Software Engineer

• Build well-designed stable secure and scalable content platform services and applications.
• Develop and enhance capabilities for content management ingestion workflows search and distribution.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and backend services using Python .NET and AWS.
• Contribute to AI-enabled features such as content tagging metadata extraction summarization semantic search and workflow automation.
• Integrate external AI/LLM services (e.g. OpenAI AWS Bedrock or similar) into platform capabilities.
• Use AI-assisted development tools to improve code quality automate repetitive tasks and accelerate delivery (e.g. AI-based code reviews documentation and testing support)
• Partner with product managers and stakeholders to shape product vision and translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Collaborate across teams and take ownership for delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and advocate for improvements where appropriate.

• A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
• Three plus years of experience developing commercial quality applications.
• Experience with web API design and RESTful web services.
• Strong programming skills in Python C#.
• Knowledge of modern front-end technologies is a plus (Vue React Angular Web Components).
• Working knowledge of messaging technologies (Kafka AWS SQS/Kinesis) and relational databases (SQL Server Postgres) technologies.
• Experience with AWS compute technologies (Lambda ECS/ECR EC2 API Gateway IAM S3) is a plus
• Experience with Amazon Neptune graph databases and Gremlin for modeling and querying taxonomy hierarchies is a nice-to-have.
• Experience with search technologies such as Elasticsearch or OpenSearch.
• Experience with software engineering best practices including test-driven development automated unit testing and functional testing and DevOps practices such as continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD).
• Knowledge and practical experience with domain modeling and object-oriented design patterns and principles such as the SOLID principles.
• Flexible team player who remains organized and productive while managing multiple deliverables.

• Financial Health
  
  • 100% 401k match up to 6% of salary
  • Stock Ownership Potential
  • Company provided life insurance - 1x salary + commission
• Physical Health
  
  • Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision) including potential premium discounts and company-provided HSA contributions (up to $500-$2000 annually) for specific plans and coverages
  • Additional medical Wellness Incentives - up to $300-$600 annual
  • Company-provided long- and short-term disability insurance
• Emotional Health
  
  • Trust-Based Time Off
  • 6-week Paid Sabbatical Program
  • 6-Week Paid Family Caregiving Leave
  • Competitive 8-24 Week Paid Parental Leave
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Leadership Coaching & Formal Mentorship Opportunities
  • Annual Flex Stipend - $1000 annually to cover personal education & well-being expenses
  • Tuition Reimbursement
• Social Health
  
  • Charitable Matching Gifts program
  • Dollars for Doers volunteer program
  • Paid volunteering days
  • 15+ Employee Resource & Affinity Groups

What We Do

At Morningstar we believe in building great products in-house in a highly collaborative agile environment where we focus on technical excellence the user experience and continuous improvement. Our technologists represent a range of skills and experience levels but they all view their work as a craft and push technology’s boundaries.

Why Work With Us

Imagining big things is in our blood -- it's transformed us from a company with just a few employees in 1984 to a leading independent investment research company with a worldwide presence today. As of April 2020 we acquired Sustainalytics to drive long-term meaningful outcomes for investors in the ESG space. Join us on this exciting journey!

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