Hybrid Software Engineer III (Contract) bei Los Angeles Capital

This is a 6-month contract role. Following the contract period, the role will be reviewed for a potential full-time hire opportunity. 

About the Firm

Firm Mission

“Achieving Client Success through Research and Technology”

Los Angeles Capital, the “Firm”, is a global equity manager of assets for leading institutions around the world. The Firm is recognized as a pioneer in dynamic equity management, utilizing proprietary technology to engineer equity portfolios that adapt to today’s equity market. The Firm’s senior investment professionals have worked together for three decades developing models for measuring and forecasting return and risk of global equity securities. The Firm manages approximately $34.2 billion as of June 30, 2025, across a wide variety of public equity strategies designed to meet institutional client return and risk objectives. The Firm has been ranked for seven years in a row by Pensions and Investments as one of the “Best Places to Work in Money Management.” The Firm’s working environment places a strong focus on teamwork and values work-life balance. The Firm offers a competitive compensation package that includes health care plans, 401(k), and top-tier benefits. The Firm is 100% employee-owned through a holding company structure and seeks to retain and motivate employees’ long term. Los Angeles Capital firmly believes the quality and commitment of the individuals are vital to the success of the Firm, ensuring that client expectations are exceeded.

Position Overview

Working with Los Angeles Capital’s Software Development Team, the Software Engineer III is primarily responsible for supporting the on-going design, development, and production of the firm’s proprietary investment models. The team also supports tools and processes related to investment decision making, trading and back-office operations.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Create innovative solutions to meet our company’s technical and business needs.
• Take ownership of all aspects of a product, including code, database, environment setup and deployment.
• Work closely with software engineers, QA analysts and business analysts on product team.
• Collaborate with other IT teams, such as infrastructure and application support.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with manager, IT members and product users.
• Make demos and proofs of concept to show ideas and new features to product team and users.
• Frequently perform code reviews and provide helpful feedback.
• Manage time effectively.
• Prioritize tasks according to urgency and/or user need.
• Aware of industry standard best practices.
• Provide tasks and projects to employees.
• Help employees with career goals and guidance.
• Conduct regularly scheduled one-on-ones with employees.
• Conduct performance reviews with employees.

Skills and Knowledge Required 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 4-7 years of experience developing software applications in a professional environment
• Expert in either C#, Java or Python
• Extensive knowledge of relational or NoSQL database
• Extensive knowledge of GitHub or other source control system
• Experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins or other CI/CD tool
• Experience with a public cloud such as Azure or Amazon Web Services
• Experience with Jira or other bug-tracking software
• Experience supervising other software engineers

Skills and Knowledge Desired 

• Experience in the investment industry, a plus

This is a hybrid position based in Los Angeles, CA which requires weekly attendance.