Software Developer

About Schroders

We’re a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 5,000 people on six continents. And we’ve been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn’t change is our commitment to helping our clients and society prosper.

The Base

We are based at 7 Bryant Park in the heart of NYC. And we have everything we need to work flexibly. We operate a hybrid working model, with a requirement that our Software Developer be in the office 3 days per week. This is to sustain our culture of innovation, collaboration, knowledge  sharing, and building relationships within the business

The Team

This is an opportunity to work interdependently with an engaged team that sits within a global  Technology function at a global asset management firm. 

Position Overview

Analyst Developers are core members of the Capability aligned agile delivery team, responsible for contributing to all aspects of the analysis, design, development, building and testing of solutions within a sprint cadence.. They are also responsible for managing their own work, estimating its complexity and size, determining technical design (within architectural guidelines) and contributing to the continuous improvement of their agile team. The team members rely heavily on collaboration and communication and must place great emphasis on Agile Values and Principles.
Based in our New York office, this role is a member of the regional Asset Management Technology delivery team. The candidate will develop global and regional platforms in conjunction with local business stakeholders as well as the global technology capability teams, covering investment, distribution and product. The ideal candidate will have development experience in a wide variety of applications, including web, database, and reporting platforms. In addition the  candidate must have experience simultaneously supporting BAU and feature development for multiple products. 

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading the complete development lifecycle through analysis, development and testing.
• Accountable for ensuring user stories are delivered to the 'working system' definition of done within agreed sprint
• Accountable for ensuring committed development team deliverables are met
• Contributing to agile planning, including sizing and parsing Epics and Features into Stories.
• Collaboration with business stakeholders and agile analysts to effectively deliver features and user stories into working software that is fit for purpose
• Working with colleagues from other agile teams and shared service teams to both communicate and accept dependencies
• Responsible for writing unit tests, build and deployment scripts to support Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery platforms
• Participate enthusiastically and effectively in Schroders Agile ceremonies
• Ensuring continued improvement through conducting regular retrospective reviews

Basic Qualifications

• Technologies
  • C# / .Net
  • SQL database development skills and data migration/transformation services
  • Azure development skills, including ADF
  • Angular / React / Blazor
  • DevOps, automated deployments, and source control tools (ideally Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy and GIT)
• Development Methodologies
  • Experience with Cloud based platforms
  • Demonstrable interest in good software design principles and patterns, such as Dependency Injection, SOLID, and designing code for readability, scalability, and maintainability
  • Understanding and experience applying Agile principles
  • Knowledge and experience of development tools, frameworks and programming languages, specifically required for delivery
  • Knowledge and experience of contributing to the development of technology solutions, both in house developed bespoke applications and commercially available off the shelf solutions
  • Application testing experience: TDD, unit testing, mocks

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the finance industry, e.g. Investment Management
• Good DevOps experience including continuous integration and automated deployment; good scripting skills are a bonus. We use Azure DevOps for backlog management and build services, Git for source code management, Octopus for deployment automation, and Confluence for technical documentation; experience with any of the above is a plus
• Capable of remaining positive when under pressure
• Able to prioritize work and limit work in progress in order to achieve optimal flow; must be able to manage stakeholder expectations and commitments
• Friendly, approachable and collaborative team player who enjoys working with people from across the firm
• Continuous improvement mind-set, challenges the status quo and seeks self-improvement
• Problem solver, comfortable taking the initiative in challenging and ambiguous circumstances
• Comfortable balancing and prioritizing multiple business stakeholder requirements
• The ability to apply the principles of analytical and logical thinking to define problems, interpret data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Committed to increasing their skills and experience.
• Supporting other team members to improve their software development skills
• Experience of working with global colleagues and stakeholders and sensitivity to cultural differences, time zones etc.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Able to engage with stakeholders in both Business and Technology
• Multi-disciplined and able to provide support throughout SDLC
• Knowledge of test automation techniques, such as TDD and BDD

Compensation 

Schroders offers a base salary in a range of $120,000 to $140,000 for this position.

The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.

ADA

Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

We recognize potential, whoever you are

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics