Full Stack Engineer

Company Overview

What makes Harbor unique is our commitment to only partnering with the very best asset managers globally. This focus allows us to act in the best interests of our shareholders every day, and help them achieve their investment goals through active, cost aware investing. This approach has served us well, becoming one of the largest and most highly regarded managers of managers in the industry. We take a similar approach with the people we hire, seeking the very best individuals that share our passion for putting shareholders first, and we are currently looking to grow our firm with talented, intellectually diverse people with excellent work ethic.

If you are passionate about putting shareholders first and enjoy the unique nature of working with the very best asset managers in the world, please visit us at harborcapital.com/careers , search for this position and click on "Apply" to start your application!

Role Description

Harbor is a data driven organization and has embraced data to drive corporate strategy and all operational aspects of its business. Harbor is building next generation software, products and services in the areas of investment, distribution, marketing and operations. This role offers a unique opportunity for individuals to be part of a small team of professionals working on the intersection of technology, investments, distribution, marketing and quantitative analytics and is looking for their next challenge in a nimble, fast-changing organization using modern data pipeline. This role is for individuals seeking a challenging role in a nimble, fast-paced organization. Selected individuals will be working with a team of professionals building new applications using microservices architecture and modern data pipelines. The role calls for individuals who are unafraid to push the envelope and explore out of the box thinking. We are seeking candidates who can use technology to solve complex data and software engineering problems. Selected individuals will have the opportunity to work with industry leading experts in the Distribution, Marketing, Accounting Products and Investments Teams across the firm on initiatives that play a part in shaping and delivering Harbor’s vision of being a top tier asset management firm.

Key Responsibilities

Core job responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Build and maintain data pipelines using modern data engineering tools.
• Design and development of web-based internet and intranet applications.
• Build, manage and deliver projects and resources aligned with Harbor’s strategic objectives.
• Build data ingestion using REST/SOAP/GraphQL API with third party applications.
• Interface and communicate with business users and executives across the firm.
• Work on projects in close cooperation with CRM Team and Cloud Operations Team within the Information Technology Team in delivering new applications and services to the business.

Key Behavioral Expectations

Key behavioral expectations for a candidate to be successful in this role:

• Unleashes Innovation.
• Agility & Adaptability.
• Courageous & Resilient.
• Facilitates idea sharing, explores “out of the box” ideas and pushes past the status quo.
• Embraces opportunities to utilize evolving technology to replace stale systems or processes.
• Drive for results.

Technical Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas which are essential to be effective and successful in this role:

• Strong technical understanding and knowledge of common web development frameworks.
• Strong technical understanding and knowledge building modern data pipelines including ETL, ELT using structured and unstructured data sources.
• Strong technical understanding and knowledge of API frameworks.
• Solid understanding of various analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics.

Engineering Skills

• Python – expert level skills.
• AWS – expert level skills.
• Databases SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB) – expert level skills.
• Apache Spark, Apache Airflow, PySpark, AWS Glue – expert level skills.
• Docker and Kubernetes, REST API design pattern.
• Front-end UI Design using React Framework, GraphQL.
• Software deployment tools – GitHub, ant, Junit, Jenkins, AWS Codebuild, CloudFormation, DevOps, CI/CD.
• Reporting and data visualization tools like Tableau, Looker, Sisense, etc.
• Statistical and data mining techniques: GLM/Regression, Random Forest, Boosting, Trees, text mining, social network analysis, etc. – beginner level skills.

Educational Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems or related field.
• 3 - 8 years of Software and/or Data Engineering experience.
• Financial industry experience a plus.
• Professional and/or Technical certification a plus.

*Per Harbor's current policies this is a hybrid work opportunity, please plan to be in the office at least 2 days each week. (Either Tuesday or Thursday and Wednesday.)*