Software Developer – SMA & Muni Trading

PIMCO • Full-time • San Diego, CA, US • $145.50k - $168k / year • 9h ago

PIMCO is a global leader in active fixed income with deep expertise across public and private markets. We invest our clients’ capital across a range of fixed income and credit opportunities, leveraging our decades of experience navigating complex debt markets. Our flexible capital base and deep relationships with issuers have helped us become one of the world’s largest providers of traditional and nontraditional solutions for companies that need financing and investors who seek strong risk-adjusted returns.

Since 1971, our people have shaped our organization through a high-performance inclusive culture, in which we celebrate diverse thinking. We invest in our people and strive to imprint our CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Responsibility and Excellence. We believe each of us is here to help others succeed and this has led to PIMCO being recognized as an innovator, industry thought leader and trusted advisor to our clients.

Job Opportunity: Software Developer for SMA & Muni Trading Tech

We are seeking a talented full stack Software Developer with a bias towards front end (AngularJS / React), to join our front-office technology team at one of the world’s largest asset management firms. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the development and support of a state-of-the-art SMA/Muni order generation, management, execution, and workflow platform.

About the Team: Our team is responsible for building and maintaining an in-house, service-based platform that operates across both public and private cloud. While prior experience in trading systems or finance is not required, we are looking for exceptional technologists with a commercial mindset who are eager to thrive in a multi-billion USD business.

Our Vision: Over the next coming years, we aim to build on our solid foundation by designing and creating new services, architectures, and components. These innovations will mature into our future ecosystem, ultimately replacing and converging legacy platforms.

What We Offer: In exchange for your dedication, technical expertise, and collaborative spirit, we offer the opportunity to gain comprehensive knowledge of the SMA business, technology and deployment infrastructure at a highly successful firm. You will have the chance to grow and explore new dimensions in your career.

Our Technology Stack: Our core technologies include .NET Core, MS-SQL Server, Oracle, and Snowflake, with AngularJS and React UI’s. We continuously experiment with and adopt new technologies to support our goals.

Key Responsibilities

Support live trading systems - coding through deployment. Build expertise, domain knowledge, and relationships with users and the broader tech team.
Write full stack code using .NET Core, SQL, and AngularJS/React
Participate in or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to select the best technologies.
Review code developed by other developers, providing feedback to ensure adherence to best practices (e.g., style guidelines, code accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
Contribute to existing documentation or educational content, adapting it based on product/program updates and user feedback.
Triage product or system issues, debug, track, and resolve them by analyzing their sources and impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Position Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
2-4 years of professional work experience.
Excellent problem-solving skills and solid development capability.
Willingness to learn, grow, and become a key member of the team.
Strong team player, collaborating with ~15+ developers globally across California, Cyprus, Dallas, and beyond.
Ability to perform code archaeology as we consolidate business functionality onto strategic platforms.
Commitment to supporting users and releases with post-deploy validation.
Commercial approach with an equity holder’s/owner’s ethos.
Focus on non-functional requirements such as efficient and useful logging, supportability, automation, and trader workflow.

If you are a motivated full-stack engineer looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic and growing environment, we would love to hear from you. Join us and be part of a team that is shaping the future of asset management technology.

PIMCO follows a total compensation approach when rewarding employees which includes a base salary and a discretionary bonus. Base salary is the fixed component of compensation that is determined by core job responsibilities, relevant experience, internal level, and market factors. The discretionary bonus is used to award performance and therefore is determined by company, business, team, and individual performance.

Salary Range: $ 145,500.00 - $ 168,000.00

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