Full Stack Software Engineer, Charles River Development, Senior Associate

About the Company

Charles River Development (CRD) operates as the financial technology arm of State Street. Its Charles River Private Markets offering supports clients across both public and private portfolios with end-to-end solutions. The organization’s long-term aim is to become the leading investment platform globally, accelerating technology-driven progress, resilience, efficiency, and growth for investors and the communities they support.

The engineering group is modernizing the platform by shifting from a monolithic architecture to cloud-first technologies such as Microsoft Azure, Kafka, and Snowflake. The business has expanded significantly, with headcount rising by more than 135% over the past five years, and it continues to scale. With continued investment in engineering, systems, processes, and talent, the company is hiring for its Private Markets team during an important phase of growth in Europe.

Role Overview

In this position, you will work as a full stack engineer focused on building, improving, and maintaining CRPM modules and components. You will be part of an agile scrum team and may also assist customer support teams with troubleshooting when needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate, architect, build, test, and troubleshoot complex software enhancements and mission-critical functionality.
• Partner with the engineering team to deliver straightforward, maintainable solutions for challenging technical problems.
• Take ownership of solving technical issues across projects or major project phases.
• Review proposed code changes and provide thoughtful technical feedback.
• Develop unit tests and automation tests to support product quality.
• Contribute actively to the agile development process by participating in standups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives, while following and helping improve the scrum workflow.

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or another relevant technical field is required; a master’s degree is strongly preferred.
• Approximately 1 to 3 years of experience building event-driven architectures; experience in financial services is an advantage.
• Hands-on knowledge of cloud-native development with Java, Spring, Angular, or React.
• Working understanding of relational databases.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Proven ability to design and implement software solutions for business and technical challenges.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable collaborating effectively within a team environment.
• Familiarity with agile development practices.

Benefits and Work Environment

• Competitive and comprehensive benefits, with details varying by location.
• Possible access to medical coverage, insurance, and retirement savings plans.
• Flexible work program to support personal needs and work-life balance.
• Learning and development programs, along with educational support.
• Paid volunteer days.
• Matching gift program.
• Employee networks and community connection opportunities.

Equality and Inclusion

The employer is committed to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity. Candidates from varied backgrounds, abilities, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities, and personalities are encouraged to apply. The company also values community engagement and supports a workplace where employees can thrive and achieve their potential.

Additional Information

This role is based in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. The employer is State Street, and the position is associated with Charles River Development. Job ID: R-783865.