Lead Software Developer - Issuance Platform

We are a leading global asset management firm with over 3,000 employees across 20 offices in 15 countries; we help millions of investors around the world pursue their financial goals.

We hire critical thinkers. People who thrive in a collaborative culture like ours where we solve real problems while building the future of finance.

You

• Are excited to be part of a vibrant engineering community that values diversity, hard work, and continuous learning.

• Love solving complex real-world business problems.

• Recognize that cross-functional collaboration is a core component of success for the team.

• Believe there are multiple ways to solve most technical problems and are willing to debate the trade-offs.

• Have become a stronger engineer by making mistakes and learning from them.

• Are a doer, someone who wants to grow their career and gain experience across technologies and business functions.

We

• Continuously invest in a high-performance and inclusive culture, in which a diversity of backgrounds, experiences and viewpoints are celebrated and valued.

• Encourage career mobility, so you can benefit from learning different functions and technologies, and we gain the benefits of your experience across teams.

• Run technology pro bono programs that help the non-profit community and give our engineering community opportunities to volunteer and participate.

• Offer education reimbursements and ongoing training in technology, communication, and diversity & inclusion.

• Embrace knowledge sharing through lunch-and-learns, demos, and technical forums.

• Consider our people to be our greatest asset-we will help you learn what PIMCO Technology has to offer so you can participate in activities that benefit your career while delivering impactful technology solutions.

Job Description

• Review existing processes and applications with minimal prior knowledge, proposing solutions to enhance or update them effectively.
• Solve complex business and technical challenges with innovative solutions that align with organizational goals.
• Develop and maintain an advanced in-house issuance application suite, ensuring alignment with strategic technology initiatives.
• Provide production support, triage real-time issues, and lead incident management efforts, including root cause analysis for production issues.
• Collaborate closely with partners across technology teams to deliver exceptional solutions within an agile delivery framework.
• Translate business requirements into functional requirements and technical designs, supporting the functional and operational aspects of delivered systems.
• Work with QA engineers to identify and resolve defects early in the development cycle, ensuring high code quality and reliability.
• Write unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests to maintain code quality and ensure system reliability.
• Mentor junior developers and team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.
• Conduct regular code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines.
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for systems, processes, and architecture to facilitate knowledge sharing and onboarding.
• Analyze and optimize application performance, identifying bottlenecks and implementing improvements to enhance user experience and system efficiency.
• Ensure that security best practices are integrated into the development process, conducting regular security assessments and audits of applications.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends, evaluating their potential impact on the organization and recommending adoption where beneficial.

Requirements

• Proven track record of designing and implementing micro-service architecture applications and cloud-native solutions, with strong experience in Java server-side technologies, including Spring Boot.
• Proficient in writing maintainable code in multiple languages such as HTML, Java, and JavaScript/TypeScript, with a solid understanding of data structures, design patterns, and algorithms.
• Experience with public cloud technologies, as well as a passion for automation and familiarity with CI/CD tools like GitLab.
• Strong practitioner of DevOps practices, utilizing relevant tooling to enhance development and deployment processes, and ensuring application security through secure coding techniques and vulnerability assessments.
• Technical skillset includes data models, messaging, REST, API design and development, and standard methodologies for system integration.
• Knowledge of Oracle Database and SQL, with experience in performance monitoring and optimization to ensure applications meet performance benchmarks.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Math, or equivalent; a higher degree in a related field is desirable.
• Minimum of 10 years of software development experience.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to delivering the best user experience possible, while actively participating in continuous improvement of processes and practices.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in agile development environments and collaborate closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to mentor and share knowledge with team members, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment, while adapting to changing requirements and demonstrating strong problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Angular/React.
• Python experience is a plus.
• Experience with the FIX Protocol is a plus.
• Experience in the financial industry, particularly front office technology, is highly preferred.
• Experienced engineer who is excited to be hands on writing code, while coaching and developing other team members.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement

PIMCO recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), age, military or veteran status, disability (physical or mental), any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other basis such as medical condition, or marital status under applicable laws.

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