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Job Summary:
SS&C Technologies is a leading financial services and healthcare technology company headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut. The Senior Software Engineer role involves leading the design, development, and delivery of scalable software solutions, collaborating with various teams to ensure high standards of quality and performance.
Responsibilities:
• Define and drive architectural vision for large-scale, distributed systems across multiple products and platforms
• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex, mission-critical initiatives, from concept through deployment and optimization
• Partner with executive stakeholders, product leaders, and engineering teams to align technical strategy with business objectives
• Establish and enforce engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices across teams
• Serve as a technical escalation point for the most complex system design challenges and production issues
• Mentor and develop senior and junior engineers, scaling technical leadership across the organization
• Drive cross-team collaboration to ensure cohesive system design and seamless integration across platforms
• Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies, frameworks, and tools to enhance scalability, performance, and developer productivity
• Lead AI-first engineering initiatives, embedding AI-assisted development practices into the software lifecycle
• Influence and optimize development processes, DevOps maturity, and CI/CD frameworks
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• 8–12+ years of progressive experience building and delivering enterprise-grade, distributed systems
• Proven track record of leading large-scale technical initiatives with significant business impact
• Deep expertise in at least one primary language (Java, C#, Python, or JavaScript) with polyglot capability
• Advanced knowledge of software architecture patterns, including microservices, event-driven systems, and domain-driven design
• Strong experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization/orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Expertise with relational and NoSQL databases and large-scale data system design
• Deep understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and system observability
• Exceptional problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated ability to design and scale highly distributed, fault-tolerant systems across complex ecosystems
• Experience shaping multi-year technical roadmaps and influencing organizational technology direction
• Strong architectural judgment with the ability to navigate trade-offs at scale
• Proven experience working in or building toward an AI-first engineering organization
• Advanced use of AI-assisted tools for code generation, refactoring, testing, debugging, and documentation
• Leadership in adopting AI-driven practices to accelerate delivery and improve engineering quality
• Ability to lead large, cross-functional initiatives with minimal oversight
• Strong executive presence with experience influencing VP- and Director-level stakeholders
• Ownership mindset with accountability for system outcomes, reliability, and scalability
• Passion for solving complex, ambiguous problems with scalable and forward-thinking solutions
• Experience introducing modern engineering practices, frameworks, and process improvements
• Commitment to building a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous learning
Preferred:
• Prior experience with financial technology (FinTech) or large-scale data processing systems
Company:
SS&C is a leading global provider of mission-critical, cloud-based software and solutions for the financial and healthcare industries. Founded in 1986, the company is headquartered in Windsor, CT, US, , with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.