Software Engineer

Schonfeld•New York, NY

1d•$165,000 - $200,000

About The Position

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented technologist to join us as a member of our Accounting and Valuation Technology (AVT) team. The team is responsible for the eco-system which provides accurate T0 and T+1 Position, P&L & Transactions Data via its shadow accounting system (Advent Geneva) to key organizational stakeholders in the Fund Accounting, Valuation, Operations, Compliance, Risk and Business Analytics areas. The AVT team is also directly supporting the automation needs of Fund Accounting in the realm of Investor Reporting, Portfolio Manager performance payout estimations and allocations. The team is also responsible for providing valuation for complex OTC products and derivatives traded in the Fund. Software Engineers at Schonfeld take on a wide range of responsibilities and challenges. They design, develop, deploy and support existing applications as well as new features and platforms. They can run projects and lead initiatives. You will participate in an Agile framework, continuously improving and expanding platform capabilities based on constantly evolving business requirements as well as providing Level 3 support across the globe. As a member of the AVT team, you will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing the integration between our shadow accounting system (Advent Geneva), end of day pricing services, and data warehouse. You will contribute to a highly supportable, future-ready, performant code base. You will work with a modern tech stack – building microservices that deploy to the cloud (AWS) using containers orchestrated by Kubernetes and extending REST and GraphQL-based APIs. The ideal candidate will have the proven ability to collaborate closely with stakeholders and other engineers to solve technical and business challenges and express an interest in continuous improvement and learning.

Requirements

Three to seven years of experience in cloud-based Java microservices development
Three to seven years of experience in financial services
Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred)
Experience with building and consuming from REST and/or GraphQL APIs
Experience with messaging systems (Kafka preferred)
Experience leading strategic technical initiatives from start to finish
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Strong ownership experience and a track record of delivering results

Nice To Haves

Experience and knowledge of Advent Geneva or similar multi-currency portfolio accounting systems
Interfacing with market data sources, working with pricing hierarchies
Processing and valuation of fixed income and credit instruments
AWS Cloud data services, including S3, RDS/Aurora, Iceberg, etc.
Implementing or interfacing with enterprise data lakes or data lakehouses.
Containerization and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes, Prefect, etc.
Front-end web application development (React preferred)
DevOps methodologies such as CI/CD and build automation
Monitoring services like Grafana, DataDog, SRE practices like Reliability & Observability.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, deploy and support existing applications as well as new features and platforms.
Run projects and lead initiatives.
Participate in an Agile framework, continuously improving and expanding platform capabilities based on constantly evolving business requirements.
Provide Level 3 support across the globe.
Maintain and enhance the integration between our shadow accounting system (Advent Geneva), end of day pricing services, and data warehouse.
Contribute to a highly supportable, future-ready, performant code base.
Build microservices that deploy to the cloud (AWS) using containers orchestrated by Kubernetes.
Extend REST and GraphQL-based APIs.
Collaborate closely with stakeholders and other engineers to solve technical and business challenges.
Express an interest in continuous improvement and learning.