Senior Specialist, Full-Stack Engineer

Senior Specialist, Full Stack Engineer

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Specialist, Full Stack Engineering to join our Integrated Middle Office Solutions – Derivatives Technology team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA.

This position is intended for a hands-on full-stack developer who enjoys building software, writing code daily, solving technical problems, and delivering practical solutions in a complex middle-office environment. 

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: 

• Write production-quality code across the full stack, with a primary focus on Java / Spring Boot services and modern web UI development. 

• Build, enhance, and maintain APIs, backend services, workflow components, and user-facing features that support OTC derivatives valuation processing. 

• Work closely with product owners, business analysts, and senior engineers to turn functional requirements into clean, testable technical implementations. 

• Develop integrations with internal systems and external pricing providers using well-structured service interfaces and reliable error handling patterns. 

• Participate actively in coding, debugging, code reviews, unit testing, integration testing, and day-to-day delivery activities within the team. 

• Troubleshoot defects, analyze application behavior, and resolve issues across UI, service, integration, and data layers. 

• Improve code quality, performance, maintainability, and developer efficiency through refactoring and thoughtful engineering practices. 

• Use AI-assisted engineering tools such as Windsurf, Claude, or similar copilots to accelerate development tasks and improve code quality where appropriate. 

• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployment readiness, and production support activities to help ensure stable software delivery. 

• Learn and apply domain knowledge in derivatives, valuation workflows, and middle-office processes to build software that meets operational needs. 

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To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience. 

• 2-6 years of hands-on software development experience with a strong emphasis on building and supporting applications directly. 

• Strong coding skills in Java with experience using Spring and Spring Boot in enterprise application development. 

• Experience developing REST APIs, microservices, and service-based integrations. 

• Hands-on experience with front-end development using React, Angular, or comparable modern JavaScript frameworks. 

• Comfort working across application layers, including UI, backend, integration, and data access components. 

• Experience with SQL, relational databases, and application data modeling concepts. 

• Familiarity with event-driven design, distributed systems concepts, and secure/resilient service development practices. 

• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, containerization, and modern software delivery practices. 

• Ability to diagnose technical issues, work through ambiguity, and deliver practical solutions with limited oversight. 

• Experience in financial services, capital markets, or workflow-intensive enterprise systems is helpful but not required. 

• Interest in learning derivatives data and valuation workflows in support of middle-office technology solutions.