Software Engineer

The Software Engineer maintains, builds, and manages new and existing software applications and systems through the entire development lifecycle to support all trading execution and related processes. This person contributes throughout the full lifecycle from requirements through production support while continuously improving system quality and scalability. Success in this role requires someone who is a skilled software developer, able to learn new skills and technologies as needed, and who is well-organized and focused on continual personal, system, and process improvement.

Principal Responsibilities:

Software Development and Implementation

• Build and evolve software across our .NET, C#, Python, ASP.NET, SQL Server, Oracle, and related tech stack, with an emphasis on code quality.

• Design, implement, and perform unit, functional, integration, and system testing. Partner with end users by developing test plans and test cases and supporting the user testing

• Deploy changes to test and production environments using automated CI/CD pipelines.

• Collaborate with external vendors and counterparties to design, develop, integrate, and test systems

Business Analysis

• Work with internal stakeholders to translate and document requirements and develop complete system designs

• Maintain the product backlog and collaborate with the team and stakeholders to prioritize work.

Process and System Improvement

• Identify opportunities for improvements to existing systems and processes.

• Maintain up‑to‑date system and process documentation for developers and stakeholders.

Technical Expertise

• Mentor peers through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing sessions.

• Own the architecture of the trading‑execution and related systems, acting as a subject‑matter expert who recommends and implements sound design principles.

Production Support

• Provide on‑call support for trading technologies during normal business hours and as needed in off‑hours.

• Participate in ticket triage, root cause analysis, and post mortem documentation.

Decision making authority

• Prioritize the team’s backlog and feature releases to meet critical business deadlines while ensuring alignment with product strategy.

• Collaborate on component architecture and database designs.

• Advise management on long‑term system evolution, recommending architectural trends, technology shifts, and modernization initiatives that support the company’s trading‑execution strategy.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field— or equivalent professional experience and training.

• 3+ years of professional experience developing in C#/.NET (or a comparable object‑oriented language).

• 3+ years of hands‑on experience with SQL Server, Oracle, or another relational database platform.

• Proven ability to apply sound software‑design and system‑architecture principles.

• Working knowledge of Python.

• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD pipelines, source‑control systems, and automated testing frameworks.

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication—capable of translating complex technical ideas to non‑technical audiences.

• Self‑motivated, organized, and equally comfortable working independently or within cross‑functional teams.