Platform services increasingly mean designing for AI agents as well as human engineers — paved-path reference architectures, agent-accessible APIs, and living documentation that stays in sync with the code. As an associate director, you’ll help shape how the team adopts AI-driven software development practices without compromising quality.
Why You Will Love It Here!
Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
Your Future: 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University and dedicated onboarding for AI-driven engineering tools
Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!
Day to Day
Build, lead, and mentor a team of 5-6 platform engineers
Lead the design and development of scalable, highly available, and performant platform components, services, and RESTful APIs.
Use AI-driven software development practices — agentic coding tools, AI-augmented code review — to accelerate delivery and champion their adoption across the team by contributing reusable skills, agents, and prompts to a shared internal registry.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements, create architectural designs, and implement innovative solutions.
Mentor and guide team members, providing technical leadership, code reviews, and promoting best practices to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to the overall Eclipse™ technical roadmap.
Identify and address performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and other system limitations.
Keep up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies, identifying relevant advancements, and using them to enhance the platform’s capabilities, as appropriate.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of software development experience, with a focus on building and scaling complex, distributed systems.
2+ years having direct reports and managing people’s careers.
Experience building B2B enterprise cloud-based SAAS platforms, multi-tenant systems.
Experience with AuthZ/AuthN backend implementations and integrations. Familiarity with OAuth, OIDC.
Experience with Kubernetes, helm, fleet gitops and service mesh.
Experience with a public cloud provider beyond use of IAAS; AWS preferred
Hands-on experience and a passion for using AI to accelerate software development. Proficiency in multiple programming languages; C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, and/or Go experience preferred.
Solid understanding of microservices architecture, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Proven track record of designing and building highly available, distributed cloud native applications using standard patterns and practices.
Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges. Production debugging experience with log aggregation and other observability tools.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
It would be great if you also
Experience in FinTech is a definite plus.
Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
SS&C Technologies offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) plan with company match; paid time off, holidays, and parental leave; and professional development reimbursement opportunity.
Actual base salary will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to relevant skills, prior experience, education, demonstrated performance, and geographic location.
Massachusetts: The expected base salary for the position is between 180000 USD to 195000 USD.
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.
