Lead Software Engineer

About Eleven Recruiting

We are a specialized technology staffing agency supporting professional and financial services companies. Why do we stand out in technology staffing? We listen and act as advisors for our candidates on how they can best add value, find interesting projects, and pave a path for career advancement. We advocate for best pay, diversity in tech, and best job-fit for every candidate we place.

Our client, a global investment firm, is seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join their team in El Segundo, CA!

Responsibilities:

• Lead software build through requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and production deployment.
• Develop and deliver full-stack cloud-based applications.
• Develop and deploy microservices in a scalable high throughput workflow.
• Integrate and optimize messaging systems across application stack (e.g., Kafka).
• Leverage both a scripting (e.g., Python) and OOP (e.g., C++, Java) programming language to build robust trading solutions.
• Comfortable working in an agile software delivery environment, utilizing Git and with exposure to CI / CD tools (e.g., Docker, Jenkins).
• Passion for clean, maintainable code and continuous improvement in engineering skills in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Strong understanding of market structure, key trading data, and analytics that support various investment strategies.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, PREFERABLY with at least 3+ years working in a trading environment.
• Proven experience managing and mentoring teams of full stack software engineers.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders, drive roadmap creation and ROI optimization, and lead architectural decisions and organizations changes.
• Extensive experience building and deploying trading software in a high-performance, production environment.
• Expertise in trading systems across asset classes.
• Strong knowledge of transaction cost analysis, PnL attribution, risk factor modeling, and order routing (strongly preferred).
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, balancing multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong sense of initiative and drive.
• Collaborate and adept working with professionals of all levels.