Making a Difference
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB), founded in 1951, is a premier global investment organization responsible for managing the more than $156 billion of assets of the fully funded Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the State Investment Fund and other state funds. Through SWIB’s effective and innovative investment management, WRS remains one of the only fully funded US public pensions. We are the 9th largest public pension fund in the U.S. and the 25th largest public or private pension fund in the world. SWIB is recognized by the investment industry for our teamwork and innovation. SWIB pursues sophisticated global investment strategies across the asset and risk allocation spectrum. Providers across the investment ecosystem seek to partner with
SWIB.
Serving more than 677,000 beneficiaries of the WRS, SWIB is a mission-driven organization focused on providing a strong financial future to those who committed their careers to public service. For public employees and the 1,500 Wisconsin employers who contribute on their behalf, we are a trusted partner. Our team innovates continuously to meet the challenges of an evolving investment landscape while growing and protecting the assets of the WRS.
SWIB provides a strong, steady economic pillar for the state of Wisconsin by growing the trust funds under its management, managing risk, and optimizing costs of the long term. We are a mission-driven organization and the participants we serve are our mission. By bringing a disciplined, prudent, and innovative approach to market opportunities, SWIB has been successful in generating required returns and maintaining the trust of the beneficiaries and stakeholders of the funds we oversee.
Our high-performing staff is key to what makes us a premier investment manager. SWIB is committed to investing in talented professionals to implement our robust, sophisticated investment strategies and to keep the organization at the forefront of the investment industry. We encourage innovation and offer professional development opportunities to help staff sharpen and expand their skills. Approximately 61 percent of SWIB’s investment professionals are Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholders.
About the Team
Data Services & Engineering Teams at SWIB supports, implements & develops industry-leading systems and platforms to support SWIB’s diverse and complex set of investment portfolios and strategies. The team at SWIB strives to be a trusted advisor and partner to the business that is valued as a critical contributor to SWIB’s continued growth and success. We effectively leverage technology to derive the maximum value from it and achieve SWIB’s business goals. We keep technology aligned with SWIB’s future direction and operate SWIB’s technology according to industry standards.
Position Overview
The Cloud Software Engineer on the Software Engineering team is responsible for developing new cloud-based services primarily targeting Azure/AWS with the primary goal to provide cloud native solutions to meet the portfolio management needs of SWIB’s front office. In this role the ideal candidate will be leveraging object-oriented languages like Java and Python and apply distributed computing principles to deploy containerized applications and services on Azure/AWS.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and develop cloud native (AWS/Azure) micro-services with a primary focus on correctness, security, accessibility, and performance. These microservices will provide services and data to various applications and internal/external consumers.
- Develop frontend web-based solutions leveraging core SWIB services. These applications and services will be Docker containers deployed on container and VMs.
- Participate in CI/CD pipeline enhancement leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IAC) concepts.
- Develop CI/CD pipeline build jobs on tools like Gitlab.
- Write unit tests focusing both on integration as well as performance testing.
- Interact with various teams to assimilate new data sources and develop new features to support new data requirements.
- Provide L3 support for the service with respect to data quality as well as performance to all consuming applications and users.
- Provide flexible solutions to complex business problems using cloud technology best practices.
- Lead API platform development, experience with Kong or AWS API Gateway desired.
- Integrate with other services in the ecosystem or public API’s and databases.
- Apply best in class engineering principles, optimized algorithms, and data structure techniques.
- Conduct code reviews of other developers and participate in git merge/pull reviews.
- Follow technology trends/tools and recommend improvements to our technology stack when appropriate.
- Engage in enterprise architecture reviews.
- Develop documentation that include architecture diagrams, run books, build steps, end user details, etc.
- Research new cloud apps/open-source technologies and incorporate into existing services/APIs/applications.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- 5+ years of software development experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science strongly preferred.
- General understanding of API gateways, security entitlements and event-based system desired. Kafka, AWS SNS, AWS EventBridge, Azure EventGrid desired.
- A minimum one or more of the following services experience required:
- 2+ years of experience developing distributed systems on AWS, Azure or similar.
- 3+ years of experience developing containerized applications deployed either on-prem or private cloud.
- A minimum of three or more of the following skills required:
- 4+ years of experience with object-oriented programming language like Java, Python, C++ or C#.
- 2+ years of experience with relational database engine.
- 1+ years of experience with NoSql database engine like Redis, Cassandra or MongoDB.
- 1+ years of experience developing distributed bases solutions in a cloud environment.
- 2+ years of experience developing and deploying cloud solutions on AWS/Azure.
- Good understanding of distributed computing principles.
- 1+ years of experience using build tools, Gitlab preferred.
- Experience implementing and operating container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Nomad, Elastic Container Service (ECS).
- 1+ years of experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform preferred)
- Experience working directly with end users to develop requirements, manage Jira backlogs and conduct work in sprint/scrum environments.
- At least 2 years of experience working with JavaScript web applications. 1+ years of experience in React or typescript or related JavaScript frameworks (JQuery, React.Js, Knockout.js/ Angular.js).
- Strong aptitude for highly efficient data structures and algorithms.
- Interest in building shaping business needs leveraging best in class cloud-based technology stack.
- Excellent communication and ability to collaborate well with both technical and non-technical users.
- Understanding of financial markets and familiarity with various asset classes like Equities, Fixed Income and Derivatives preferred.
SWIB Offers:
- Competitive total cash compensation, based on AON (formerly McLagan) industry benchmarks
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Educational and training opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement
- Challenging work in a professional environment
- Hybrid work environment
The position requires U.S. work authorization.
Pursuant to our Hybrid Remote Work Policy, all staff have the flexibility to work remotely but are required to have a weekly presence in our offices, the frequency of which is dependent on their distance from office. Staff are not required to reside locally; however, we offer relocation reimbursement to the Dane County area per our policy.
All SWIB employees are subject to SWIB’s Ethics Policy and Personal Trade Approvals Policy. These policies include restrictions on outside business activities and employment and have limits on personal
