Software Engineer Specialist

About Us

American Century Investments is a leading global asset manager with over 65 years of experience helping a broad base of clients achieve their financial goals. Our expertise spans global equities and fixed income, multi-asset strategies, ETFs, and private investments.

Privately controlled and independent, we focus solely on investment management. But there's an unexpected side to us, too. We direct over 40% of our profits every year—more than $2 billion since 2000—to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. Our ongoing financial support drives the Institute's breakthrough work and mission of defeating life-threatening diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's. So, the better we do for our clients, the more we can do for everyone.

All 1,400 of us across the globe are inspired every day by the unique difference our hard work can make in so many lives. It shows in the curiosity we bring to every initiative, the deep relationships we build with our clients, and the way we treat each other in the hallway. If you're excited to learn more about us, we can't wait to learn more about you.

Role Summary

As a Software Engineer Specialist within our Investment Management Technology team, you will play a pivotal role in developing and enhancing applications that support our portfolio management, risk, and research operations. This position is at the intersection of finance and technology and offers cutting edge tools to solve complex investment challenges. You will collaborate closely with investment professionals, product owners, and other technologists to design, build, and implement systems to improve our portfolio research and risk capabilities.

This hybrid position will be based out of our Kansas City, Missouri (Plaza area) office.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship, now or in the future.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Build tools to deliver practical insights and operational efficiency.
• Collaborating with Product Owners / Partners in the pursuit of delivering the most value possible to ACI Clients.
• Automate manual processes for productivity improvements and data consistency.
• Participate in Software Engineering solution development and continuous delivery (CI/CD).
• Prepare technical design and requirements to support secure and scalable software development with quality results.
• Identify innovative ideas and build consensus for adoption and its execution.
• Ability to participate in solving complex technology/ software problems, identifying the root cause, and resolving the issue.
• · Rotating On-call support for critical business function and processes.

What You Bring to the Team (Required)

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (preferable), Finance or Business.
• At least 3 years work experience in a development role (Java/Python).
• Work experience with Spring Boot – Java 8, Maven, Jenkins, SVN, GIT, Postman/Newman.
• Solid understanding of SQL and experience with relational and non-relational databases.
• Broad knowledge of software engineering and testing Practices & methodologies.
• Must have knowledge/experience with Agile/SAFE practices.
• Experience with developing in Cloud environment and good knowledge of cloud/AWS infrastructure.
• Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.

Additional Assets (Preferred)

• Experience with R/VBA/Python ML packages.
• Experience with Bloomberg, FactSet, S&P and/or State Street software.
• Experience at a Financial Services / Asset Management firm.
• Experience using OpenShift, Kubernetes, and cloud DevOps.

The above statements are not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package with bonus plan
• Generous PTO and competitive benefits
• 401k with 5% company match plus annual performance-based discretionary contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, formal mentorship program, live and online learning

Learn more about our benefits and perks.

Employees are required to be in the office on a scheduled frequency. Adherence to this schedule is essential to fulfilling the expectations of the role.

American Century Investments is committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all other applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations. As such, American Century strives to provide a reasonable accommodation to any qualified individual under the ADA to perform essential job functions.

We encourage people of all backgrounds to join us on our mission. If you require reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the recruitment process, please send a request to HR- All requests for accommodation will be addressed as confidentially as practicable.

American Century Investments believes all individuals are entitled to equal employment opportunity and advancement opportunities without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age for individuals forty years of age and older, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws. ACI does not discriminate or adopt any policy that discriminates against an individual or any group of individuals on any of these bases.

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