Software Engineer

MSCI is transforming its critical analytical applications into a modern ecosystem of high-performance and scalable services. We are seeking highly skilled and motivated engineers who are eager to help us create, select and utilize the best technology to accelerate improvements to our platforms. This senior position is in the Analytics systems development group and will focus on delivering new capabilities to our clients, overhauling architecture, improving our code base, investigating issues, and fixing bugs. You will join a multi-year effort to modularize our code, factor out critical services into separate components, work towards a high-performance data architecture, migrate to modern elastic execution environment (on-prem and in the cloud), address security issues, and adopt current standards and best-practice approaches.

We require a lead software engineer who is happy to work across a large code base and keen to make a difference. They should recognize when they can reuse, refactor, or start afresh - and make recommendations accordingly. Performance and scale must be central to their approach. In this role, you will be an active member of a globally distributed technical leadership team. It will be hands-on - using your expertise in software development to contribute and improve our code base as well as leading, mentoring, and coaching other team members. You will work on a mixture of short-term items (bugs, features) as well as longer-term initiatives and strategic projects. You will be expected to lead design discussions, manage code reviews, and create a culture of quality leading to performant and tested solutions.

Responsibilities

• Proven expertise with Java and Python - demonstrating an ability to write robust, efficient code as well as test, debug and optimize.
• Expertise of the JVM – configuring parameters, have a strong understanding of garbage collection, ability to profile hotspots and tune for performance.
• Strong analytical skills (algorithms, data structures, and statistics) and system proficiency (concurrency, memory) essential.
• Experience delivering global Risk Management, Performance Attribution or financial trading systems.
• Seasoned team lead able to coach, mentor and develop junior skillsets.
• Great communication skills with a positive and constructive outlook, with the team and stakeholders.
• Attention to detail with the ability to balance quality and timeliness.
• Experience with Spark (or similar) to deliver high-performance and scalable analytical reporting a bonus.
• Experience with Linux, K8s, Azure, Helm, Terraform, Docker a bonus.
• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent degree in an engineering or mathematical field.

What We Offer You

• Salary range: $257,000 - $334,000 / year plus eligible for annual bonus.
• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.
• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.
• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.
• A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.
• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.
• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.
• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion, belonging, and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose – to power better investment decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave), veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.