Senior Developer

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description
SS&C GIDS
SS&C is the largest global investor service provider, servicing more than 55 million investors. Continually investing in global technology and services across the spectrum of distribution channels including Asset Managers, Financial Advisors, Wealth Managers and large financial institutions such as Banks and Insurers.

Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS) is the business unit offering this role. GIDS delivers global omni-channel investor servicing, including contact center, using digital services.

About the role:
We are seeking an experienced Developer to join the Digital Development team. The company has several legacy services that require refactoring to align with new platform standards and architecture. Additionally, has been adopted as a primary programming language, alongside Java and C#, for developing new AI-powered products. The Digital team is looking for a Senior Engineer with expertise in building high-performance, well-tested microservices. Initially, this role will play a key part in the Technical Improvement Program, focusing heavily on upgrading and rewriting existing code.

Your Responsibilities:

• Develop and Maintain Server-Side Applications:  Engineers are responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the backend logic and APIs for web applications and other network applications.
• Recommend libraries and technical strategies: Recommend libraries and technical strategies for services while retaining compliance with licensing and architectural standards.
• Leverage Features: They utilize 's event-driven, non-blocking I/O model to create highly scalable and efficient applications.
• Data Management: They work with databases (principally Postgres, MySQL) and other data storage solutions to manage and retrieve data efficiently.
• API Development: They design and implement APIs for communication between the server and other applications or clients.
• Performance Optimization: Strong focus on optimizing the performance of applications, ensuring fast response times and efficient resource utilization in a multitenant white labelled solution.
• Code Quality: They write clean, readable, and well-documented code, following coding standards and best practices.
• Testing and Debugging: They write unit tests and integration tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the code, and debug issues that arise. Special attention must be paid high quality logging and ensuring that services are secure.
• Collaboration: They collaborate with other developers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
• Staying Up-to-Date: They stay current with the latest trends and technologies in the ecosystem.

Your Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.  (Ideal but not essential - experience counts)
• 5+ years of experience in development, with a focus on building enterprise-level applications.
• Strong expertise in , , and RESTful (ideally) & GraphQL (desirable) API design.
• Proven experience in designing and developing microservice architectures using
• Deep understanding of software development principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Experience of handling legacy code bases, refactoring and redesigning to align to newer standards
• Familiarity with front-end technologies (e.g., Angular, React) and how they integrate with back-end services.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Proficient in database design and development, including experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on delivering high-quality, scalable solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a dynamic, team-oriented environment.

EEO Statement / Non-agency Disclosure
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, to enable us to bring a diversity of perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

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SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.