Senior Software Engineer

The Group: Morningstar’s Data Platform Services is the central nervous system of consolidating, normalizing, calculating and distributing Morningstar’s high-quality data and capabilities around that data for internal and external consumers. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help in leading the design and development of our Platform as a Service (PaaS) called Starflow. You will drive the full life cycle of software development, from feature and archicture design, to coding, testing, peer reviews, and CI/CD. This is all happening on an exciting tech stack of Python, AWS (services like EKS, EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, ECR, IAM), Kubernetes, Docker, PostgreSQL, and RabbitMQ.

The Role: In this role, you will collaborate with the team lead, scrum master, business analysts, QA, and other developers to build technology solutions for Morningstar’s data services offering. You will need to develop a good understanding of the existing systems and the data model. The team is looking for forward-thinking problem solvers who thrive in a fast-paced environment and can learn new technologies quickly as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Software Development: Design, build, and maintain software applications. Ensure code quality through reviews and adherence to best practices.

• System Design and Architecture: Contribute to system architecture, ensuring scalability, robustness, and performance.

• Mentoring and Leadership: Mentor junior developers and lead technical discussions to guide the team.

• Quality Assurance: Implement and maintain thorough testing procedures to ensure high-quality software.

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, Architects and other stakeholders to align software solutions with business goals.

• Continuous Improvement: Stay up to date with emerging technologies and suggest improvements to enhance development processes and software quality.

• Operational Excellence: Optimize software deployment and maintenance processes to ensure smooth operation. Address production issues promptly and work to minimize downtime.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field.

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of successful project delivery.

• Strong proficiency in Python and Object-Oriented Programming.

• Strong proficiency in Designing and Architecture skills.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to challenges.

• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably with AWS.

• Familiarity with agile methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban.

• Strong knowledge of Jenkins, Bitbucket, Docker and Kubernetes

• Experience mentoring or training other developers.

• Hands-on experience with SQL

• Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have:

• 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 frontend development using modern libraries like Vue.js

• Experience building/using RESTful APIs.

EOE Statement:

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.

Morningstar’s hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. We’ve found that we’re at our best when we’re purposely together on a regular basis, at least 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.