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Senior Software Engineer

rockville, MD

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Job description

This position is essential for supporting DIVER, BDSQL, METASTOR & FASTOLA. Under minimal supervision, the Senior Software Engineer assists in developing software products and works on improving the overall quality of the product throughout the software development life cycle.

Essential Job Functions

Design, develop, and maintain DIVER, BDSQL, METASTOR & FASTOLA

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver technical solutions that meet business requirements

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers

Ensure code quality, performance optimization, and adherence to best practices

Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical strategy

Support production systems and troubleshoot complex technical issues

Works on broad problems of scope that require decision making and creativity

Receives general guidance but work is done independently and impacts team level goals

Defines technical solutions or operational processes to improve efficiency

Possesses a solid understanding and familiarity of systems and processes within job area

Delivers many of the team’s goals on time and with a high standard of quality

Preemptively identifies and resolves technical risks before they jeopardize the project. Resolves cross-team dependencies earlier to ensure the successful execution of the project

Demonstrated understanding in computer science fundamentals - Algorithm design, Problem solving, Complexity analysis and data structures

Strong experience with Bigdata

Engineering/Operations Excellence

Solves complex business problems, situations, processes based on existing theories of frameworks

Implements ways to simplify code and infrastructure. Prioritizes tasks that lead to lower system and infrastructure maintenance and migration costs with meaningful and measurable impact

Examines problems from different perspectives and uses evaluation, judgement, and interpretation to select right course of action

Helps team identify, prioritize, and deliver on clear short, mid and long-term goals aligned to the business

Accepts risk and uncertainty of business change as normal

Builds productive and collaborative working relationships with senior internal/external partners to remove barriers and identify shared goals and priorities

Actively seeks perspectives and works to engage others when communicating

Demonstrates the culture of intelligence, integrity, and initiative in day-to-day actions with the team

Avoids blame and solves the right problems, disagreeing and committing when necessary to move decisions forward

Demonstration of FINRA’s values

Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity

Core TECH Skills

AWS Core services: EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECS, API Gateway

QuickSight for dashboards and data visualization

CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray for monitoring and troubleshooting

IAM, Security services, VPC networking

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)

Programming & Development Python, Node.js, Go, or similar

Java

Frontend applications (React, Angular, Vue.js)

RESTful API design and microservices architecture

CI/CD pipelines (GitLab exposure preferred)

Databases SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora)

Education/Experience Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least 5 years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience.

System design experience

Strong experience in object-oriented development

Strong experience with cloud technologies

Strong experience in data storage technologies

Experience in performance tuning and optimization

Experience in DevOps and CI/CD technologies

Experience test automation and unit testing

Experience software security

Working Conditions

Hybrid work environment, with defined in-person presence requirements.

Occasional travel and extended hours may be required.

Location salary ranges: CO/FL/TX: Minimum Salary $97,700, Maximum Salary $176,100; IL/PA: Minimum Salary $107,500, Maximum Salary $194,100; MA/MD/VA/Washington, DC: Minimum Salary $112,300 Maximum Salary $202,500; NY/NJ: Minimum Salary $112,300, Maximum Salary $211,400.

FINRA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to any legally protected category, including race, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, religion, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex, or any other status or classification protected by state or local law.

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Worksite address

rockville, MD, 20849, US

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