MSCI Inc.

Full Stack Developer, Vice President

ID
2024-1295
Category
Technology
Position Type
Full-Time
Remote
No
Location
US-CO-Boulder

Your Team Responsibilities

 

Join MSCI Fabric, where we're revolutionizing the future of financial insights through innovative design. We're seeking a talented Senior Interaction Engineer to play a key role in creating intuitive and empowering experience for users. Our goal is to make financial planning feel like working with an intelligent financial colleague, not just a tool. We’re looking for a talented individual to join us in bringing a delightful, polished experience to our users. 

Your Key Ressponsibilities

As the Front-End Interaction Engineer, you will bridge the gap between design and development. Your primary responsibility will be ensuring our product’s UI feels seamless and engaging through thoughtful micro-interactions, animations, and transitions. You’ll collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and engineers to maintain and extend our design components, while also contributing to the live codebase on a regular basis. 

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Help create a financial product that delights users and sets new standards in the wealth management space.  

  • Accurately transform designs into interactive user interfaces with a focus on micro-interactions, animations, and transitions that elevate the user experience. 

  • Collaborate with designers and developers to translate wireframes and prototypes into fully functioning front-end code. 

  • Continuously look for small inconsistencies and interaction bugs in our live product and proactively correct them. 

  • Maintain and evolve our design system as coded components, ensuring consistency across the product. 

  • Review code and implement best practices in interaction design and front-end development. 

  • Build and maintain reusable code for future use. 

  • Participate in design reviews and contribute to UX discussions to ensure a delightful and cohesive user experience. 

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

· Deep expertise in Front-end Technologies: Proficient in JavaScript, Typescript, Native browser APIs, Frontend frameworks (preferably. React), State management libraries (preferably Redux) and CSS.· Go / NodeJS Programming Proficiency: Demonstrated ability to develop robust, efficient, and scalable analytics backends in NodeJS or Go, with a strong grasp of language semantics and effective memory management techniques.· Data Structures and Algorithms Expertise: Proficient in managing complex data structures, especially matrices, and adept at processing large volumes of data. Skilled in optimizing algorithms for enhanced data processing and manipulation.· Test-Driven Development (TDD) Experience: Extensive experience in TDD methodologies, with a focus on writing and maintaining unit tests, integration tests, and property-based tests to ensure high code quality and reliability.· API Design and Implementation Skills: Expertise in crafting and deploying RESTful APIs, emphasizing documentation, security, and efficiency.· Service Integration and Data Transformation: Experienced in integrating application code with a variety of external services and databases, along with a proficiency in data transformation and normalization for effective analysis and consumption.· Performance Optimization: Skilled in developing high-performance code that consistently meets or surpasses specific latency targets, including proficiency in software profiling and optimization for speed and efficiency.· CI/CD Proficiency: Experienced working with CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment, with a focus on writing code that seamlessly integrates with other services for continuous integration.

 

 

Qualifications: 

  • 3+ years of experience in interaction design and front-end development, ideally in a product-focused environment. 

  • Strong proficiency in React and front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). 

  • Deep understanding of design principles, including animation, motion design, and creating fluid user interfaces. 

  • Understanding of responsive and adaptive design principles. 

  • Experience working with design systems and maintaining component libraries. 

  • Passion for building intuitive, delightful user experiences. 

  • Experience with version control systems and working with live codebases. 

  • Knowledge of accessibility best practices and how they apply to interactive design. 

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills. 

  • A portfolio showcasing examples of interactive designs and front-end development projects. 

Nice to Have: 

  • Experience in financial or SaaS products. 

  • Familiarity with Figma and animation tools like Lottie. 

 

 How we'll support you:

 

  • Plenty of face time with customers prospects to get to know the customer problems and needs, the wealth management space, and the problems we are trying to solve 

  • Opportunities to engage directly with industry experts and learn about the wealth management domain 

  • Tailored learning and development programs to enhance your skills and industry knowledge 

  • A diverse, inclusive environment that values your unique perspective and fosters innovation 

  • Support in implementing and refining our product operating model 

About MSCI

 

What we offer you

  • Salary range: $133,000 - $173,000 / year plus eligible for annual bonus
  • Startup Culture: Experience the agility and innovation of a startup with the stability of a larger organization.  

  • Global Network: Be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers.  

  • Passionate Team: At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose -- to power better investment decisions. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.  

  • Comprehensive Benefits: Wherever you are located you will find benefits that can help ensure your health and financial security. While they vary by different locations, we offer a broad range of benefits that are part of the value you receive as an MSCI employee.  

  • Collaborative Environment: Work closely with a talented, interactive team that values direct collaboration and collective problem-solving, empowering you to perform at your very best with advanced technology and shared knowledge. 

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose – to power better investment decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave), veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please email Disability.Assistance@msci.com and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note, this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.

 

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