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We want you to feel comfortable doing great work and bringing your best, authentic self to everything you do. We value your talents, traditions, and uniqueness-and we’re committed to fostering a strong sense of belonging in a respectful workplace.\nWe intentionally seek diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds, investing in a culture designed to celebrate differences. We believe that belonging leads to better outcomes and a stronger community of associates united by our mission. At Capital, we live our core values every day: Integrity, Client Focus, Diverse Perspectives, Long-Term Thinking, and Community.\n“I can influence my income.”\nYou want to feel recognized at work. Your performance will be reviewed annually, and your compensation will be designed to motivate and reward the value that you provide. You’ll receive a competitive salary, bonuses and benefits. Your company-funded retirement contribution will factor in salary and variable pay, including bonuses.\n“I can lead a full life.”\nYou bring unique goals and interests to your job and your life. Whether you’re raising a family, you’re passionate about where you volunteer, or you want to explore different career paths, we’ll give you the resources that can set you up for success.\nEnjoy generous time-away and health benefits from day one, with the opportunity for flexible work options\n\nReceive 2-for-1 matching gifts for your charitable contributions and the opportunity to secure annual grants for the organizations you love\n\nAccess on-demand professional development resources that allow you to hone existing skills and learn new ones\n\nAs a Software Engineer within the Investment Group Technologies organization, you will build systems, services and tools that improve the lives of tens of millions of people every single day. The Investment Group Technologies organization applies software and data engineering, as well as data science to long-term fundamental investing at > $2 trillion scale. In the Software Engineer role, you will work with experienced software engineers while making technical decisions around how best to serve our customers. If you are looking to join a team that offers autonomy, plenty of space to run with new ideas, working in a nurturing environment, and challenging problems to solve at a significant scale, this might be the job for you!\nCapital Group’s mission since 1931 has been to improve our customers’ lives through successful long-term investing. Looking to the future, we are in a unique position to make an even bigger difference to these investors, harnessing our distinctive investment research process, built on 8 decades of proprietary data and research insights, and coupled with our data-grounded and customer-focused approach to building software. The ideal candidate for this role will be passionate about our mission, driving for superior long-term investment results through the application of modern engineering and analytical methods.\nWhat you’ll be doing:\nWriting Code (TypeScript, Python, Java, etc) in support of Investment Portfolio Management and Construction\nUtilizing AWS technologies such as Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, Glue, Redshift, EMR, Sagemaker, EKS/ECS.\nWorking in a team with experienced software engineers to identify great projects and features that will help you grow in your career.\nBuilding relationships with your customers, partner teams and the engineers on your team.\nMeasuring the quality of your software and systems via instrumentation, observability, and customer usage patterns.\nInfluence your team’s technical decisions by making insightful contributions to team priorities and approach.\nLeverage AI in your daily work and delivery AI enabled insights and analytics to customers.\nHelp in identifying and solving ambiguous problems, or areas where your team’s software bottlenecks the innovation of other teams.\nYour background and who you are:\nYou have a background in software engineering and a passion to learn.\nYou've made mistakes in the past and have learned a lot from them. You apply this learning regularly.\nYou are well versed in software engineering fundamentals and love to apply that craft towards data-centric applications.\nYou believe there are generally multiple ways to solve a technical problem, each with different trade-offs.\nYou approach projects, tasks, and unknowns with curiosity, and enjoy sharing what you know and learn with the people around you.\nYou believe that a team is strongest when it is diverse and includes multiple perspectives.\nYou are able to put yourself into your customer's shoes. You frequently immerse yourself in the customer experience to understand how you can better serve them.\nQualifications:\nBS in Computer Science or related field, or an equivalent in relevant work experience.\nExperience in software development, including experience with at least one modern language such as Python, Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design with an understanding of advanced design patterns.\nExperience in cloud-first design, preferably AWS (Serverless infrastructure, dynamic autoscaling, container orchestration, etc.).\nExperience in data architecture, databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle), SQL and DDD/ER/ORM design.\nInterest and curiosity in emerging technologies on the web like GraphQL, web assembly, Lambda functions, MLaaS etc.\nKnowledge of software engineering practices & best practices for the software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.\n“I can apply in less than 4 minutes.”\nYou’ve reviewed this job posting and you’re ready to start the candidate journey with us. Apply now to move to the next step in our recruiting process. If this role isn’t what you’re looking for, check out our other opportunities and join our talent community.\n“I can learn more about Capital Group.”\nAt Capital Group, the success of the people who invest with us depends on the people in whom we invest. That’s why we offer a culture, compensation and opportunities that empower our associates to build successful and prosperous careers. Through nine decades, our goal has been to improve people’s lives through successful investing. We know that our history is a testament to the strength of the people we hire. More than 9,000 associates in 30+ offices around the world help our clients and each other grow and thrive every day. 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