Assistant Vice President

Job Description

Overview

Harrison Street Asset Management ("HSAM") is a leading global alternative investment management firm focused on real estate, infrastructure, and credit strategies across North America and Europe. Headquartered in Chicago, Toronto, and London with offices across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the firm has over $108 billion in assets under management on behalf of institutional investors and registered investment advisors globally.

Founded on a culture of innovation, HSAM is an early mover in alternative real estate and mid-market infrastructure. Today, the firm’s global team, consisting of more than 520 professionals, is committed to creating long-term value through deep sector expertise and forward-thinking strategies.

Under direction of the Head of Data Analytics & Architecture, Global, the successful Full Stack Engineer candidate will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining complete web applications, managing both front-end user interfaces and back-end server logic, databases, and APIs. They work throughout the entire software development lifecycle, from conception to deployment, ensuring applications are functional, responsive, and secure, while collaborating with teams to deliver seamless user experiences.

The successful candidate must be self-directed and comfortable supporting the Web Applications, and data needs of multiple teams and systems.

Responsibilities

60% Full Stack Software Development
Front-End Development: Designing and implementing interactive user interfaces using HTML, CSS, TypeScript, JavaScript, Vite, and frameworks like React, Angular or Vue.
Back-End Development: Building server-side logic, managing databases, and creating RESTful API’s and integrations using ASP.Net, C#, Python, Java, PHP, or Node.js.
Integrating and consolidating data from diverse sources, such as databases, APIs, and streaming platforms, ensuring data quality, consistency, and integrity.
System Architecture: Developing and maintaining the structure of applications, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
End-to-end Delivery: Troubleshooting, testing, and debugging applications to optimize speed and functionality. Managing the deployment of web applications to servers and maintaining them post-launch.
Collaboration: Work closely with data engineers, business liaisons, and line of business stakeholders to translate user requirements into functional features.
Partners with Technology Infrastructure and support Operations teams to identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: e.g., automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, and redesigning infrastructure for greater scalability.
Understands how HSAM’s data platform integrates within the overall technical architecture.
20% Data Engineering, Machine Learning and Data Agents

Qualifications

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Harrison Street does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Harrison Street will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Harrison Street.

The Full Stack Engineer will also be responsible for the collection, storage, processing, and transformation of large volumes of data to make it accessible, reliable, and usable for analysis and decision-making purposes. The ideal candidate is an experienced data pipeline builder, business intelligence report builder and data wrangler who enjoys optimizing data systems and building them from the ground up.
5+ years of experience in a Full Stack Engineer role.
Bachelor’s Degree in technical discipline such as Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science or related field.
Proficient in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML for building responsive web applications.
Strong experience in modern front-end frameworks such as React and Angular.
Experience of responsive design, UI/UX principles, and cross-browser compatibility.
Strong knowledge of server-side programming such as ASP.Net, Node.js, and Python.
Experience working with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, and experience designing databases schemas, writing optimized queries in SQL, and managing data models.

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