Software Engineer – Models Business

TIAA

Software Engineer developing FastAPI-based backend services for equities portfolio management platform. Collaborating with internal teams to ensure system reliability and performance.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $143,500 - $195,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSDjangoFlaskMongoDBNumpyNuxtPandasPostgresPythonVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the design, development, and ongoing maintenance of FastAPI-based backend services powering core platform capabilities including portfolio rebalancing, trade management, and advisor workflows
Integrate with multiple data stores such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB/DocumentDB and build and optimize data pipelines connecting custodial data, security master databases, and real-time market data feeds
Develop and maintain AWS infrastructure using CDK, encompassing ECS Fargate deployments and serverless components
Collaborate with internal and client-side frontend engineers and business stakeholders to design and implement RESTful APIs consumed by the Vue/Nuxt advisor portal, with opportunities to contribute frontend code as needed
Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions using Datadog APM
Write comprehensive unit and integration tests to ensure system reliability and resilience across the platform

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 3+ years of professional Python software engineering experience
Preferred: 5+ years of professional python experience
Asset management, financial services, insurance, or fintech experience
Data science or data modeling experience
Experience building production REST APIs with FastAPI, Flask, or Django
Solid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL)
Familiarity with data validation libraries (Pydantic) and ORM tools (SQLAlchemy)
Experience with Python data libraries (Pandas, NumPy) for data transformation and analysis
Experience with observability tools (Datadog, New Relic, or similar APM solutions)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Superior retirement program
Highly competitive health, wellness, and work life offerings

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonFastAPIFlaskDjangoPostgreSQLMongoDBCDKECS FargatePandasNumPy