Software Engineer

The Role We are seeking a highly skilled Python-focused Software Engineer to join our team. Our ideal candidate would have 7+ years of hands-on experience with exposure to production support roles and supporting ETL pipelines. In this role, you will serve as both a builder and keeper of our data pipelines, ensuring our platforms are robust, scalable, and tightly aligned with the firm's trading and operational objectives. You will partner closely with Investment, Risk, and Operations teams to design and deliver data pipelines, automate critical workflows, and build pipelines tools that directly influence portfolio management and trading decisions. Required Skills & Experience
• Undergraduate degree in computer science or engineering required.
• Highly proficient in Python, with 3+ years of hands-on experience delivering production-quality solutions
• Highly proficient in SQL Server, with 3+ years of experience designing, optimizing, and maintaining high-performance databases including creation of complex database objects like stored procedures (any prior experience with relational database)
• Experience managing and resolving production issues, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and incident resolution in live environments
• Skilled at building, automating, and maintaining robust data pipelines and workflows
• Experience using multiple technologies across an ETL pipeline, included but not limited to, data transformation libraries, orchestration, data warehouses, data streaming, batch processing, and cloud deployment
• Strong interest in finance and a genuine desire to learn the inner workings of the hedge fund industry
• Demonstrated ability to tackle complex problems with creativity and resourcefulness
• Exceptional communication skills and the confidence to collaborate across disciplines Preferred Skills & Experience
• Prior experience with C++ would be helpful in developing and maintaining quantitative libraries
• Prior experience with C# would be helpful in maintaining FIX Engine
• Prior experience with web technologies (including ReactJS and modern frameworks), with 2+ years building impactful, user-centric applications
• Master’s degree in engineering or computer science preferred but not required

Key Responsibilities
• Production Support: Be the guardian of stability—proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues to keep mission-critical systems running flawlessly.
• Own and Evolve Our Tech Stack: Take charge of our Windows-based platforms, from modern web applications, robust Python back-ends to high-performance SQL Server databases.
• Integrate and Automate: Design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines to support trading, risk, and operational analytics and develop workflows for seamless data ingestion, transformation, and delivery across internal and external systems.
• Drive Business Outcomes: Collaborate with investment, risk, and operations teams to deliver tools that directly influence trading and portfolio management.
• Financial Systems Mastery: Support and extend our proprietary order management system, FIX engine, and Advent Geneva integrations.
• Innovate: Identify opportunities for improvement and lead initiatives that push our technology—and the business—forward