Software Development Engineer II

Job Summary:

Clearwater Analytics is seeking a Software Engineer to join our dynamic team that drives the ETL infrastructure at the core of our client delivery. You'll be challenged with optimizing the orchestration of a complex system that handles a vast range of tasks—from quick, low-memory computations to lengthy ETLs requiring extensive resources. Our team is dedicated to ensuring that ETLs run efficiently, meet client SLAs, and utilize resources effectively through strategic prioritization and coordination. As a software engineer, you will build tools to support our client servicing teams and assist other development teams to ensure client delivery. If you are passionate about collaboratively addressing intricate problems and driving technical innovations, we invite you to be part of our team and contribute to our mission to create scalable, insightful, and user-friendly software solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain high-quality, well-structured code.
• Collaborate with team members to break down and solve complex problems.
• Communicate effectively with various audiences through different platforms.
• Initiate and lead discussions to enhance software performance, scalability, reliability, and security.
• Coordinate the successful integration of software applications with other teams.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents efficiently.
• Engage proactively in urgent issue resolution and contribute to understanding user needs.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with object-oriented programming languages, preferably Java.
• Proficiency in working with relational and/or non-relational databases; experience with SQL Server and MongoDB is preferred.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies such as EC2, Lambda, CloudWatch, SQS, and SNS.
• Strong command of multiple levels of automated testing (unit, integration, contract, end-to-end, etc.).
• Exceptional problem-solving skills, particularly in complex software environments.
• Excellent communication skills catering to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Competence in software design principles focusing on performance, scalability, and security.
• Ability to adapt to new programming languages, technologies, and domains.

Education and Experience:

• 3+ years of software development experience.

Team’s tech stack

• Primarily Java Jersey web services running on Tomcat EC2 instances
• Testing written in JUnit with Mockito and TestContainers
• AWS Lambdas written in Python
• Databases are primarily SQL Server with some usage of MongoDB
• RabbitMQ and SNS/SQS for message brokerage

What we offer:

• Business casual atmosphere in a flexible working environment
• Team focused culture that promotes innovation and ownership
• Access cutting edge investment reporting technology and expertise
• Defined and undefined career pathways allowing you to grow your own way
• Competitive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Personal Time Off and Volunteer Time Off to give back to the community
• RSUs as well as employee stock purchase plan and 401k with match
• Work from anywhere 3 weeks out of the year
• Work from home Fridays

Welcome

Thank you for your interest in a career with Clearwater!

About us

Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN) is transforming investment management with the industry’s most comprehensive cloud-native platform for institutional investors across global public and private markets. While legacy systems create risk, inefficiency, and data fragmentation, Clearwater’s single-instance, multi-tenant architecture delivers real-time data and AI-driven insights throughout the investment lifecycle. The platform eliminates information silos by integrating portfolio management, trading, investment accounting, reconciliation, regulatory reporting, performance, compliance, and risk analytics in one unified system. Serving leading insurers, asset managers, hedge funds, banks, corporations, and governments, Clearwater supports over $8.8 trillion in assets globally. Learn more at www.clearwateranalytics.com.

Don’t meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to still apply! You may be just what we're looking for.