Backend Engineer

• Design and build control-plane services, drivers (e.g., CSI), and tooling that provision, configure, and operate storage for Kubernetes-based AI/compute workloads.
• Integrate high-performance storage platforms — Dell PowerScale, VAST, and comparable systems — into automated, declarative provisioning workflows.
• Build data-path, telemetry, and observability tooling to diagnose and resolve performance, reliability, and scaling issues.
• Write production-quality software — primarily in Go — with strong testing, code review, and operational rigor.
• Deliver infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/OpenTofu) and GitOps-driven pipelines (ArgoCD or Flux) for storage configuration and lifecycle.
• Support bare-metal and hybrid provisioning where storage intersects host and cluster bring-up.
• Deliver storage integration for k0s-based Kubernetes via Cluster API (CAPI) and K0rdent management/child cluster topologies.
• Architect storage software for fully disconnected (air-gapped) environments, including local artifact/mirror connectivity (Harbor) and PKI/TLS considerations.

Senior Software Engineer – Storage

• Developing and deploying scalable and elegant code
• Work with distributed systems and data pipelines
• Lead and drive projects to completion
• Innovating on creative solutions to difficult problems
• Work with related data infrastructure technologies

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable GraphQL services and RESTful APIs.
• Define and enforce API standards, schema design best practices, and versioning strategies.
• Drive decisions around backend frameworks, tooling, infrastructure, and observability.
• Ensure systems are secure, performant, resilient, and maintainable.
• Oversee API lifecycle management, including documentation, testing, monitoring, and deprecation.
• Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing backend engineering team.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Product, Client Engineering, DevOps, Research, and Architecture teams to deliver aligned solutions.
• Own roadmap planning, prioritization, and execution for backend services.
• Establish engineering best practices for code quality, CI/CD, testing, and deployment.
• Manage technical debt proactively while balancing feature development.
• Drive observability, logging, metrics, and performance monitoring standards.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for backend services.
• Implement reliability practices such as SLIs/SLOs and capacity planning.
• Ensure compliance with security and data governance standards.

Senior Manager, Backend Services

• Maintain a deep understanding of the data components - including Cassandra, ElasticSearch/OpenSearch, Kafka, Zookeeper, MySQL, MongoDB and PostgreSQL, and use that understanding to operate and automate properly configured clusters.
• Develop infrastructure services to support the CrowdStrike engineering team’s pursuit of a full devops model.
• Work closely with Engineering and Customer Support to troubleshoot time-sensitive production issues, regardless of when they happen.
• Keep petabytes of critical business data safe, secure, and available.

Senior Engineer – Database Engineering

• Develop new features across our Node.js/TypeScript backend services
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Collaborate with frontend developers and product designers to improve usability
• Write robust, clean, and documented code
• Maintain and enhance existing applications
• Conduct performance tests and ensure responsiveness and stability across all platforms

Senior Backend Software Engineer – Node.js/TypeScript

• Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers
• Create solutions that help meet regulatory needs for the company
• Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends and mentoring others
• Collaborate with digital product managers and deliver robust cloud-based solutions
• Utilize programming languages like JavaScript, Java, Node.JS, and more

Lead Software Engineer, Fullstack – Node.js, Angular.js, Java

• Collaborate with engineers and product leaders to scope, design, and execute API projects
• Design, build, test, and deploy API features and improvements
• Maintain and operate production APIs to ensure reliability and performance
• Debug issues and continuously improve system stability and scalability
• Contribute to team knowledge through mentorship, demos, and technical discussions

Staff Backend Engineer

• Lead the development of large-scale software applications, ensuring high quality and adherence to our quality-first standards
• Influence critical architectural decisions, ensuring that systems are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with business objectives
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on technical decisions and drive improvements
• Mentor junior engineers, providing guidance on best practices and setting technical standards across projects
• Take ownership of technical initiatives, proactively address challenges, and drive improvements based on data reported by support teams
• Advocate for and implement quality assurance practices, ensuring the delivery of robust, high-performance software
• Contribute to additional responsibilities as needed to support the team’s success

Senior Software Engineer, Java

• Responsible for end-to-end architecture, security design, and governance of enterprise data platform
• Enable scalable, interoperable delivery across Investment Management use cases
• Architect hybrid Snowflake–Databricks architecture and govern data integrations
• Define and govern open platform strategy and standards for table formats
• Develop data virtualization patterns for logical access to data
• Lead architecture and solutioning for batch applications migrating to cloud-native platforms
• Enforce data security by design and ensure compliance with audits and data protection controls
• Engage stakeholders and produce architecture diagrams and design artifacts

Senior Data Platform Architect – Snowflake, Databricks, Open Platforms, Data Virtualization

• Own the production interfaces between the Affera Signals & Algorithms team's work and the rest of the Prism Mapping system.
• Collaborate with algorithm developers to bring new algorithms into production, optimizing for production-level latency, memory, and determinism.
• Partner with visualization and UI engineers to ensure algorithm outputs are displayed accurately on the map and in the application.
• Own features , components, or subsystems end-to-end.
• Determine the technical approach for complex component- and subsystem-level problems with limited supervision.
• Lead development across design, implementation, integration, and support for assigned areas.
• Contribute to software architecture, design improvements, engineering practices, and development processes.
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring, and guidance.
• Collaborate effectively across software, systems, hardware, and quality in a regulated environment.
• Communicate technical issues, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to team members and stakeholders.

