OpenLink Software Engineer

Our client is searching for an engineer who will sit directly on a newly formed technology team supporting a new commodities and energy trading desk, partnering closely with PMs, traders, and risk teams to build and enhance the desk’s technology stack. The engineer will work hands-on with OpenLink (Endur) to support trade capture, lifecycle management, risk, and PnL across multiple commodity asset classes including power, natural gas, metals, and agricultural products. Day-to-day responsibilities include developing and enhancing OpenLink components, integrating market data and downstream systems, improving real-time risk and PnL reporting, and supporting the desk through the full trading lifecycle. The role will also involve working on system integrations, data distribution, and tooling to support a scalable, high-performance front-office environment as the desk grows. This is a highly visible, front-office-aligned position where the engineer will contribute directly to the success of a new PM platform within the firm.

5-15+ years of software engineering experience, with hands-on OpenLink (Endur) development

• Strong Java and .NET development experience with some Python

• Endur is Java-based

• Deep understanding of commodities & energy trading workflows

• Physical & financial commodities, trade lifecycle, scheduling, settlements

• Experience working directly with front-office PMs and traders

• Proven experience enhancing or supporting: Trade capture, Risk & PnL, Market data integrations, Intraday reports, etc.

• Strong knowledge of system integration & data distribution

• Event-driven architectures

• Real-time and batch processing

• Solid SQL and Linux/Unix experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field - Buy-side hedge fund or proprietary trading firm experience

• Experience working on new desk launches

Familiarity with cloud or modern deployment patterns (AWS, containers, CI/CD)