Instrument Services Developer

Your team responsibilities

We are looking for a developer who:

• Has a strong sense of product ownership – Mapping developers identify with our customers and want to understand and help financial risk managers. We identify with the product itself and take on responsibility for shepherding and nurturing our service to make it the backbone of a high-performance high-volume interactive risk application.
• Has strong communication skills, both technical and business – Mapping developers work with many groups to solve problems, implement new features, and maintain the stability of our systems. This requires effective communication with other developers and testers, as well as product managers and business contacts.
• Has an understanding of financial instruments and terms – Mapping developers take an active role in troubleshooting problems and implementing new mapping functionality.
• Has good problem solving skills, both in product design and software design – Mapping developers are not just implementers, we collaborate with our product management and research teams to solve customer problems through designing software that enables our customers to do complicated risk management analysis simply and efficiently. Position Normalization and Mapping developers also work within a high-performance service-based architecture to provide horizontally scalable services. Developers with broad problem-solving talents and an eye for good software design will find our environment enriching and our projects challenging and rewarding.
• Aggressively seeks out problems and resolves them – MSCI continues to provide premier interactive applications and managed services that provide critical risk management reports to the biggest players in financial services. The Risk Manager platform is richly featured but is also reliable and robust. We’re looking for teammates who ensure product quality through well thought out design and extensive unit testing.

What we offer you

• Salary range: $90,000 - $ 105,000 / year plus eligible for annual bonus
• 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.
• Wherever you are located you will find benefits that can help ensure your health and financial security. While they vary by different locations, we offer a broad range of benefits that are part of the value you receive as an MSCI employee.
• Our flexible ways of working will allow you to maximize your potential, and we will empower you with the trust, accountability, and advanced technology to perform at your very best.
• You’ll find a purposeful approach to wellbeing to provide you with all the resources you need to be your best at work and in your personal life. Our ‘Here For You’ Employee Assistance Program is available for our employees globally, providing confidential emotional support, financial and legal advice free of charge.

• Design and implement features within our mapping systems and tools for transforming client’s financial instruments.
• Design and implement features within our North Start Architecture and tools enabling the storage and retrieval of client’s financial data.
• Collaborate with business analysts, product managers, and researchers to review feature specifications, determine feasible implementations, and work together to determine best product designs.
• Implement extensive automated functional and performance tests.
• Maintain stability of existing services and their underlying libraries.
• Make general contributions to the application and technical architecture
• 3rd tier production support

• Java experience
• Spring Boot
• Kubernetes, Rancher, and containerization
• Azure DevOps
• Version control systems
• Python experience
• Service-oriented architecture
• JUnit unit testing
• XML processing / XSLT
• Java memory management and memory profiling
• IntelliJ/ Eclipse IDE
• Maven/Gradle
• CI/CD concepts
• Developing software in a globally distributed development team

• Our culture of high performance and innovation relies on our people sharing their knowledge and lifting each other up. You’ll be surrounded by a collaborative, global network of talented colleagues who will support and inspire you to do the best work of your career.
• We believe new and challenging experiences drive personal growth and innovation. With the right challenges, encouragement, and development support you can shape your own career experience. Career paths are multi-directional, and we encourage and support internal mobility to help you identify new opportunities to progress and take control of your future.
• As a new joiner you’ll be enrolled on our Global Orientation interactive learning experience to set you up for success.
• Our tailored learning opportunities will enable you to acquire the skills you need at your own pace, choosing between the courses and certifications best suited to you. Our Learning@MSCI platform coupled with access to LinkedIn Learning Pro will provide you with all the resources you need to accelerate your professional growth.
• At MSCI we act in ways that encourage respect for all voices, ensuring that everyone can be themselves and feel like they are a part of the company. We are intentional about ensuring that everyone is treated fairly and supported with equal opportunities to succeed.
• We have eight MSCI Employee Resource Groups: All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

About MSCI

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

To all recruitment agencies

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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. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please email Disability.Assistance@msci.com and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note, this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.