Senior Software Engineer

About the Role

As a senior software engineer in the Core Analytics Platform, you will be working in a cross-functional team, collaborating with teammates in Toronto, Chicago, New York, and Mumbai. As senior member of the team, you will be working closely with product managers and other engineering leads to work closely with the quantitative analysts (aka data scientists) and calculation engine developers and help them by building a platform to allow them to collaboratively build then easily deploy and operationalize their models/engines. You will be exposed to all aspects of product development: design of user experience, system architecture, model development, productionizing models, API/library/CLI development, data visualization tools, code reviews, automated testing, automated infrastructure, systems monitoring, and support.

Job Responsibilities

• Work closely with PMs and other engineers to lead the development of our systems and services.
• Help the engineers collaboratively build a maintainable robust systems.
• Help architect and troubleshoot our systems.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Friendly and enjoys working in a collaborative team with excellent spoken and written communication skills. Humble, honest, and to the point.
• Hard working, ambitious, inquisitive, problem solver.
• Deep experience with at least one programming language. If this deep knowledge is in Python, that is a plus, but deep experience in any language (e.g. Java, C#) will do.
• Writing understandable maintainable code.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, application protocols, security)
• Experience with Linux.
• Knowledge of computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, design patterns.

Nice to have

• Experience with engineer practices such as writing design documents, performing code reviews, pair programming, participating in Scrum/Kanban workflows.
• Experience building/using RESTful APIs
• Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools. Terraform is a plus, but any tools in this area such as CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Experience with Spark, EMR, Athena, Glue

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer

Compensation and Benefits

At Morningstar we believe people are at their best when they are at their healthiest. That’s why we champion your wellness through a wide-range of programs that support all stages of your personal and professional life. Here are some examples of the offerings we provide:

• Financial Health
  • 75% 401k match up to 7%
  • Stock Ownership Potential
  • Company provided life insurance - 1x salary + commission

• Physical Health 
  • Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision) including potential premium discounts and company-provided HSA contributions (up to $500-$2,000 annually) for specific plans and coverages
  • Additional medical Wellness Incentives - up to $300-$600 annual
  • Company-provided long- and short-term disability insurance

• Emotional Health 
  • Trust-Based Time Off
  • 6-week Paid Sabbatical Program
  • 6-Week Paid Family Caregiving Leave
  • Competitive 8-24 Week Paid Parental Bonding Leave
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Leadership Coaching & Formal Mentorship Opportunities
  • Annual Education Stipend
  • Tuition Reimbursement

• Social Health 
  • Charitable Matching Gifts program
  • Dollars for Doers volunteer program
  • Paid volunteering days
  • 15+ Employee Resource & Affinity Groups

Base Salary Compensation Range

Bonus Target %

Morningstar’s hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. While some positions are available as fully remote, we’ve found that we’re at our best when we’re purposely together on a regular basis, typically three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you’ll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.