Software Engineer

Nodal Exchange•Tysons, VA

13h•$90,000 - $130,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Nodal Exchange, the largest power futures exchange in North America, is a derivatives exchange providing price, credit and liquidity risk management to participants. Nodal Exchange is a leader in innovation, having introduced the world’s largest sets of environmental and electric power futures and options contracts. All transactions on Nodal Exchange are cleared through its wholly owned subsidiary, Nodal Clear, using its award-winning portfolio-margining methodology. As leaders in innovation, Nodal Exchange and Nodal Clear have built in-house most of the trading and clearing platforms that fuel our business. Nodal Exchange is part of the EEX Group which is in turn part of the Deutsche Börse Group. Nodal seeks a talented and motivated applicant for the following role in Tysons Corner, VA (DC Metro area – hybrid role).

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years’ experience
Strong programming skills in Java or Kotlin. Solid understanding of Object Oriented Design.
Knowledge/experience with Spring Boot, Docker, relational database, and Git
Strong problem solving skills with a demonstrated ability to evaluate multiple solutions.
Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues
Love of coding and, automation, paired with the maturity to learn new technologies to solve business problems
Confidence in one's ideas, along with openness to others' ideas
Applicants for this role must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Nice To Haves

Experience leveraging AI coding assistants (like Claude Code or Cursor) to accelerate development cycles while taking full ownership of code quality to keep production stable
Experience in database optimization, performance improvement, benchmark and testing
Familiarity with Hazelcast or Redis, Jmeter, ReactJS, RabbitMQ or Kafka, CI/CD, Grafana and Prometheus
General knowledge of derivative trading

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, maintain, and improve distributed software systems that balance high-performance with stability
Develop automated tests to ensure high quality software
Provide demonstrations to individuals throughout the organization, actively seeking feedback to refine and improve our work
Review requirements for completeness and clarity, working closely with stakeholders and customers to bridge the gap between technical constraints and customer needs
Nodal has a hybrid work culture, and we are looking for an engineer who thrives in an environment that values in-office team interactions
Willing to participate in on-call rotation in line with the industry practices. Note that this position is an overtime-exempt position.