HarbourVest Partners

HarbourVest Partners

Associate, Quantitative Developer

Boston

Sponsorship not specified$160k-$165kDetected 1 day ago
TypeScriptPythonReactBackend DevelopmentCode ReviewGitSQLAzureCloud PlatformsCI/CDDevOpsKafkaData EngineeringTest AutomationCollaborationProblem Solving

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56Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role70
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

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About the role

  • As our global firm grows, we continue to add individuals who seek a collaborative, open-door culture that values diversity and innovative thinking.
  • In our collegial environment that's marked by low turnover and high energy, you'll be inspired to grow and thrive.
  • HarbourVest is an equal opportunity employer.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain user-facing applications and the backend services and APIs that support them
  • Develop reusable UI components and shared platform capabilities used across applications
  • Support gradual rollouts and feature flags to ship changes safely as the platform evolves
  • Build and improve data pipelines and integrations across the platform, and contribute to logical and physical data models
  • Partner with product to review, triage, and resolve issues and defects
  • Manage delivery expectations and drive projects through completion
  • Contribute to a strong engineering culture through code review, knowledge sharing, and documentation that lets teams build with confidence
  • 3+ years of professional software development experience building data-rich platforms or products
  • Work directly with product and design to understand problems, shape requirements, and turn them into clear technical designs

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or equivalent experience
  • Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or equivalent experience

Nice to have

  • Strong analytical skills and curiosity about how systems work end to end
  • Strong SQL skills, including complex queries and data access patterns
  • Attention to detail and systematic thinking
  • A love for turning requirements into well-defined, durable systems
  • Familiarity with data modeling, data management, and data warehouse concepts
  • Experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka, Azure Event Grid, or equivalent is a plus

Compensation

  • $160,000.00 - $165,000.00
  • This USD base salary range represents only one component of total compensation for this role and is provided in accordance with local requirements.
  • This role is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, which is determined based on individual and overall firm performance.
  • In addition to salary and bonus, total compensation may include eligibility for long-term reward programs and a comprehensive total rewards package that may include retirement, health, insurance, paid time off, and wellness programs.
  • Please note the posted ranges do not apply outside the U.S. and should not be converted to other currencies as a proxy for compensation in other countries.

Benefits

  • Education Preferred
  • Our total rewards offerings are influenced by several business factors, and eligibility for certain components will vary by position and geography.

Company info

  • We are committed to fostering an environment of inclusion that promotes mutual respect among all employees.

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