Senior Product Engineer

The Opportunity:
 

ACA believes that we can deliver the world’s best GRC software to our blue-chip financial services client base of over 3500 firms. We are seeking top talent to join us in our journey to build and deliver “The SalesForce of Compliance”.  Compliance Officers in finance have been stuck in the past, with inefficient, manual effort driving their compliance programs. ACA’s ComplianceAlpha is deployed at 800+ clients and more daily to help modernize that. We are investing significantly to drive technology usage at our clients.

This Senior Product Engineer role is responsible for the development of core module(s) within ComplianceAlpha. This role focuses on building scalable, secure, and clean code across the product. As a full stack engineer you will be tasked with working on tickets with varying levels of UI and API work, working with technical leads to ensure proper architecture, and growing your cloud native dev skills. The Core Modules Team is responsible for building, maintaining, and delivering the corner stones of ComplianceAlpha.

Your key responsibilities:
 

• Bring a creative mindset to work to anticipate and solve tough problems as part of a team.
• Conceptualize complex tasks into smaller chunks of clean, flexible, and performant code.
• Work with senior team members to understand technical and functional requirements
• Work with a global team of developers, owning key parts of initiatives and deliver on predefined timelines
• Evaluate and build proof-of-concepts with emerging cloud-native technologies to be used at enterprise scale

Skills and attributes for success:

• Strong understanding of modern web architecture, including containerization
• Motivated to deliver the best possible software solutions in a fast-paced collaborative environment
• Ability to work independently on small tasks, and collaboratively on larger team tasks
• Proactively learn and experiment with new technologies and concepts in modern web development

• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
   

To qualify for the role you must have:

• At least five to eight years of professional / enterprise web development
• Deep understanding of C#, REST, and object oriented principles
• Working experience with a modern UI framework, Angular 2+, with Typescript
• Understanding of gitflow and its coupling with a clean SDLC / delivery model
• Hands on experience with SQL databases including general architecture
• Working knowledge on debugging microservice cloud based architecture
• Knowledge on defining and mitigating project risks and understanding impact to delivery

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM
• Knowledge of cloud development and architecture
• Familiarity with AWS, GCP or Azure.  AWS is preferred
• Experience with unit testing and SOLID principles  
• Working knowledge on implementing UI components with 3rd party libraries
• Hands on experience with NoSQL databases.

What we look for:
 

We’re interested in smart, passionate developers with strong vision and a desire to stay on top of trends in the industry. If you have a genuine passion for new technologies and transforming an entire industry, this role may be for you.
 

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.

More 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.

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.