Remote Developer in London

We value your talents, traditions, and uniqueness—and we're committed to fostering a strong sense of belonging in a respectful workplace. We believe that belonging leads to better outcomes and a stronger community of associates united by our mission: Integrity, Client Focus, Diverse Perspectives, Long-Term Thinking, and Community.

Your performance will be reviewed annually, and your compensation will be designed to motivate and reward the value that you provide. You'll receive a competitive salary, bonuses, and benefits. Your company-funded retirement contribution will factor in salary and variable pay, including bonuses.

Enjoy generous time-away and health benefits from day one, with the opportunity for flexible work options. Receive 2-for-1 matching gifts for your charitable contributions and the opportunity to secure annual grants for the organisations you love. Access on-demand professional development resources that allow you to hone existing skills and learn new ones.

As a Software Engineer within the Investment Group Technologies organisation, you will build systems, services, and tools that improve the lives of tens of millions of people every single day. The Investment Group Technologies organisation applies software and data engineering, as well as data science to long-term fundamental investing at $2 trillion scale.

In the Software Engineer role, you will work with experienced software engineers while making technical decisions around how best to serve our customers. Capital Group's mission since 1931 has been to improve our customers' lives through successful long-term investing. Looking to the future, we are in a unique position to make an even bigger difference to these investors, harnessing our distinctive investment research process, built on 8 decades of proprietary data and research insights, and coupled with our data-grounded and customer-focused approach to building software.

The ideal candidate for this role will be passionate about our mission, driving for superior long-term investment results through the application of modern engineering and analytical methods.

• Writing Code (TypeScript, Python, Java, etc.) in support of Investment Portfolio Management and Construction.
• Utilising AWS technologies such as Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, Glue, Redshift, EMR, Sagemaker, EKS/ECS.
• Working in a team with experienced software engineers to identify great projects and features that will help you grow in your career.
• Building relationships with your customers, partner teams, and the engineers on your team.
• Measuring the quality of your software and systems via instrumentation, observability, and customer usage patterns.
• Leveraging AI in your daily work and delivering AI-enabled insights and analytics to customers.
• Helping in identifying and solving ambiguous problems, or areas where your team's software bottlenecks the innovation of other teams.

Your background and who you are:

• You have a background in software engineering and a passion to learn.
• You are well versed in software engineering fundamentals and love to apply that craft towards data-centric applications.
• You approach projects, tasks, and unknowns with curiosity, and enjoy sharing what you know and learn with the people around you.
• BS in Computer Science or related field, or an equivalent in relevant work experience.
• Experience in software development, including experience with at least one modern language such as Python, Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design with an understanding of advanced design patterns.
• Experience in cloud-first design, preferably AWS (Serverless infrastructure, dynamic autoscaling, container orchestration, etc.).
• Experience in data architecture, databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle), SQL and DDD/ER/ORM design.
• Interest and curiosity in emerging technologies on the web like GraphQL, web assembly, Lambda functions, MLaaS etc.
• Knowledge of software engineering practices & best practices for the software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. Our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.