Advanced Analytics Engineer

Ameriprise Financial - Boston, MA

Part-time,Full-time - Mid Level

Boston, MA

10,001+ employees

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About the position

The Advanced Analytics Engineer role at Columbia Threadneedle Investments is a hands-on position focused on delivering innovative technology and analytical solutions to support trading, portfolio management, research, and ESG functions. The role requires a dynamic engineering leader who can operate in a fast-paced environment, providing expertise and direction to business partners while redefining interactions with Front Office Investments teams. This position offers an opportunity to work collaboratively with talented individuals to create next-generation cloud-based applications and analytics/models, making a significant impact on the Front Office Technology.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, modifies, adapts and implements short- and long-term solutions to information technology needs through new and existing applications, systems, databases and applications infrastructure.
• Brings a fresh perspective to build engineering driven, value focused approach to problem solving.
• Delivers solutions utilizing a top end engineering approach with a passion for technology.
• Utilizes strong modern software engineering techniques such as agile development, continuous integration, code review, unit testing, and refactoring.
• Leads with a commercial mindset to solve complex problems and researches new machine learning/GenAI concepts.
• Participates in discovery sessions to identify opportunities to leverage analytics to automate and enhance business processes.
• Accountable for all parts of the software development lifecycle for their projects.
• Works directly with business stakeholders to articulate business needs and translate them into technology solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent work experience.
• 5-7+ years of experience as a full stack developer/solutions architect using Java, Python, Angular, React, etc.
• 4-6 years of experience in developing applications targeting a major cloud (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Exposure to automated testing and Test-Driven Development.
• Proven knowledge of development tools such as Visual Studio, Git, SQL Server Management Studio, and CICD/automation tools such as Jenkins, Ansible.
• Demonstrable experience in SQL development including writing views, stored procedures, and functions.
• Proven ability to write quality code by following best practices and guidelines.
• Strong problem-solving, multi-tasking and organizational skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working on a geographically dispersed team.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience delivering technology solutions in financial services organizations.
• Experience delivering cloud native (AWS) innovative solutions with a commercial mindset.
• Experience with AWS stack and CI/CD.
• Experience championing organizational change, leading initiatives, products, services, or interactions.
• Ability to present complex information in an understandable way to all levels of the organization.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Comprehensive health insurance plans.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company matching.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Opportunities for professional development and continued education.