Are you excited by the opportunity to revolutionize an industry?
InvestCloud, born in a garage (it's what Californian companies do, after all), is driving a high-speed design and technology revolution that is transforming the way the financial industry uses, processes and interacts with data.
Today, any investment manager can have access to a first-class integrated investment platform through the cloud, with InvestCloud. We are the first true cloud platform for the securities market. Since the launch in January 2012, we have over 100,000 users in excess of 1 trillion assets, accessing information securely from any location with any device.
We are looking for bright and talented individuals as we advance our cutting edge proprietary technology.
LEAD ENGINEER JOB DESCRIPTION
To be successful in this role, you must be a quick learner, have stellar software development and communication abilities, and work well in cross-functional teams. This is a great opportunity to enhance your cloud computing skills, while simultaneously gaining intimate knowledge of InvestCloud products and services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the CTO, Chief Architect, and Head of Product to deliver on key architectural features.
- Research, implement, and find ways to leverage new technologies to increase the scalability and performance of the platform.
- Design, defend, and implement the way forward.
- Make informed decisions and be comfortable learning from failures.
- Protect the separation of concerns and ensure expedience of delivery is not the enemy of quality.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience and ability to work in multiple programming languages and frameworks; more importantly, you’re not afraid to research a new one if its the right tool for the job.
- Appreciation of storage tools; for example: you have an opinion on them, and enjoy discussing when and where to use NoSQL vs relational.
- Experience with highly available, multi-tenant, cloud-deployed applications.
- A BS/BA in Computer Science or related field.
- Experience with Git.
- Understanding of distributed systems and large scale engineering challenges.
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