Software Engineer

Let’s be #BrilliantTogether

Overview

Join our team at ISS STOXX, where you'll be at the forefront of building and maintaining our Rainmaker financial platforms in Australia. As a leading provider of industry-leading financial insights and market intelligence to our SaaS customers in the financial industry, we're committed to driving innovation and excellence. As a Software Engineer on the Rainmaker team, you'll be developing cutting-edge software products while also sprinkling your magic on existing web-based projects. Prepare to navigate through vast applications and frameworks with ease, all while showcasing your exceptional communication skills and acting as a guiding star to your peers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with engineers and business analysts to help define the scope of development projects, ensuring alignment with our strategic objectives and customer needs.
• Showcase your technical expertise by developing and supporting software, including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements.
• Play a key role in supporting our Quality Assurance team during the testing and deployment phases of new products and features, ensuring a seamless and top-quality user experience.
• Stay at the forefront of technological advancements by continuously learning and working with different technologies and tools while adhering to industry standards and best practices.
• Inspire and guide your team members through effective leadership, training, and mentoring, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment that encourages growth and excellence.
• Learn and adapt to new technologies, languages, and frameworks.

Qualifications

• With at least 2-5 years of relevant work experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field

• Experience with relational databases (e.g. MySQL)

• Experience with interpreted languages: PHP, JavaScript, Node.js required

• Experience with a JavaScript framework: React required

• Experience with Python and Linux platform is a plus

• Experience with microservices and API development in REST and familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) are an advantage

• Experience using version control tools: Git / gitlab

• Experience with Agile or Scrum software development methodologies

• Willingness to learn new technologies

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

• Ability to work collaboratively, as part of a team as well as autonomously in an efficient manner

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What you can expect from us

Our people are the moving force behind ISS STOXX. We are dedicated to hiring the best, most talented people in our industry and empowering them with the resources and support to enhance their career, health, financial and personal well-being. 

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We are invested in our people and are working every day to ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.

Let’s empower, collaborate, and inspire one another. 

Let’s be #BrilliantTogether.

About ISS STOXX

ISS STOXX GmbH is a leading provider of research and technology solutions for the financial market. Established in 1985, we offer top-notch benchmark and custom indices globally, helping clients identify investment opportunities and manage portfolio risks. Our services cover corporate governance, sustainability, cyber risk, and fund intelligence. Majority-owned by Deutsche Börse Group, ISS STOXX has over 3,400 professionals in 33 locations worldwide, serving around 6,400 clients, including institutional investors and companies focused on ESG, cyber, and governance risk. Clients trust our expertise to make informed decisions for their stakeholders' benefit. 

ISS Market Intelligence (ISS MI) is a leading provider of data, insights, and market engagement solutions to the global financial services industry. ISS MI empowers asset and wealth management firms, insurance companies, distributors, service providers, and technology firms to assess their target markets, identify and analyze the best opportunities within those markets, and execute on comprehensive go-to-market initiatives to grow their business. Clients benefit from our increasingly connected global platform that leverages a combination of proprietary data, powerful analytics, timely and relevant insights, in-depth research, as well as an extensive suite of industry-leading media brands that deliver unmatched market connectivity through news and editorial content, events, training, ratings, and awards. 

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