Senior Software Engineer – Signals & Algorithm Interfaces, Python/C++

• Lead architecture for algorithm integration on the Prism Mapping platform — real-time signal pipelines, algorithm execution frameworks, and the data contracts that connect hardware, algorithms, mapping, and UI.
• Define multi-release direction for the algorithm integration architecture and the team partnership model behind it.
• Set the engineering bar for algorithm-adjacent code on real-time guarantees, determinism, and clinical performance.
• Lead the design and delivery of major subsystems, cross-cutting architecture, or large technical initiatives.
• Exercise broad technical judgment in defining approaches to complex system and architectural problems with limited oversight.
• Drive technical alignment across software, systems, quality, product, and other cross-functional teams.
• Establish and promote software design patterns, engineering standards, and development best practices.
• Provide technical leadership across teams through mentoring, design reviews, and guidance on critical engineering decisions.
• Identify and drive improvements in architecture, development processes, and system design.
• Shape the technical roadmap and architectural direction for major subsystems or product capabilities.
• Communicate complex technical tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders across functions.

Principal Software Engineer – Signals & Algorithm Interfaces, Python/C++

• Design & Build Production-Quality Systems: Contribute to the design and implementation of Java-based backend services and APIs.
• Build well-tested, maintainable solutions as part of a squad.
• Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and maintainable Java code.
• Engage actively in design reviews and architecture discussions.
• Use AI-assisted development tools as part of your day-to-day workflow.

Associate Java Software Engineer

• Leverage programming skills to design and implement efficient and reliable digital solutions
• Write code, develop software components, and implement functionalities according to project requirements
• Collaborate with the development team and other stakeholders to design and define the technical architecture and infrastructure required for the digital solutions
• Contribute to technical discussions, proposes design patterns, and makes architectural decisions to ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability
• Test own code and participates in the overall quality assurance process
• Write and execute unit tests, conduct code reviews, debug, and troubleshoot issues to ensure the reliability and stability of digital solutions
• Participate in agile or other development methodologies, attend meetings, and contribute to project planning and progress tracking
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including system designs, specifications, user guides, and other relevant documentation
• Seek opportunities for professional development and growth, such as attending conferences, taking online courses, or participating in relevant training programs

Software Development Engineer – Java

• Execute end-to-end technical integrations with external lodgings, cars and GDS partners while navigating complex communication protocols and distributed data schemas.
• Write clean, performant code in Scala or other JVM languages to maintain, evolve, and uphold rigorous engineering standards for mission-critical lodging services.
• Explore and troubleshoot existing complex codebases to deep-dive into infrastructure and resolve production issues in a distributed system environment.
• Partner with Product Managers and Operations to decompose business requirements into technical tasks and estimate delivery timelines.
• Take full ownership of the development lifecycle for new product features, from initial technical implementation and testing to production deployment.
• Contribute to the design of highly resilient, low-latency services to ensure a seamless booking experience for customers under high load.
• Participate in thorough code reviews and identify opportunities to optimize scalability, performance, and system health.

Senior Backend Engineer – Lodging and Cars

• Leads the design and development of software solutions for features that cross multiple subsystems or components.
• Acts as a key representative and leader within the community, advocating for internal or external customer needs, while aligning products with the community direction.
• Coaches and mentors senior engineers across teams.
• Owns and delivers technical initiatives with visible business impact, enabling the entire team to deliver value to the end user.
• Evaluates and introduces new AI-driven methodologies that resolve complex issues and improve Engineering efficiency.
• Leads the definition and implementation of the SDLC for complex multi-component systems, ensuring that the process scales effectively and aligns with the needs of multiple collaborating teams.

