Staff Software Development Engineer (Energy & Commodities)

Location: Hybrid in New York or London, with 4 days per week in the office; work from home Fridays. Work from anywhere is available for 3 weeks per year.

Salary: $179,400.00–$243,136.45 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides a SaaS platform for investment accounting, risk, and performance analytics for insurance companies, hedge funds, asset managers, and institutional investors.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end architecture of trade capture, trade lifecycle, position management, and risk workflows for OTC and exchange-traded, financial and physical commodities.
• Design and build platform frameworks for deal models, market data and curve management, risk batch execution, cashflow generation, and reporting.
• Translate business, functional, and client requirements into system designs and technical roadmaps with Product Managers and Quantitative Developers.
• Define architectural standards, lead design and code reviews, and lead multi-service projects across Python, Java, TypeScript, and Rust codebases.
• Improve containerized deployment, cloud architecture, observability, and workload performance.
• Mentor engineers and produce technical and non-technical documentation while improving AI practices in development, operations, and products.

Requirements

• 9+ years of professional software development experience, including significant production experience with Python.
• Experience in energy and commodities technology, including ETRM/CTRM products, trading and risk systems at an energy trading firm, utility, or bank commodity desk, or front-office development supporting commodity trading.
• Knowledge of market conventions, deal structures, and derivative trade lifecycle events.
• Ability to work across multiple programming languages and DBMSes.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized deployment pipelines.
• Experience designing and operating systems on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Proven architecture and design expertise, with the ability to lead through influence as a senior technical lead.
• Ability to understand unfamiliar codebases quickly and debug complex production systems.
• Excellent communication skills, including explaining architectural decisions and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Development experience with graph-based pricing and risk platforms such as Beacon, Quartz, Athena, or SecDB.
• Production experience in many programming languages and DBMSes.
• Experience building real-time trading and risk systems.
• Financial engineering knowledge and experience.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Business-casual atmosphere and flexible working environment.
• Team-focused culture promoting innovation and ownership.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits.
• Maternity and paternity leave, paid time off, and volunteer time off.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Career pathways and access to investment reporting technology and expertise.