Product Engineer

About ACA:

ACA was founded in 2002 by four former SEC regulators and one former state regulator. The founders saw a need for investment advisers to receive expert guidance on existing and new regulations. Over the years, ACA has grown both organically and by acquisition to expand our GRC business and technology solutions. Our services now include GIPS standards verification, cybersecurity and technology risk, regulatory technology, ESG advisory, AML and financial crimes, financial and regulatory reporting, and Mirabella for establishing EU operations.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a Product Engineer who will design, build, test, and maintain the Ethos ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) platform within the development team.

Ethos aggregates data from hundreds of sources and uses our algorithms to create ratings and analyses of 15,000+ companies, funds, and client portfolios. We use our data, ratings, and analyses to serve hundreds of financial services firms on both impact- and ESG risk-related services.

What you will do:

• Understands product approach, design decisions, and create an implementation that supports overall design
• Collaboratively works with other engineers on the team
• Actively participates in our Agile development lifecycle including daily scrums, planning, story refinement, stand-ups, and retrospectives
• Proactively performs code reviews, gives feedback, and asks questions
• Along with the team, owns certain aspects of the application, including quality, performance testing, and production support
• Works with other members of the team in a proactive fashion.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Understanding how to scale, distribute, and building Ruby on Rails applications
• Experience in software development and working in an agile environment
• Experience working with RESTful APIs with particular attention to security, scalability, availability, and performance.
• Ability to work with databases using SQL
• Organizational skills
• Ability to work independently.
• Familiarity with various operating systems

Ideally, you will also have:

• Experience with Heroku and various AWS applications such as S3 and Cloudfront
• Knowledge and experience using relational database systems especially PostgreSQL and MySQL
• Familiarity with HTML/CSS/Javascript
• Ability to comfortably develop code for and debug remote systems

What we commit to:

ACA is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We conduct our business without regard to actual or perceived age, race, color, religion, disability, caregiver, marital or partnership status, pregnancy (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), ancestry, national origin and citizenship, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, sexual and reproductive health decisions, military or veteran status, creed, genetic predisposition, carrier status or any other category protected by federal, state and local law. 

ACA is firmly committed to a policy of nondiscrimination, which applies to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotions, training, discipline, terminations, layoffs, recall, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation and all other terms and conditions of employment. 

Here at ACA, we have created a variety of programs to promote ACA’s culture of inclusivity and work hard to ensure that all our employees have an equal opportunity to contribute to ACA and feel that ACA is exactly where they belong.

Why join our team? 

We are the leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor in financial services. When you join ACA, you'll become part of a team whose unique combination of talent includes the industry's largest team of former regulators, compliance professionals, legal professionals, and GIPS® standards verifiers in the industry, along with practitioners in cybersecurity, ESG, and regulatory technology.

Our team enjoys an entrepreneurial work environment by offering innovative and tailored solutions for our clients. We encourage creative thinking and making the most of your experience at ACA by offering multiple career paths. We foster a culture of growth by focusing on continuous learning through inquiry and curiosity, and transparency. If you’re ready to be part of an award-winning, global team of thoughtful, talented, and committed professionals, you’ve come to the right place.