Overview

Cambridge Investment Research Inc., one of the nation’s top independent broker-dealers, is actively looking for a person to join the Technology Department as a full time Software Developer III. The Software Developer III works under the direction of the Software Development Manager, creates and designs software applications, APIs, integration services and presentation layers through Salesforce and Mulesoft to satisfy business requirements. Strong full stack development skills and data skills are required in addition to having knowledge of Salesforce ecosystem or other platform as a service, cloud products, such as Microsoft Azure, AWS Lambda, Heroku.

At Cambridge, our purpose is to make a difference in the lives of our financial professionals, their investing clients, and our associates. Our values of integrity, commitment, flexibility, and kindness continue to guide us in the decisions we make together every day. For 39 years we’ve delivered innovative financial solutions while offering exciting career opportunities with ongoing professional development.

A national leader as a financial solutions firm, Cambridge’s commitment to long-term professional development in a unique small-town community makes this a one-of-a-kind opportunity. Cambridge has been honored 11 times by our associates as a ‘Top Workplace in Iowa’, and 13 times as ‘Broker-dealer of the Year’ by our financial professionals through Investment Advisor magazine. We are recognized among the leading firms in the financial advice industry as we serve over 3,500 independent financial professionals and hundreds of thousands of their investing clients across the country.

Essential Duties

• Lead technical solution design for one or more complex applications as defined by the software development team
• Create detailed technical design specifications for new integration
• Facilitate design and code peer reviews and apply learnings to future development tasks
• Lead trade-off analyses and execute architectural analysis requirements
• Conduct unit test code reviews to ensure proper test coverage is complete
• Develop an understanding of the effective application of cross-system integration testing
• Lead implementation and advancement of quality assurance automation testing
• Perform cross-team and cross-platform integration design including the integration of external or third- party applications
• A proactive attitude to Salesforce platform enhancements and bringing existing code into best practices
• Work effectively within an agile team and contribute to daily standups
• Work on code delivery using tools such as Azure DevOps and Git

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university; and six years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Certificates & Licenses

Compensation: 115,000 - $140,000. This range is a good faith estimate of the compensation to be offered for this position based on the ideal candidate’s qualifications, the Company’s operational needs, and other considerations permitted by law. The actual pay offered to a specific candidate may vary above or below the stated range.

Benefits: Cambridge has competitive benefits and promotes a work/life balance to encourage individual success. 

• Premium benefit package including medical, vision, dental, life and long-term disability insurance
• Vacation/sick time
• 401K retirement plan with company matching program
• Profit Sharing Plan
• Nine paid holidays

You can find more details about our comprehensive benefits package here. 

Preferred Skills

• Strong full stack development experience
• Ability to pick up new programming languages, frameworks and concepts
• Microsoft SQL Server or other Relational Database Experience
• General web development experience with HTML, CSS, Javascript,
• REST API Development & Management
• Experience integrating with Cloud/SaaS applications and legacy applications