About ACA:
ACA Group is the leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor in financial services. We empower our clients to reimagine GRC and protect and grow their business. Our innovative approach integrates consulting, managed services, and our ComplianceAlpha technology platform with the specialized expertise of former regulators and practitioners and our deep understanding of the global regulatory landscape.
The Opportunity:
We are looking for a
Associate Product Engineer who will design, build, test, and maintain the Ethos ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) platform within the development team.
Ethos aggregates data from hundreds of sources and uses our algorithms to create ratings and analyses of 15,000+ companies, funds, and client portfolios. We use our data, ratings, and analyses to serve hundreds of financial services firms on both impact- and ESG risk-related services.
What you will do:
- Understands product approach, design decisions, and create an implementation that supports overall design
- Collaboratively works with other engineers on the team
- Actively participates in our Agile development lifecycle including daily scrums, planning, story refinement, stand-ups, and retrospectives
- Proactively performs code reviews, gives feedback, and asks questions
- Along with the team, owns certain aspects of the application, including quality, performance testing, and production support
- Works with other members of the team in a proactive fashion.
To qualify for the role, you must have:
- Experience developing front-end using HTML/CSS/Javascript frameworks, preferably in Ruby on Rails
- Ability to code designs to html/css
- Experience in software development and working in an agile environment
- Experience working with RESTful APIs with particular attention to security, scalability, availability, and performance.
- Organizational skills
- Ability to work independently
- Familiarity with various operating systems
Ideally, you will also have:
- Experience with Heroku and various AWS applications such as S3 and Cloudfront
- Knowledge and experience using relational database systems especially PostgreSQL and MySQL
- Familiarity with HTML/CSS/Javascript
- Ability to comfortably develop code for and debug remote systems
What working at ACA offers:
We offer a competitive compensation package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options as well as a flexible work environment. You will be granted time off for designated ACA Paid Holidays, Summer Fridays, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being. We also offer unique benefits such as Student Debt Forgiveness and Pet Insurance
What we commit to:
ACA is firmly committed to a policy of nondiscrimination, which applies to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotions, training, discipline, terminations, layoffs, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation and all other terms and conditions of employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law .
