Systems Engineer

We are seeking a skilled Systems Engineer with strong expertise in database design, optimization, and administration, combined with proficiency in front-end development. The ideal candidate will be responsible for architecting and maintaining robust database systems, ensuring data integrity, and delivering efficient queries. Additionally, this role involves developing intuitive, responsive user interfaces using modern front-end frameworks. The candidate should have experience in integrating databases with web applications, troubleshooting performance issues, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and user-friendly solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Database Architecture & Design: Model schemas, normalize/denormalize where appropriate, design indexing strategies, and implement partitioning for scalability and performance.
• Performance & Reliability: Profile and tune queries (e.g., execution plans, indexing, caching); implement high availability, replication, and disaster recovery; manage backup/restore strategies and capacity planning.
• Data Security & Compliance: Enforce least privilege, secrets management, encryption (at rest/in transit), and auditing; align to applicable standards (e.g., SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI) with proper data retention and PII handling.
• Application Integration: Build and optimize REST/GraphQL endpoints and data access layers; implement caching layers (e.g., Redis) and pagination strategies; ensure consistent contracts and versioning.
• Front-End Development: Develop responsive, accessible UIs with React/Angular/Vue and TypeScript; implement state management, routing, and component libraries; ensure cross-browser compatibility and A11y (WCAG).
• User Experience & Performance: Optimize Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, INP), lazy loading, code splitting, and asset pipelines to deliver fast, intuitive experiences.
• CI/CD & Automation: Implement automated build/test/deploy pipelines; write unit/e2e tests (e.g., Jest, Cypress, Playwright); enable blue/green or canary releases.
• Infrastructure & Observability: Utilize containers (Docker/Kubernetes) and IaC (Terraform/ARM/Bicep/CloudFormation); add logging/metrics/tracing (e.g., ELK/Datadog/Prometheus/Grafana) and set SLOs/SLIs/alerts.
• Incident Response: Participate in on-call rotations; perform root cause analysis, postmortems, and reliability improvements.
• Collaboration & Documentation: Work closely with product, design, and backend teams; create high-quality technical docs, runbooks, and diagrams. #LI_DNI

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent work experience. 
• 5-7 years of relevant work experience required.
• 5-7+ years of experience and proven engineering expertise within subject matter domain. 
• Strong analytical and customer service abilities.
• Ability to communicate and articulate technical information across various organizational levels. 
• Strong thought leadership abilities and a highly innovative problem solver.
• High reasoning aptitude and ability to quickly understand a complex operating environment.  

Key Skills

• Database technologies (SQL, NoSQL, performance tuning, backup/recovery)
• Front-end frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue.js)
• API integration and system architecture
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills

About Our Company
We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of 2024. With our team of more than 20,000 people in 20 countries, we advise, manage and protect assets and income of more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses - Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

The estimated base salary for this role is $112,200 - $150,000 a year. We have a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy. Your initial total compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location. In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long-term incentives depending on the role. We also have a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being, including but not limited to vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental and life insurances.Full timeExemptTechnologyTECH Technology