About UsNextCapital is the leader in enterprise digital advice. NextCapital partners with world-class institutions to deliver personalized planning and managed accounts to individual investors, whether they're saving for retirement in a 401(k) or IRA or investing in a taxable brokerage account. Our open-architecture digital advice solution provides better outcomes for our partners and individual investors by offering integrated account aggregation, analytics, planning and portfolio management, and customizable advice methodology and fiduciary roles.Learn more about NextCapital at www.themuse.com/companies/nextcapitalAt this time, NextCapital does NOT offer future work sponsorship for this role JOIN OUR TEAMWe're looking for a knowledgeable and highly motivated Java Senior Software Engineer to join our geographically distributed team. As a growth stage technology company, NextCapital is seeking software engineers eager to impact the future of the FinTech industry. You will contribute to a highly performant, real-time, mature software solution, which automates giving financial advice on behalf of regulated fiduciaries using industry leading financial mathematics.What You'll DoDesign and implement high quality, well-tested, and scalable codeEvaluate the short- and long-term implications of design and implementation decisionsHelp team's software engineers to grow professionally through collaborationReview and provide feedback on other developers' code and designEnhance and maintain a mature, enterprise, software system as part of a teamReceive product requirements and the architectural solutions from platform-level Software Architects and drive intra-team solution executionLead collaborative software development efforts of the teamWhat You'll Use Programming languagesJavaAWS ecosystemDatabasesRelational, Document, Key-valueMysql, MongoDB, Aurora, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, Redis, H2Open SourceApache, Google Open Source, Eclipse, RedHatTestingJUnit, Ruby/JRuby scripting, RSpecAtlassian project management software (eg Jira, Confluence, etc.)CI/CD tooling (eg Teamcity, Jenkins)Other examples of frameworks, tools, and languages in our stackRails, Matlab, Javascript, Python, Go, PingIdentity, Cypress, Katatuk, Looker, Snowflake, ShoryukenNewRelicSlackG Suite products (eg Meet, Docs, Sheets, etc)Mac laptop and LinuxWHERE THIS ROLE MAY LEAD YOU Contribute to product requirements and the architectural solutions thereof with our platform-level Software ArchitectsCollaborate with cross-team engineers on downstream feature requirementsStakeholder in or ownership of critical systemsMultiple defined career tracks and progressionRequirementsWHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR You are comfortable with best practices and software architectureYou have 5+ years of software development experienceYou have 2+ years professional experience successfully working through the entire software lifecycle of a production system within a well defined, software engineering processYou are excited about learning and advocating for our established, regulated engineering processYou have a BS or MS in:Software EngineeringComputer Science or other engineering field, plus equivalent professional software engineering experienceProficient technical written and verbal communication to facilitate distributed collaboration via modern business communication platformsYou are both a collaborative team member and an individual contributorBenefitsWHY YOU'LL LOVE ITDisrupt the financial advice industry by bringing affordable, easy to use financial tools to millions of peopleHave a direct impact on the growth and scale of the companyEnjoy a laid back work environment & learn from FinTech's best & brightestReceive great benefits like stock options, 401(k) match, and top notch health benefitsAs the COVID-19 pandemic cools down, participate in company-sponsored cornhole leagues, Thursday After Hours (cards, video games, treats), company outings, wine tastings, fantasy sports leagues, hackathons and other fun eventsRelax with monthly, company wide, guided meditation sessionsParticipate in women in tech events and service days at local organizations Enjoy "Summer Hours" whereby our firm is 'closed' every Friday afternoon from April 23, 2021 through Labor DayEnjoy the flexibility of working fully remote, partially remote, fully physical, or a mashup of each. And whatever you choose, enjoy a newly built-out office on Michigan Avenue with a view of Millennium Park and Lake MichiganAnd, yes, in our physical space, you can sip locally roasted coffee, kombucha, or craft beer at your modular sitting/standing desk