Platform Engineer

• Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and SDKs that improve researcher productivity and self-service capabilities, * Collaborate closely with researchers and engineers to translate research requirements into production-read systems

Securities, Quantitative Research, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Workflow Analysis, Scalable System Development, Data Sets, Application Programming Interface (API), Research Skills, Productivity Management, System Operations, * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field \

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience \
• Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or C++, or similar systems-oriented languages \
• Experience building and operating distributed systems in production environments \
• Experience designing scalable backend services, APIs, and data-intensive applications \
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, data-intensive applications, and system design fundamentals \
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and modern infrastructure technologies \
• Experience with technologies such as Kafka, Kubernetes, Spark, Airflow, distributed databases, or similar systems is a plus

In accordance with applicable law, the base salary range for this role is $175,000 to $350,000.

Zurich or New York. Our Research Platform teams are at the forefront of designing and developing the distributed, Citadel Securities is a technology-driven, next-generation global market maker. We provide institutional and retail investors with world-class liquidity, competitive pricing and seamless front-to-back execution in a broad array of financial products. Our teams of engineers, traders and researchers harness leading-edge quantitative research and the accelerating power of compute, machine learning and AI to power our analytics and tackle the market’s and our clients’ most critical challenges. Together, we are forging the future of capital markets. For more information, visit citadelsecurities.com.