Quantitative Software Engineer Lead

• Architect the future of commodity trading infrastructure: Lead development of our trading system as we start scaling in new markets and onboarding new customers.
• Engineer at the edge of performance: Build and optimize low-latency distributed systems, ensuring our platform minimizes risk and gets optimal prices on fills.
• Build and mentor a world-class team: Shape our engineering culture, hire and mentor talented engineers, and collaborate directly with founders to solve some of the most challenging problems in financial technology.
• Own critical systems end-to-end: From market data ingestion to order execution and risk monitoring, you’ll have autonomy over mission-critical infrastructure that keeps our clients’ businesses running 24/7.

Software Engineering, Software Engineering, Risk, Risk Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Hyperion Pillar, Commodity Management, Trading Systems, Onboarding, Trading/Stockbroking, * Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and core systems fundamentals.

• Extensive experience architecting and building complex financial systems with a focus on building and scaling low latency event driven distributed systems
• Strong ownership and teamwork, ability to work collaboratively to unblock work, drive momentum, and make sure important things get over the finish line.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, learn quickly, and independently figure things out in fast-moving environments.
• Exceptional problem solving skills and ability to break down and tackle complex tasks.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with Golang, Python, C++, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Kafka, AWS
• Experience building trading systems
• Domain experience with derivatives, crypto, equities or other financial products

• Competitive Salary & Equity
• 401(k) Program
• ️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Unlimited PTO and Flexible Hours
• Paid lunch, coffee, snacks (and dinner if you’re staying late)
• ️ Monthly Gym Stipend
• Regular Team Off-Sites

Pillar is building the next-generation commodity risk management stack for the $10T physical economy. We combine real-time marketdata with AI-powered exposure modeling and automated trade generation to arm operators with precise protection from volatility. From instant execution to continuous monitoring, alerts, and recommendations, Pillar turns complex market risk into a fully managed, always-on hedging engine.

We were founded in 2023 by the youngest macro market-maker at Barclays and a trading systems engineer at Coinbase, and have raised over $20M in capital from Andreesen Horowitz (a16z), Crucible Capital, Neo, Crossbeam Venture Partners and more.