Software Engineer

The successful candidate will work closely with traders, quantitative researchers and engineering teams to design and develop high-performance data platforms supporting options, delta-one and FICC trading strategies. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a fast-paced trading environment, building scalable, low-latency systems that support critical trading operations., * Design, develop and maintain high-performance software systems supporting real-time and historical trading data.

• Take full ownership of data products, from initial design and development through to production deployment and ongoing support.
• Build scalable batch processing and real-time streaming solutions for large-volume financial time-series datasets.
• Develop and optimise APIs and data access solutions to enable fast, reliable retrieval of trading data.
• Collaborate closely with traders, quantitative researchers and engineering teams to deliver business-critical data solutions.
• Design and maintain concurrent, high-throughput and low-latency systems within Linux environments.
• Ensure data quality, reliability and performance across trading infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot complex technical challenges and provide production support where required.

• 2+ years’ commercial Software Engineering experience, ideally within proprietary trading, hedge funds or financial markets.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java or C++, with the ability to work across multiple languages.
• Proven experience designing, developing and delivering scalable, production-grade software systems.
• Good understanding of financial markets, particularly options, delta-one or FICC trading.
• Experience developing high-performance, concurrent and low-latency applications within Linux environments.
• Strong knowledge of batch processing, real-time streaming and financial time-series data.
• Experience with data orchestration frameworks such as Airflow or Dagster.
• Familiarity with streaming technologies such as Kafka, data lake platforms including Delta Lake or Apache Iceberg, and relational databases.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to operate in a fast-paced trading environment. xrbllit
• Excellent communication skills and experience working directly with traders, stakeholders and engineering teams.

We are currently partnered with a leading global proprietary trading firm seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer (Data) to join their growing technology function in Chicago, NYC or London.