Morningstar is looking to solve the problem of designing and building backend services for data processing, publication, and delivery to downstream applications, as well as maintaining and modernizing existing applications and services to modern, scalable, AWS-based architectures.
Requirements
- Solid programming foundation in C-Sharp/.NET (preferred) or another backend language.
- Experience building or consuming REST APIs; familiarity with event-driven patterns is a plus.
- Hands-on exposure to AWS services such as Lambda, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, S3, and RDS. Basic understanding of serverless patterns is preferred.
- Experience with CI/CD workflows and Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) is a plus.
- Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and basic data workflows (plus).
- Scripting experience with Python for automation, small data tasks, or AI experimentation (plus).
- Frontend exposure with Vue.js or other modern JavaScript frameworks (plus)
Responsibilities
- Support designing and building backend services that help with data processing, publication, and delivery to downstream applications. Assist in developing APIs and cloud-native components using AWS services.
- Help maintain, refactor, and migrate existing applications and services to modern, scalable, AWS-based architectures.
- Contribute to improving performance, resiliency, and delivery speed by assisting with monitoring, logging, and optimization following best practices for scalability and maintainability.
- Work closely with senior engineers, product teams, data engineers, and DevOps/SRE partners to align backend and cloud solutions with business needs.
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code. Participate in code reviews and follow modern engineering standards.
- Stay current on AWS cloud technologies and AI-assisted development tools. Demonstrate curiosity about applying AI and automation to improve engineering productivity and system efficiency.
- Assist with monitoring, logging, and optimization following best practices for scalability and maintainability.
Other
- Ability to analyze technical challenges, propose solutions, and deliver reliable results with guidance.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum and modern software development practices.
- Basic understanding of secure service design, API security concepts, and AWS security best practices.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 0–2 years of professional software development experience, with exposure to backend development and cloud-based systems.
