- Junior
- Bureau à Madison
Making a Difference
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB), founded in 1951, is a premier global investment organization responsible for managing the more than $162 billion of assets of the fully funded Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the State Investment Fund and other state funds. Through SWIB’s effective and innovative investment management, WRS remains one of the only fully funded US public pensions. The WRS consistently ranks among the 10 largest public pension funds in the U.S. SWIB is recognized by the investment industry for our teamwork and innovation. SWIB pursues sophisticated global investment strategies across the asset and risk allocation spectrum. Providers across the investment ecosystem seek to partner with SWIB.
Serving more than 692,000 beneficiaries of the WRS, SWIB is a mission-driven organization focused on providing a strong financial future to those who committed their careers to public service. For public employees and the 1,607 Wisconsin employers who contribute on their behalf, we are a trusted partner. Our team innovates continuously to meet the challenges of an evolving investment landscape while growing and protecting the assets of the WRS.
Job Description:
Applicants requiring H-1B transfers or sponsorship into the H-1B lottery will not be considered for this position.
We’re looking for early-career engineers who want to grow by solving diverse problems — from building APIs and automation pipelines to designing UIs and creating AI-enabled workflows — all in the cloud.
What you’ll do:
- Design and implement APIs and integrations.
- Build automated workflows that use AI to enhance speed, accuracy, and decision-making.
- Contribute to front-end UIs that make complex tasks user-friendly.
- Work with databases: schema design, querying, and debugging.
- Deploy, monitor, and scale solutions in a cloud environment.
- Safely and effectively use AI both as a development accelerator and as a core component of your solutions.
- Collaborate closely with teammates in a growing engineering group, and work cross-functionally with both technical and non-technical partners.
You bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 0–2 years of professional software development experience.
- Proficiency in Python with demonstrated project experience.
- Familiarity with databases (SQL/NoSQL).
- Exposure to cloud services (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
- Experience building and delivering at least one serious project (academic capstone, internship project, personal side project, or open-source contribution) that shows your ability to design, implement, and ship end-to-end software.
- Basic knowledge of finance — such as understanding financial data, instruments, or workflows — and interest in applying technology in this domain.
- Interest in learning and applying AI frameworks (LLMs, vector databases, NLP APIs, etc.).
- Curiosity, adaptability, and a problem-solving mindset.
- Strong communication skills and willingness to work in a collaborative, team-first environment.
What you’ll gain:
- Hands-on experience across APIs, automation, UIs, and AI-enabled workflows.
- Opportunities to partner with stakeholders across disciplines — from engineers to business experts.
- Mentorship, career growth, and the chance to help shape the next generation of cloud-native, AI-powered financial technology.
- Competitive total cash compensation, based on AON (formerly McLagan) industry benchmarks
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Educational and training opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement
- Challenging work in a professional environment
- Hybrid work environment
