Principal Software Engineer

The Area : Morningstar® Data for equities provides comprehensive coverage of global stock markets from as early as 1975. We are continuously broadening our coverage and creating new products to help clients prepare for regulatory changes and other industry shifts. Our data features proprietary statistics and is developed using stringent quality screens to ensure accuracy. From APIs to data feeds, our solutions are delivered quickly to help institutions meet a broad range of functions.

The Role : In this role, you will collaborate with technology manager, scrum Master, functional experts, and developers to build technology solutions for Morningstar`s Equity applications. The team is looking for forward-thinking problem solvers who thrive in a fast-paced environment. The Lead is responsible in mentoring the team members, provide guidance and opportunities for the team members to expand their capabilities and skills. They will have to coordinate and work with the members in a global team. We are looking for an individual that can apply discipline, create solid software products.

Responsibilities :

Design & develop web and enterprise solutions to be flexible, scalable & extensible.

Improve complex data flow, data structures and db design to move to next platform.

Enforce good agile practices like test driven development, Continuous Integration.

Hands-on development will be an integral part of the responsibilities.

Develop areas of continuous and automated deployment.

Introduce and follow good development practices, innovative frameworks and technology solutions that help business move faster.

Follow best practices like estimation, planning, reporting and improvement brought to processes in every day work.

Analyses and reviews system requirements. Uses requirement and other design documents to gain overall understanding of the functionality of the new or enhanced application.

Participate actively in the design, architecture and build phases, to aim at producing high quality deliverables.

Provide recommendations on product and development environment improvements.

Requirements :

These are the most important skills, qualities, etc. that we’d like for this role.

Minimum 10 Years of experience

Bachelor Engineering, or equivalent.

Hands-on in Java 8 plus versions, Adv Java, Spring Boot, MVC etc.

Strong knowledge and hands-on on micro-services based architecture.

Very Strong knowledge of databases and hands on MS SQL / MySQL / PostgreSQL

Experience with building REST based APIs.

Well verse with DevOps practices

Working knowledge of docker, containerization

Experience in analysis, design, coding and implementation of large-scale, n-tier Java based platforms.

Knowledge of any JavaScript framework like Vue, Angular JS (version >

2) / NodeJS etc.

Be aware of activity in the open source world. Contributing back to open source is a big plus.

Distributed computing, with experience in cloud computing (Amazon Web Services platform and associated technologies)

Experience with modern development practices in areas of Product design, Requirement Analysis, Test Driven Development, Automation & Unit Testing, in a product development environment.

Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills.

Good to Have :

Machine Learning knowledge.

No SQL knowledge

Exposure to Capital Market domain preferred (Indexes, Equity etc.)

EOE Statement :

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.

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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.