Senior Software Engineer

Chronograph was founded to bring next-generation technology to private capital markets. Through our suite of cloud-based analytics and data management solutions, we help many of the world’s largest and most sophisticated venture capital, private equity, and credit funds understand their investment performance in unprecedented detail, with over 258,000 private companies and 15,000 private capital funds monitored via our solution suite. 

At Chronograph, we get to go “behind the scenes” and work directly with investors who are driving some of the most impactful changes across high growth start-ups, global infrastructure and renewable energy, growth equity, and all other private capital strategies. The firm is backed by The Carlyle Group, Nasdaq Inc., and Summit Partners, and has seen continuous rapid growth since its founding in 2016.

As a key member of our team, you will lead and deliver projects from concept to production; driving core technical direction while working closely with key stakeholders. Our engineering teams collaborate daily with product managers and designers to build exceptional software. An ideal candidate for this role will have both sharp technical skills and a keen product sensibility. You’ll join a highly-driven team of engineers, contributing both as a technical leader and a hands-on full-stack developer. Our platform handles critical financial data, offering extensive workflow and data analysis tools along with an innovative data ingestion platform. This is an opportunity to make a real-world impact: you will tackle challenging technical problems and contribute to a platform relied upon by leaders in the private equity space.

Even if you do not meet all criteria, we encourage you to apply! Chronograph offers an open and supportive environment where all are encouraged to grow and learn through their work.

• Own and lead technical projects from product ideation to successful execution, including: technical decisions, architectural designs, data structures, and development approach
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and design to architect high-performance and user-centric features to drive direct client impact among leaders in the private equity space
• Identify new technologies and best practices to help your team and the department continuously improve
• Lead cross-team initiatives to improve Chronograph’s overall developer experience and operating processes 
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement

• At least 7 years of professional development experience
• Expertise in Typescript, Node, PostgreSQL, and GraphQL 
• Proficiency in database schema design and writing performant SQL queries
• Experience with frontend frameworks and patterns such as React and React Query
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, and in particular the ability to distill complex technical concepts for diverse audiences
• A creative mindset that bridges technical constraints and product needs

• Nice-to-haves:
• Experience implementing and extending modern JavaScript libraries such as SpreadJS, HyperFormula, FinnFlo-js and AG Grid
• Background in building computation-heavy services where accuracy and performance are imperative
• Curiosity about emerging tools that improve developer velocity, including AI-assisted coding