{"id":3130803,"url":"https://alion.io/job/dimensional-fund-advisors-software-engineer-contractor","title":"Software Engineer (Contractor)","company":{"id":704274,"name":"Dimensional Fund Advisors","domain":"dimensional.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/dimensional-fund-advisors","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":95,"open_postings":10,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.2,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":51,"computed_at":"2026-10-27T05:46:45Z"}},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":null,"employment_type":"contractor","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"posting_text","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":108000,"max_usd":233000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":9411},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":".NET","optional":false},{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"Angular","optional":false},{"name":"C#","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Django","optional":false},{"name":"JavaScript","optional":false},{"name":"Kanban","optional":false},{"name":"PostgreSQL","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Scrum","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false},{"name":"TypeScript","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-22","last_verified_at":"2026-10-27T11:11:26Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"Job Description:\nDimensional Fund Advisors applies academic research to the practical world of investing. Our objective is to help clients structure globally diversified portfolios and to add value through engineering and trading. Dimensional manages assets exclusively for institutional investors and the clients of registered financial advisors. From offices in Santa Monica, Austin, London, Sydney, Tokyo and Singapore, our professional staff supervises portfolios twenty-four hours a day.\nThis individual’s primary role will be to deliver new technology capabilities for the Equity Portfolio Management team within Investments. Responsibilities will include design, development, upgrading, documenting and testing on multiple application services.\nThe successful candidate for this position will be tech savvy, analytical and detail oriented with the ability to multi-task and solve problems across multiple requests. Additionally, they must be highly skilled in working with business clients, external parties and other technology groups (developers, network administrators, senior management, etc.).\nYou may be a fit for this role if you:\nAre open-minded, curious, and resourceful\nAre passionate about/stay current with modern technologies\nSolve problems systematically and transparently\nShare ideas, solicit/integrate feedback, design and solve collaboratively\nTake a software engineering approach and demonstrate automation and security mindsets\nWhat you might work on:\nBuild or implement technologies to meet business needs utilizing industry standard tools and best practices.\nMaintain high standards of software quality by establishing good practices and habits.\nIdentify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.\nAssist in the development of user stories, estimates and work plans.\nPrepare reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation and maintenance of software.\nAdvise business clients and IT management of technology capabilities and recommend strategies to maximize benefits of new technologies.\nProvide third-level support of local and remote investment business clients.\nQualifications:\nPrevious experience as a Software Developer.\nProgramming skills with proficiency in the following programming languages and frameworks: Python, Django, Angular, C# Microsoft .NET 3.5+ framework, PostgreSQL, Transact SQL, and Javascript.\nUnderstanding of object-oriented and service-oriented application development techniques and theories.\nExperience with automated acceptance testing.\nAbility to write unit-tested, maintainable code.\nFamiliar with SOLID coding principles.\nInternally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment.\nStrong communication skills with both internal team members and external business stakeholders.\nAbility to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes.\nPreferred Competencies:\nKnowledge of Domain Driven Design.\nExperience with Agile development methodologies and practices (Scrum, Kanban or XP).\nExperience with continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines.\nExperience developing using CQRS and Event Sourcing Architectures.\nA background in financial systems design and development.\nDimensional offers a variety of programs to help take care of you, your family, and your career, including comprehensive benefits, educational initiatives, and special celebrations of our history, culture, and growth.\nIt is the policy of the Company to provide equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. The Company recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, religious practice, creed, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), caregiver status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender identity, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, familial status, domestic partnership status, military or veteran status or service, unemployment status, citizenship status or alienage, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic violence, status as a victim of stalking, status as a victim of sex offenses, genetic information, political activities or recreational activities, arrest or conviction record, salary history, natural hairstyle or any other status protected by applicable law except as otherwise required or permitted by law or regulation applicable to the Company or its affiliates.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4604,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Asset Management & Funds"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-23T03:33:07Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 31 · green card filings: 2","filings_12m":31,"filings_prev_12m":34,"green_card_filings_12m":2,"median_offered_wage_usd":150682,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":12}],"liveness":{"score":81,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":0.9,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":51,"reasons":["conf:51","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-27T05:46:45Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/dimensional-fund-advisors-software-engineer-contractor","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/dimensional-fund-advisors-software-engineer-contractor.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-27T18:48:29Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":9071,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-28T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":704274},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=704274"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fdimensional-fund-advisors-software-engineer-contractor"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fdimensional-fund-advisors-software-engineer-contractor"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fdimensional-fund-advisors-software-engineer-contractor"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/dimensional-fund-advisors-software-engineer-contractor\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fdimensional-fund-advisors-software-engineer-contractor"}]}