Morningstar, Inc.: Application Developer

Morningstar`s Asset Manager group seeks an Application Developer who thrives on new experiences and technical challenges to join our Site Builder product team. This position is based in our Chicago office.

As an Application Developer, you will be involved in every phase of the development cycle, from product inception through delivery. You will work with the project management staff to develop software requirements. You will help build, document, and deploy software to testing and production servers. The Application Developer will also help troubleshoot and correct any production server issues. 

Candidates should have excellent programming logic, design skills, and documentation habits. This person should have a strong desire to learn new technologies and generate new ideas when designing solutions. Candidates must have at least two to four years of development experience, including web applications. Candidates must have excellent knowledge of application programming paradigms such as C#/C++, ASP.NET, HTML, and JavaScript. Knowledge of XML/XSLT/XPath and SQL Server programming is a plus. We prefer someone with a demonstrated understanding of object-oriented design and best practices for building highly scalable websites. Experience using agile methodologies and refactoring with design patterns is a plus. Knowledge of the investment industry is desirable. A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related scientific field is required.

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.