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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