Software Developer

As part of the Wilshire family, you can rest assured that every day you are contributing to an organization that is helping millions of people around the world make better investment decisions for a more secure future. For 50 years, our clients have trusted Wilshire to transform complex theory into practical investment solutions and products.

Founded in 1972, Wilshire advises on over $1.3 trillion in assets and manages $93 billion in assets. Wilshire underwent a corporate transformation in 2021 and is on an exciting journey to deliver best-in-class Investment Solutions, Indices and Benchmarks and Innovative Analytics to a wide range of investors across the world.

Wilshire is looking to a hire a Senior Associate Developer to join its Operations and Technology team. The ideal candidate has a penchant for customer service and a “hands on” approach to working with technology. A positive, service-oriented attitude is crucial to thrive in this role. The candidate also must have excellent communication skills–both oral and written–and good interpersonal skills. This position will serve as the lead developer on the Business Intelligence technical team. This team develops and deploys custom applications and reports to support Wilshire’s multi-billion dollar investment operations.

What you’ll do:

• Serve as team lead for Business Intelligence technical team, guiding and supporting the work of other programmers
• Interface with the business team to understand business needs
• Creatively design and develop applications, including application interfaces
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Enthusiastically guide projects and coordinate resources for the technical team
• Document work thoroughly with high attention-to-detail

What you’ll have

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalents
• 5+ years of IT development experience
• Thorough background in modern programming languages (Python, C#, Nodejs, or Go)
• Very strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server
• Experience in reporting technologies such as SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) or equivalents
• Self-starter with excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent ability to create test cases and scenarios based on specifications
• High level of aptitude to learn new applications and development tools
• Excellent ability to transform functional and nonfunctional needs into system requirements
• Support, Troubleshooting, and Assist the Operations Team with any environmental issues that arise during application deployment in the Development, UAT, and Production environments
• Experience with application development in the financial services or banking industries preferred but not required
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite product, Elasticsearch, Redis Cache, Airflow experience is a plus
• Experience using team collaboration tools including Git, Jira, Confluence.
• Excellent grasp of and expertise with test-driven development and continuous integration processes is a plus
• Experience as a team lead, including project management responsibility

What you get:

• We offer a comprehensive benefits package including a collaborative work environment, generous PTO, 401(k) match, affordable comprehensive medical/dental/vision insurance, CFA and other professional membership reimbursement, and more.

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Wilshire is an SEC registered investment adviser and required to track certain political contributions under Rule 206(4)-5. As such, you may be required to disclose your prior political contributions.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we afford equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race/ethnicity, creed, color, religion, sex (including gender and gender identity), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, veteran status, citizenship status, disability, medical condition (as defined by California Government Code section 12926), or sexual orientation. Our employees, as well as applicants and others with whom we do business, will not be subjected to sexual, racial, religious, ethnic, or any other form of unlawful harassment. In addition, Wilshire Advisors adheres to the equal employment opportunity requirements of all states and localities in which it does business. We are completely committed to these principles not only because of the various laws which address these subjects, but because it is the right thing to do for our employees and clients to thrive.

If you have a disability, and require reasonable accommodations in the application process, contact Human Resources at [email protected] or 310-584-6011.