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TIAA · 1 hour ago

Software Engineer, Asset Management

New York, NY, USA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$144K/yr - $195K/yr

3+ years exp

Nuveen is a global investment leader, managing public and private assets for clients around the world and on behalf of TIAA, our parent company. The Software Engineer role focuses on developing and maintaining backend systems for an equities portfolio management platform, ensuring system reliability and performance while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

FinanceFinancial ServicesLife Insurance

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain FastAPI-based backend services powering portfolio rebalancing, trade management, and advisor workflows

Integrate with multiple data stores including PostgreSQL databases and MongoDB/DocumentDB for different use cases • Build and optimize data pipelines connecting custodial data, security master databases, and real-time market data feeds

Develop and maintain AWS infrastructure using CDK, including ECS Fargate deployments and serverless components

Work alongside frontend engineers to design and implement RESTful APIs consumed by our Vue/Nuxt advisor portal, with opportunities to contribute frontend code

Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability using Datadog APM

Write comprehensive unit and integration tests to ensure system reliability

Qualification

PythonDistributed systems designAPI integrationMicroservices architectureFastAPIPostgreSQLAWS servicesInfrastructure-as-CodeCI/CD pipelinesDockerSoft skills

Required

3+ years of professional Python software engineering experience

Preferred

4-6 years of professional software engineering experience

Experience building production REST APIs with FastAPI, Flask, or Django

Solid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL) and document stores (MongoDB)

Experience with AWS services (ECS, Fargate, Lambda, S3, SQS/SNS)

Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (AWS CDK, Terraform, or CloudFormation)

Experience with CI/CD pipelines and containerized deployments (Docker)

Familiarity with data validation libraries (Pydantic) and ORM tools (SQLAlchemy)

Experience with Python data libraries (Pandas, NumPy) for data transformation and analysis

Familiarity with real-time market data APIs (Polygon, Bloomberg, Reuters)

Experience with modern frontend frameworks (Vue.js, React) for full-stack collaboration

Understanding of financial concepts: portfolio management, trade execution, custodial operations

Experience with observability tools (Datadog, New Relic, or similar APM solutions)

Background in fintech, asset management, or trading systems

Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues

Benefits

Superior retirement program

Highly competitive health, wellness and work life offerings

Company

TIAA

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TIAA is a financial services company that specializes in providing retirement plans, IRAs, mutual funds, and life insurance.

Founded in 1918

New York, New York, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.tiaa.org

H1B Sponsorship

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