SS&C GIDS –Software Engineer

Company Overview

SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.

Opportunity snapshot:

The Software Engineer provides an exciting opportunity to be part of a fast-growing and successful software provider in the Wealth Management sector.

The role focuses on the maintenance and support of applications that underpin critical business functions.

As a Software Engineer, you may also contribute to new client projects and the continuous improvement of internal development tools. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement scalable solutions that drive efficiency and innovation.

This role offers a clear career growth path towards Senior Software Engineer, Technical Lead, and Architecture roles as you gain experience with the Bluedoor system and deepen your technical expertise.

Key Responsibilities:

Work as part of a cross-functional delivery team, Identify and resolve production issues in conjunction with Business Analysts, testers, and business stakeholders.

• Apply Bluedoor coding standards and best practices to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.
• Perform analysis and troubleshooting to resolve software defects and improve performance.
• Develop, execute, and document functional unit tests for software, ensuring test automation aligns with development best practices.
• Collaborate with Testers to develop functional test cases for new and existing features.
• Create detailed designs with input from Senior Software Engineers and Technical Leads.
• Monitor effort expended against assigned activity and regular update both the effort expended and the estimate to complete a task. Continuously improve the time taken to completion by introducing innovations and efficiencies.
• Actively participate in team activities such as sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives.
• When required work closely with Business Analysts (BAs), Quality Assurance (QA) teams, and stakeholders to define and refine features and user stories.

Skills and Competencies:

• Commercial .NET development experience in a complex application environment with multiple parallel development streams.
• MS SQL Server experience, including complex queries, stored procedures, and performance tuning.
• Strong understanding of .NET frameworks, preferably as a full-stack developer.
• Ability to debug complex production code and provide effective workarounds for urgent fixes.
• A pragmatic approach to software development, balancing speed, and quality.
• Expertise in designated areas of technical specialization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Prior knowledge and skills:

• Strong experience with TFS and Visual Studio products.
• Have extensive coding, testing and documentation experience.
• Experience in creating complex functions, scripts, stored procedures, and triggers to support application development.
• Experience in analyzing existing SQL queries for performance improvements.
• Knowledge of financial & investment products including Superannuation, Unit Trust and Pension products is desirable.
• Experience working in a geographically distributed team environment.

Key behaviors:

• Instils Trust – contribute to building a safe learning environment in the business where the team can be listened to and understood.
• Collaborate – Must be able to work in a co-operative manner with both internal and external teams and take all views and interests into account when formulating outcomes.
• Ensure Accountability – Must take full ownership of their assigned responsibilities and the outcomes that are generated and pursued.
• Customer Focus – Must understand customer and partner needs from both a functional and operational perspective.
• Communicate Effectively – Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently, both in written and verbal forms, across all levels of an organization and all sizes of groups. Must also be able to listen to others and evidence that they have understood the needs communicated appropriately.