Senior Full Stack Developer

Your Team Responsibilities

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Full Stack Developer to join our Market Data team, contributing to the next-generation solution for the 3rd Party Benchmark Portfolio. You will take ownership of an existing platform developed in Django, React, and jQuery, enhancing its architecture, user interface, and deployment processes. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in full-stack development with a strong emphasis on modern, responsive UI design and seamless back-end integration.

As part of a global team of experienced Software Engineers, you will work closely with Developers, Business Analysts, and Product Managers across locations including Manila, Budapest, Monterrey, San Francisco, and Norman. You will be responsible for maintaining and improving both the user-facing experience and the supporting deployment pipelines, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability.

Candidates should be passionate about building high-quality software, comfortable contributing to design discussions, and capable of maintaining and modernizing legacy UI code. You should have a strong understanding of front-end frameworks, Python/Django, and CI/CD workflows, along with the ability to learn and adapt quickly. Experience with cloud platforms—particularly Azure—is a strong plus, as our team is actively migrating services to a cloud-native environment.

We offer a hybrid work model (2 days office / 3 days home office), enabling flexibility and a healthy work-life balance. MSCI provides all necessary equipment and technology to support your success.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Management, Program Management, and other internal stakeholders to convert business requirements into intuitive and user-friendly web applications.
• Take ownership of an existing UI project built with Django, jQuery, and React; maintain, refactor, and evolve it in line with current best practices.
• Improve and modernize the user interface using the latest front-end technologies, with a focus on performance, usability, accessibility, and responsiveness.
• Evaluate different UI design patterns, libraries, and frameworks, and recommend the most suitable solutions for both new and legacy components.
• Implement and maintain unit and UI testing to ensure application stability and quality over time.
• Maintain and optimize the CI/CD pipeline for front-end deployments using DevOps practices and automation.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure high coding standards for maintainability and scalability.
• Use VsCode with GitHub Copilot AI assistant / Cursor AI as part of daily development workflow.

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

Specific Knowledge / Skills

• 5+ years of front-end or full-stack development experience, including ownership of production UI applications.
• 2+ years of experience with React.js, including hooks, state management, and component architecture.
• Hands-on experience with jQuery and transitioning from legacy UI codebases.
• Proficiency with Python (3.9+) and Django web framework, especially in full-stack or back-end-integration scenarios.
• Solid understanding of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+), REST APIs, and asynchronous programming.
• Familiarity with writing and maintaining unit, UI, and integration tests using frameworks such as Jest, Cypress, or Selenium.
• Ability to adopt new front-end technologies and frameworks quickly.
• Experience in Git version control and working with Agile teams.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and front-end deployment automation tools.
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Azure cloud platform or similar cloud services.
• Familiarity with Django templates and front-end-back-end integration patterns.
• Exposure to Docker or container-based environments.
• Understanding of performance profiling and web application optimization.
• Interest or experience in AI tools or LLMs applied to UI development.

About MSCI

What we offer you

• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.

• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.

• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

• A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.

• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose – to power better investment decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave), veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please email Disability.Assistance@msci.com and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note, this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.

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