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$129k – $174k per year
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Seniority
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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 14, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 13, 2026.

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Clearwater delivers a unified, front-to-back investment management platform for institutional investors across public and private markets, risk, and data in real time.

Job Summary:

The Software Development Engineer role at Clearwater Analytics spans a spectrum of responsibilities with a focus on designing, implementing, and managing software systems. The role requires continuous learning and application of new technologiesand trends. Engineers at entry-level work on coding, debugging, and learning new software technologies. With progression in this track, the responsibilities expand to include leading teams, designing complex software systems, providingmentorship, and managing cross-functional integration. The more senior roles are responsible fordefining the company's technological vision, making strategic decisions, driving innovation, and setting new industry standards. Across all levels, a successful software development engineer will demonstratestrong problem-solving skills, clear communication, excellent coding abilities, a keen understanding of the software ecosystem, and a cooperative team player attitude.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the technical strategy, operational excellence, and professional delivery of a broad set of neighbouringdomains in the Clearwater architecture.

  • Establish relationships with stakeholders in neighboring divisions and departments.

  • Help experienced engineers successfully mentor less-experienced engineers.

  • Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies.

  • Identifyinnovations and helpful patterns within teams and encourage sharing them with other teams.

  • Drive improvements in how work gets done and results get delivered.

  • Lead multi-team multi-system projects to timelyand quality delivery.

  • Build operational maturity and maintainability into software systems and monitoring.

  • Create clear designs that result in high quality, maintainable products that can be debugged, updated, and extended by less-experienced engineers.

  • Any other reasonable activity required by management.

Required Skills:

  • Exceptional leadership and mentorship skills, including having led an engineering team (either as a tech lead or manager).

  • Enthusiasm for software work in a software-as-a-service company.

  • Driven by client satisfaction.

  • Strong teamwork skills.

  • Ability to manage own time and deliver expected results on time.

  • Commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

  • Exceptional analytical skills.

  • Strong computer skills, including proficiencyin Microsoft Office.

  • Excellent attention to detail and strong documentation skills.

  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.

  • Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.

  • Exceptional problem-solving abilities.

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor's/master's degree in engineering or a related field.

  • 9+ years of enterprise software development experience using a modern language (Java, Python, JavaScript, etc.).

  • Experience with designing and implementing distributed systems using a microservices architecture.

  • Professional experience with running software systems on a public-cloud provider.

Salary Range

$129,200.00 - $174,173.00

This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), PTO, parental leave, and medical leave, STD/LTD insurance benefits. Clearwater Analytics is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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