Senior software engineer

We are seeking an experienced and meticulous software engineer to join our core engineering team. This role has pivoted to focus on building the mission critical systems of our trading firm. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining the critical systems that handle our trade reconciliation, live financial reporting, and system security.

You will be working with high-volume, high-throughput transactional data where accuracy, security, and the ability to process information at scale are paramount. The ideal candidate is a strong, backend-leaning developer who has proven experience building systems that handle huge loads of data, thrives on creating robust and secure applications, and understands the gravity of financial data integrity.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Build High-Volume Financial Systems: Design, develop, and maintain our real-time trade ledger and financial reporting systems, ensuring absolute data accuracy and integrity while processing thousands of transactions per second.
• Automate Large-Scale Reconciliation: Build and enhance automated trade reconciliation systems to compare and match vast datasets from our internal records against exchanges and custodians.
• Enhance Security: Implement and uphold robust security measures across all financial systems, including access controls and data protection protocols.
• Develop Internal Tooling: Create and maintain internal dashboards and tools (using React/Angular and Node.js) for our finance, compliance, and trading operations teams.
• Collaborate and Own: Work closely with our finance and operations teams to translate their requirements into resilient technical solutions and take ownership of the full development lifecycle.

• 5-10+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proven experience building systems designed to process and handle high-volume data loads.
• Direct experience in a trading environment, working on financial ledgers, accounting systems, or trade reconciliation platforms.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript framework, Python, and/or GoLang for building secure and reliable backend services.
• A strong understanding of application security best practices, particularly for financial systems.
• Solid experience with a modern frontend framework (React or Angular) for building internal tools.
• A proactive, self-driven mindset with the ability to collaborate in a fast-paced trading environment
• Prior experience in market making, trading, or execution services is a plus

Our Recruitment Philosophy

Leadership, trustworthiness, and reputation are at the core of Acheron Trading's DNA. We seek individuals who are:

• Analytical thinkers capable of assessing and optimizing execution strategies
• Self-starters with the confidence to make informed trading decisions
• Trustworthy and accountable, ensuring reliability for colleagues and clients
• Committed to excellence, going above and beyond to uphold Acheron Trading's reputation

• Competitive salary
• Placement in the Employee Revenue Share Bonus Pool (paid semiannually)
• The opportunity to work with one of the most innovative and fastest-growing trading firms in the industry

Acheron is a market maker holding a CASP license issued by the AFM in the Netherlands under MiCAr and with passporting in all EU countries. Acheron provides liquidity services to digital asset issuers from their most embryonic stages and throughout their adoption cycle. It is our belief that market inefficiency is one of the factors preventing digital assets from achieving mass adoption.