Software Engineer - Credit and Risk Engineering

TEAM OVERVIEW

KKR is investing in wide scale modernization of both our technology stack and the way we approach managing that technology. Our current footprint is a globally distributed technology portfolio deployed both in on premise datacenters and within public cloud environments around the world. 

Underpinning KKR’s success are two cultural characteristics: 1) an emphasis on innovation, creativity and continuous improvement and 2) a focus on operating as a single firm with a single culture with common attitudes and values that emphasize team-work, collaboration, integrity and shared success.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The position is for a software engineer on the Global Credit Technology team to support the business teams in New York. The role entails building and supporting risk, analytics and reporting systems and provides an opportunity to participate in all aspects of the application development lifecycle including requirements analysis, application development, and devising test cases, while working closely with operations, analysts, portfolio managers, and users from a spectrum of business functions.

The ideal candidate will have a familiarity or strong interest in financial investment and experience or strong desire in doing full-stack development using the modern technology stack.  The candidate must have excellent programming and data management skills, strong verbal/written communication skills, and be a cultural fit with an emphasis on teamwork, excellence and results.  This is an on-site position (4-5 days) at our office at 4 World Trade Center.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with business users (Analysts, Portfolio Managers, Finance/Client Facing professionals, Operations, etc.) and perform requirements analysis, application design and implementation
• Develop systems that are larger multi-tier applications and frameworks to simpler reports
• Work with team-members to interface and integrate with other systems
• Leverage and help evolve existing frameworks and toolsets
• Align and add to the culture and overall vision/mission of the team
• Write scalable and maintainable code using the Python programming language
• Collaborate with development teams to gather application requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, and front-end developers, to ensure seamless integration of user-facing elements using server-side logic.
• Perform thorough testing and debugging of applications to ensure high-quality deliverables and optimal performance.
• Stay up-to-date with industry best practices and emerging technologies to continually improve software development processes and enhance the efficiency of our applications.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelors or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer or similar role, with a track record of successfully delivering complex software projects. 5+ years or equivalent of programming experience
• Understanding of programming design concepts, data structures, and algorithms
• Strong proficiency in Python programming language and a deep understanding of its best practices and design patterns.
• Knowledge of relational databases, and other data storage solutions, experience with SQL
• Familiarity with front-end libraries/frameworks (ReactJS with Redux preferred)
• Understanding of the API development with HTTP, REST and JSON (fastapi preferred)
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills; detail oriented
• Strong cultural fit – Teamwork, proactive/self-starter, results oriented and integrity
• Working knowledge of Linux, Docker/Kubernetes

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• Experience in one or more of bank loans/leveraged loans, fixed-income products, CLOs, derivatives, ABS and CMBS products
• Experience in or readiness to learn building applications using the modern technology stack: Cloud/AWS, DevOps, Go-lang etc.