Principal Software Engineer – OpenShift, Kubernetes

• Design, document, and drive the architectural vision and strategy for backend services, ensuring scalability, reliability, security and alignment with business goals.
• Define and govern technical standards, patterns, and best practices for cloud infrastructure and application development. Serve as a technical expert for the AWS serverless ecosystem, including Lambda functions, API Gateways, managed databases (e.g., DynamoDB/RDS), and CloudWatch.
• Develop, maintain, and evolve the platform's infrastructure using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), with a focus on reusable modules and automation.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies using tools such as GitHub Actions to automate the software development lifecycle for both infrastructure and application code.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and accountability.
• Provide technical guidance and consultation on complex design challenges, performance tuning, and operational efficiency.
• Drive adoption of new technologies and platform capabilities, ensuring a smooth transition for development teams.
• Establish and enforce best practices for platform monitoring, alerting, and logging.
• Ensure the platform adheres to security, compliance, and cost-management policies.

Platform Architect

• Lead solution architecture for API, microservice, middleware, event-driven, and data integration models across enterprise systems.
• Design and govern integration patterns for Canoe, Snowflake, Addepar, portfolio management platforms, client advisory tools, reporting platforms, accounting and finance systems, and external vendor ecosystems.
• Drive design, planning, execution, and delivery of enhancements for portfolio management, client platforms, financial operations, advisory tools, and enterprise data workflows.
• Partner with product owners, business stakeholders, engineers, data teams, security, infrastructure, and vendors to translate business strategy into practical technology delivery roadmaps.
• Establish technical standards for API design, service decomposition, data contracts, authentication, authorization, monitoring, logging, resiliency, and lifecycle management.
• Lead an engineering workstream through system design, enhancements, integration delivery, testing, release planning, and production support transition.
• Support and enhance enterprise systems in a highly regulated financial environment, including controls for data quality, privacy, security, auditability, and operational resilience.
• Provide technical leadership for integrations that automate alternative investment document collection, data extraction, data normalization, downstream reporting, and operational workflows.
• Advance Snowflake-centered data integration patterns, including secure data ingestion, transformation, sharing, consumption, governance, and integration with analytics and reporting platforms.
• Manage architecture governance, technical risk assessments, vendor design reviews, proof-of-concept evaluations, implementation sequencing, and change-management activities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable financial, operational, data, security, and regulatory standards, including SOX, AML/KYC, SEC/FINRA expectations where relevant to platform scope.

Technical Architect, Integration Development

• Own the design and implementation of complex backend services in Java and Spring Boot, from architecture through production rollout and operability.
• Drive the incremental migration of legacy functionality toward REST using the Strangler pattern.
• Design event-driven data flows (CDC pipelines, schema evolution, idempotent consumers) that keep distributed systems consistent under load.
• Make and document consequential architecture decisions: API contracts, data models, consistency and transactional boundaries, failure modes, and rollback strategy.
• Practice spec-driven development: define clear, machine-readable contracts and specifications (e.g., OpenAPI, schema definitions, RFC 9457 problem formats) before implementation, so that designs are unambiguous, reviewable, and consumable by both humans and AI agents.
• Use AI-assisted development tooling effectively and responsibly — leveraging coding assistants and agentic workflows to accelerate delivery while owning correctness, review, and the security implications of generated code.
• Own service availability and reliability: design for high availability, define and defend SLOs/error budgets, plan for graceful degradation and failover, and participate in on-call to keep critical payment paths healthy.
• Build observability in from the start, not as an afterthought — instrument services with metrics, distributed tracing, and structured logging (OpenTelemetry / Micrometer), and use that telemetry to drive alerting, SLOs, and incident diagnosis.
• Set the standard for code quality, testing, and operational readiness, and raise that standard through code review, design review, and technical mentorship of other engineers.
• Build for a payments environment: handle sensitive cardholder data responsibly, design with PCI DSS requirements in mind, and bake in audit logging and least-privilege access from the start.
• Diagnose and resolve performance and reliability issues across the stack — query optimization, caching strategy, indexing, connection management, and latency under real production traffic.
• Partner with product, platform, and other engineering teams to break large initiatives into safe, shippable increments.

Senior Software Engineer, AI-Augmented Backend

• Writing and maintaining efficient code for software components, adhering to best practices in development.
• Supporting the design and development of new software applications aligned with business objectives.
• Implementing testing frameworks for software validation, including unit and integration tests, to ensure quality.
• Documenting the software development process, including design and deployment procedures, to facilitate knowledge sharing.
• Analyzing software integration needs and planning system architecture to meet technical specifications.
• Reviewing current practices and technical literature to inform project solutions and applying engineering methodologies.
• Working with Quality Assurance to ensure applications meet technical requirements and fit specifications.
• Troubleshooting software issues, providing resolutions to enhance application performance and user satisfaction.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.

Fullstack .Net Developer

• Develop tools that leverage generative AI along with our technology solutions to assemble functional demos of government digital services for a variety of government programs
• Design and implement example applications using our open source platforms that can be demonstrated to potential clients in bids and conferences
• Support project teams in using our platforms and iterate based on their feedback

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