PrincipalSoftwareEngineer-JavaBackend,AVP

**Why this job is important to us** The team you will be joining is a part of Charles River Development (or CRD), that became a part of State Street in 2018. CRD helps create enterprise investment management software solutions for large institutions in the areas of institutional investment, wealth management and hedge funds. Together we have created the first open front-to-back platform - State Street Alpha, that was launched in 2019. **Responsibilities:** * Strong experience in enterprise application architecture and platform‑based solution design. * Demonstrated ability to deliver complex platforms into production, not just define architecture. * Drive technical excellence by working to analyse, design, develop, test, and debug large and complex software enhancements and solutions within Charles River’s business and technical problem domains including modifications to core frameworks and other primary facilities critical to system operation * Collaborate with Business Analysts and Product Managers to create simple and sustainable software solutions for complex problems * Provide thought leadership in the design of product architecture within and beyond the team’s scope of responsibility * Direct problem solving for projects or major phases of projects to resolve advanced software technical issues * Develop, test, debug, and implement software programs, applications and projects using Java, C#, SQL, JavaScript, or other related software engineering languages as well as keeping abreast of emerging technologies impactful to CRDs business * Provide informed guidance and critical analysis of proposed changes during code reviews * Write unit and automation tests to ensure a high-quality end product * Contribute to written design and API documentation, and participate in customer documentation process * Identify ways of improving development test methodologies contribute to and related test methodology frameworks * Develop automate test and conduct manual tests to ensure