Assistant Vice President, Software Engineer

Software Engineer
Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid)
 

About the Company
Our client is a well-established, growing private credit investment firm with a significant presence in Chicago. They provide financing to middle-market companies and manage capital across several investment strategies. The firm invests heavily in its people, offering strong professional development, a collaborative team culture, and a competitive benefits package.

About the Team
The technology group designs and delivers in-house solutions that drive efficiency, reduce risk, and support revenue growth across the business. The team covers application development, data integration and analytics, infrastructure, project management, business analysis, and information security, and partners closely with business leaders to align technology with firm priorities.

The Role
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building, enhancing, and supporting proprietary applications that solve complex business problems. You will work closely with business users, take ownership of application logic and financial calculations, and juggle multiple initiatives in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy applications using Agile practices
• Learn the business use of internal systems and become an expert in their logic and financial calculations so you can extend functionality quickly
• Build scalable, maintainable solutions within a Microsoft technology stack
• Partner with business users to analyze problems and identify enhancements, integrations, and automation opportunities
• Analyze large data sets using SQL, Excel, and other reporting tools
• Validate and test solutions independently and alongside end users to ensure quality and requirements are met
• Triage support issues and provide ongoing maintenance and break/fix support

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required (Computer Science, Business, or related field preferred)
• 7+ years of software engineering experience in financial services
• Track record building and supporting large applications related to asset management, financial instruments, or portfolio management
• Proficiency in one or more of: C# / .NET, T-SQL, ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript / jQuery
• Strong relational database knowledge and SQL query writing for complex data analysis
• Experience across the full SDLC in a structured, Agile team environment
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions, whether custom built or configured third-party products
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills
• Comfort using AI tools day to day, with the judgment to evaluate the accuracy and limits of their output
• Experience writing and executing test plans
• Experience building system integrations is a plus
• Strong math skills are a plus

What Success Looks Like

• First 3 months: learn the team’s processes and supported applications, build relationships across technology, and begin delivering small enhancements
• By 6 months: take on work across all applications the team supports

What You Bring

• Self-starter who is willing to pitch in wherever needed
• High personal accountability and a focus on quality results
• Thrives in a fast-paced, complex, growing environment
• Strong communicator who works well across teams and disciplines
• Enjoys working in the office as part of a hybrid team