SR Software Engineer - Investment Modeling (React expert)
Quick facts
- Pay
- 150000 - 169000 USD /YEAR
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Background
- Master's degree
- Skills
- JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, React, Node.js
- Industry
- Financial Services — 58 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
Senior Software Engineer - Investment Modeling (React expert)
Hands-on technical partner to Portfolio Investment Managers
- Fulltime role with Paid Vacation & Paid Holidays & Company Benefits – Onsite in Boston, MA
Confidential, super progressive INVESTMENT Management firm with offices in 15+ countries.
Must be strong using React and have worked directly with End-Users (Investment Portfolio Managers)
Senior Software Engineer must be strong using React and will sit directly within the Investment Modeling Team and serve as a hands-on technical partner to Portfolio Managers & Quantitative Researchers. You will help build and enhance applications across the full stack - services, web, and data layer.
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and support investment modeling applications across the full stack (services, web, infrastructure), but be an expert using REACT on the Front-End.
- Experience building and maintaining production Front-End applications using React, HTML, CSS, including consuming GraphQL and/or REST APIs. Proficiency in modern programming languages like TypeScript, JavaScript/Node.js, and Java is nice to have.
REQUIREMENTS
- Strong preference for a master's degree from a top school, plus 5 or more years of experience as a Software Engineer within a top investment management firm like Goldman Sachs, State Street, Fidelity Investments, JPMorgan Chase, etc.
- MUST HAVE experience working directly with End Users (which are Investment Portfolio Managers).
- MUST HAVE 5 or more years of REACT experience
- Must be able to perform well on a REACT code review during the interview.
- Must be strong working with asset allocation, portfolio performance attribution, risk factor analysis, portfolio optimization, scenario analysis, equity selection models, (OMS) Order Management Systems, Bloomberg APIs, Bid/Ask process, time stamps, trade sizes, etc.
- MUST HAVE great English communications skills with ability to have frequent direct interaction with
- Must work onsite in Boston, MA 4 days a week, every week (Fridays from home).
- For US-based candidates we are able to transfer sponsorship of existing H-1B VISAs.
Visa sponsorship record
No public sponsorship records foundWe didn't find H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 or green card (PERM) filings under the name Confidential Company in the Department of Labor and USCIS data. That doesn't mean the job can't be sponsored — the company may file under a different legal name, be new to sponsorship, or sponsor a visa that isn't in these datasets (for example H-2B or J-1).
Tip: ask the recruiter early, in writing, which visa they sponsor and whether they cover the legal and filing fees.
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Software Developers (SOC 15-1252) — estimated from the job title.
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Computer Systems Analyst (or Engineer, for engineering-degree holders)” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
Salary vs prevailing wage
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Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.