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Company Profile
Founded in 1977, GMO is a global investment manager committed to delivering superior long-term investment performance and advice to our clients. We offer strategies and solutions where we believe we are positioned to add the greatest value for our investors. These include multi-asset class, equity, fixed income, and alternative offerings.
Company Profile
Founded in 1977, GMO is a global investment manager committed to delivering superior long-term investment performance and advice to our clients. We offer strategies and solutions where we believe we are positioned to add the greatest value for our investors. These include multi-asset class, equity, fixed income, and alternative offerings.
We manage approximately $65bn for a client base that includes many of the world’s most sophisticated institutions, financial intermediaries, and private clients. Industry-wide, we are well known for our focus on valuation-based investing, willingness to take bold positions when conditions warrant, and candid and academically rigorous thought leadership. Jeremy Grantham, GMO’s Co-Founder and Long-Term Investment Strategist, is renowned as an expert in identifying speculative investment bubbles and also as a leading climate investor and advocate.
GMO is privately owned and employs over 430 people worldwide. We are headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in Europe, Asia and Australia. Our company-wide culture emphasizes commitment to clients, intellectual curiosity, and open debate. We celebrate and respect our differences, while embracing and valuing what each of us brings to work, as we know that diverse teams in an inclusive, caring environment achieve higher engagement and better client results.
Please follow the prompts included in this job posting to apply. The application window for this role is anticipated to remain open until the job is filled, or as otherwise determined by GMO.
Position Overview
The IT Trading & Operations Systems Team is responsible for the development and support of applications across our Portfolio Management, Trading, Operations, Compliance, Enterprise Risk, Regulatory Reporting, HR, Finance, and Risk & Controls functions. This team consists of 10 technology professionals whose key functions include software development, business analysis, system integration, and application support of the production environment. The Software Engineer will be responsible for the technical design, implementation and maintenance of several software systems built primarily on but not limited to Microsoft .NET stack with SQL Server database storage. We have applications that also use Python, Angular, React and PowerShell. This position offers a talented software engineer the opportunity to work within an agile project team and build close relationships with both developers and key business stakeholders across the firm.
GMO is currently operating in a hybrid work model with the current expectation that the candidate will be in the office two days per week.
Primary Responsibilities
Propose, design and implement technical solutions for our business partners
Enhance existing technical components, applications and libraries
Provide remediation for existing system issues
Participate in peer reviews (both code and design reviews)
Assist with eliciting requirements
Produce effective technical documentation where needed
Requirements
Minimum of 5 years of professional software development experience
Solid understanding of software development principles, best practices, object-oriented design and patterns
Familiarity with distributed enterprise applications
Solid understanding of Agile best practices
Professional programming experience with C# and Python
Experience with automated unit testing writing in related frameworks (e.g. nunit, pytest) and GIT
Strong understanding of relational databases and proficiency with SQL, preferably T-SQL in Microsoft SQL Server
Solid grasp of web technologies (e.g. MVC, TypeScript/JavaScript) and related frameworks, including one of the following: Angular, React, or Aurelia
Experience with reporting and business intelligence software would be helpful: SSRS and QlikView\QlikSense
Experience with Microsoft Power Automate, PowerShell, and Microsoft Excel would also be helpful
Undergraduate degree required, preferably in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math.
Skills & Characteristics
Excellent communication skills – both written and oral
Excellent interpersonal skills, organizational expertise, and attention to detail
Ability to communicate effectively with business users and translate requirements into technical architecture
Ability to learn new concepts, systems, and software in an independent and quick manner
Self-starter, able to work as part of a small team as well as independently, with minimal supervision
Positive attitude, professional and mature
Ability to prioritize work and effectively manage multiple tasks
Ability to accurately estimate and meet development deadlines
Experience in the financial industry is highly desirable
Experience with distributive architecture in cloud-based platforms such as Microsoft Azure is preferred
Experience working with data warehouse technologies is preferred
$120,000 - $160,000 a year
This salary range is estimated for this role and actual pay may be different based on a candidate’s qualifications and/or years of experience. In addition, this position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus award, which award may be determined by individual, team, department and firm performance, and is subject to the terms of GMO’s compensation plan. This position is also benefits eligible. GMO’s comprehensive benefits program includes medical insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, long-term disability coverage, a 401(k)/profit-sharing retirement plan, open paid time off, leaves of absences, dependent care resources, tuition reimbursement, charitable gifts matching, flexible spending accounts, and commuter benefits.
GMO is committed to the recruitment, employment, and promotion of all candidates equally, regardless of an individual's gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military or veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability (except where such disability is a bona fide occupational disqualification) or any other classification protected under federal, state or local law.
Seniority level Seniority level Mid-Senior level
Employment type Employment type Full-time
Job function Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Investment Management
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