Senior Software Development Engineer

Clearwater Analytics

. Developing quality software that is used by some of the world's largest technology firms, fixed income asset managers, and custodian banks .

Posted 3/6/2026full-timeBoise • Idaho, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKafkaPythonSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Developing quality software that is used by some of the world's largest technology firms, fixed income asset managers, and custodian banks
Participate in Agile meetings to contribute with development strategies and product roadmap
Owning critical processes that are highly available and scalable
Producing tremendous feature enhancements and reacting quickly to emerging technologies
Encouraging collaboration and stimulating creativity
Helping mentor entry-level developers
Contributing to design and architectural decisions
Providing leadership and expertise to our ever-growing workforce
Testing and validating in development and production code that they own, deploy, and monitor
Understanding, responding to, and addressing customer issues with empathy and in a timely manner
Independently can move a major feature or service through an entire lifecycle of design, development, deployment, and maintenance
Deep knowledge in multiple teams' domains; broad understanding of CW systems
Creates documentation of system requirements and behavior across domains
Willingly takes on unowned and undesirable work that helps team velocity and quality
Is in touch with client needs and understands their usage
Consulted on quality, scaling and performance requirements before development on new features begins
Understands, finds, and proposes solutions for systemic problems
Leads in the technical breakdown of deliverables and capabilities into features and stories
Expert in unit testing techniques and design for testability, contributes to automated system testing requirements and design
Improves code quality and architecture to ensure testability and maintainability
Understands, designs, and tests for impact/performance on dependencies and adjacent components and services
Builds and maintains code in the context and awareness of the larger system
Helps less experienced engineers troubleshoot and solve problems
Active in mentoring and training of others inside and outside their division

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong problem-solving skills
Experience with an object-oriented, or functional language
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
7+ years professional experience in industry-leading programming languages (Java/Python)
Background in SDLC & Agile practices
Experience in monitoring production systems
Experience with Machine Learning
Experience working with Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Experience working with messaging systems such as Cloud Pub/Sub, Kafka, or SQS/SNS
Must be able to communicate (speak, read, comprehend, write in English)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible working hours
Paid time off
Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaPythonobject-oriented programmingfunctional programmingMachine LearningSDLCAgileunit testingautomated testingsystem design

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcollaborationmentoringleadershipcommunicationcreativityempathytroubleshootingadaptabilitycustomer focus

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science