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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Citadel LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $350,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Data Files, Distributed Data Store, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, Google Cloud, Apache Spark, Backend, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/platform-engineer-new-york-ny--10875b9e-3b04-4d77-8768-7bc3f6283c1b

## About the Role

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

## Description

* 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