Senior Software Engineer
About The Position
Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm founded in 1998. Tower has built its business on a high-performance platform and independent trading teams. We have a 25+ year track record of innovation and a reputation for discovering unique market opportunities. Tower is home to some of the world’s best systematic trading and engineering talent. We empower portfolio managers to build their teams and strategies independently while providing the economies of scale that come from a large, global organization. Engineers thrive at Tower while developing electronic trading infrastructure at a world class level. Our engineers solve challenging problems in the realms of low-latency programming, FPGA technology, hardware acceleration and machine learning. Our ongoing investment in top engineering talent and technology ensures our platform remains unmatched in terms of functionality, scalability and performance. At Tower, every employee plays a role in our success. Our Business Support teams are essential to building and maintaining the platform that powers everything we do —combining market access, data, compute, and research infrastructure with risk management, compliance, and a full suite of business services. Our Business Support teams enable our trading and engineering teams to perform at their best. At Tower, employees will find a stimulating, results-oriented environment where highly intelligent and motivated colleagues inspire each other to reach their greatest potential.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field of study
- 3 years of experience in a software engineer or developer role
- At least one of the following languages: Go, Python or Java
- Architecting large software systems composed of micro services
- Full-stack and web-based application development
- Working with relational databases and handling large datasets
- HTTP servers, caching and building webservices
- Systems and network automation
- Monitoring and alerting
- Message queuing or distributed messaging frameworks
- Time series data storage and analysis
Responsibilities
- Create and expand our in-house tools, and help drive the development and architecture of an agile framework that adapts to quickly evolving requirements
- Design software solutions for the systematic automation of tower’s operations, liaising with other teams and internal clients to organize information and requirements
- Support and mentor technical team members, facilitating team organization
- Architect software to collect, analyze and visualize large amounts of data
- Identify opportunities to leverage technology to address infrastructure management challenges
- Analyze and integrate technical requirements into architecture decisions
- Maintain the integrity of development practices, ensuring code quality and consistency
- Document software specifications and architectural decisions
Benefits
- Generous paid time off policies
- Savings plans and other financial wellness tools available in each region
- Hybrid working opportunities
- Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks daily
- In-office wellness experiences and reimbursement for select wellness expenses (e.g., gym, personal training and more)
- Company-sponsored sports teams and fitness events (JPM Corporate Challenge, Cycle for Survival, Wall Street Rides FAR and more)
- Volunteer opportunities and charitable giving
- Social events, happy hours, treats, and celebrations throughout the year
- Workshops and continuous learning opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
