Software Developer (Senior Associate)

Adams Street Partners
Chicago, Illinois
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Job Description
Overview:
Adams Street Partners is a global private markets investment manager that has over $52 billion in assets under management. The firm is 100% employee-owned, which fosters a positive and unique culture of collaboration, intellectual rigor, integrity, and a commitment to professional development. For the fifth year in a row, Adams Street was named one of Pension & Investments’ Best Places to Work in Money Management in 2022.

Employees operate as a single global team, integrating the expertise of the firm’s investment professionals across five strategies: primary investments, secondary investments, growth equity, private credit, and co-investments. Adams Street is considered a private markets pioneer and was inducted into the Private Equity Hall of Fame in 2000.

The firm was founded more than 50 years ago, and clients include leading public and corporate pension plans, foundations, endowments, insurance companies, registered investment advisors, and high net worth individuals worldwide.

Adams Street has offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, London, Munich, Menlo Park, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.
Responsibilities:
Adams Street Partners is seeking an experienced developer for their Information Technology department. As a member of the Shared Services team, the person will be responsible for developing applications focused on investment accounting and operations. The candidate should be comfortable working with business stakeholders and collaborating with other team members. This is an ideal position for a candidate with a passion for highly technical projects in a globally dynamic and functionally complex environment. An aptitude for analytical research, planning and solving complex issues will be a key factor to success in this position.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
  • Work collaboratively with development team members and business stakeholders to ensure designs and solutions are aligned with stated business objectives.

  • Exercise a combination of project management and hands-on execution to ensure that important projects are accomplished by deadlines and with the highest quality technical standards.

  • Seek opportunities to improve efficiencies in supporting Adams Street’s technology best practices.

  • Gather requirements and participate in architectural discussions.

  • Design, implement, and test software solutions that meet business objectives.

  • Collaborate with developers to ensure designs and code meet technical standards.

  • Report project statuses and work estimations to managers.

  • Troubleshoot and solve technical issues that are impacting business stakeholders.
Qualifications:
We seek an individual who is self-motivated, demonstrates creative thinking and has the following qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering
  • 5+ years of full-stack development experience
  • Proficiency in C# and SQL
  • Experience in web application development
  • Experience in building and consuming APIs
  • Experience in systems integration projects
  • Experience in application performance tuning
  • Automated unit testing
  • Continuous integration, build, and release processes
  • Financial Services domain knowledge related to Asset/Investment Management or Private Equity
  • Must be able to interface with the business directly and perform BA duties
  • Passion to learn the business domain to design and develop effective solutions
  • Attention to detail; highly organized and able to prioritize and meet deadlines
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills

Adams Street Partners
Web Development
Full Time
Onsite
Competitive
See Description for Experience
2 years, 3 months ago