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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Class Valuation, LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Salary:** $300,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), CMake, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Linux, Distributed Systems, Github, Python (Programming Language), Pcap, Networking Basics, Wireshark, Git, Low Latency, Apache Kafka, Jenkins
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/76cf4f6b-87d0-4241-bc94-e395811b5204

## About the Role

Fantastic opportunity for a strong software engineer to gain experience in market-making at a globally successful firm. This role offers the opportunity to modernize the infrastructure underpinning the critical platform that powers the firm's client-facing businesses.

This client platform supports connectivity, order management, and analytics across multiple asset classes, and you'll contribute to its transformation by building Python-first frameworks and C++-adjacent hooks to verify distributed systems correctness, accelerate CI/CD, and protect latency-sensitive releases across equities (cash/options) and beyond.

The successful candidate will be an outstanding communicator with a proven ownership mindset; comfortable debugging unfamiliar systems, writing documentation, and driving cross-team initiatives., * Expert Python skills for production-grade automation

 * Ability to read/modify C++ test code and hook Python harnesses into C++ components
 * Strong Linux and networking fundamentals (TCP/UDP, sockets, pcap/Wireshark)
 * CI/CD experience (Jenkins/GitHub Actions, Git, CMake); containerized, reproducible test environments
 * Hands-on design of performance/reliability tests (latency, throughput, backpressure) and flaky-test triage

Desirable Skills/Experience

 * FIX engine experience (QuickFIX or proprietary), exchange simulators, OMS/EMS flows, DMA/algos, drop copy
 * Observability for tests (PrometheGrafana/Jaeger/Tempo; log correlation)
 * Data & infra: kdb+/q, Kafka, low-latency instrumentation



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