
• Perform code reviews of other engineers’ code
• Contribute to architecture discussions and decisions
• Follow best practices and contribute to our engineering standards library
• Be a mentor to other engineers at Geode
• Interact regularly with other members of your squad (including Squad Lead, Business Analyst, Quality Engineer, and other Software Engineers) as well as our internal Business Stakeholders

Must Haves:

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Proficiency in Java and/or Python
• Strong skills writing SQL to retrieve and store data
• Basic knowledge of cloud architecture (preferably AWS)
• Experience with Linux
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A positive and collaborative attitude
• Desire to hold yourself and others around you to a high standard of work

Nice to Haves:

• Exposure to financial services and/or asset management
• Experience with Charles River Development (CRD) IMS/OMS
• Experience writing frontend code using Vue.js or similar JavaScript-based framework
• Familiarity with Snaplogic or other ETL/workflow tools

Company Overview 

Founded in 2001, Geode is headquartered in Boston’s financial district, the center of one of the world’s most vibrant finance and technology hubs and employs approximately 170 employees.

Geode is an institutional asset manager providing core beta exposures across a range of equity and niche asset classes, with over $1 trillion in AUM as of December 31, 2023. With a robust infrastructure and experienced investment professionals, Geode offers the scale of a large asset management firm with the benefits of a smaller organization.

Geode is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and support a diversified work environment. Learn more about Geode at www.geodecapital.com/careers.