Senior Software Engineer (Options Data)

Location: Chicago, United States

Annual base salary: $175,000–$225,000, plus an annual discretionary bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a diversified trading firm operating across global financial markets and expanding into cryptoassets and other non-traditional strategies.

What you will do

• Collaborate with traders, researchers, customers, and engineering teams to deliver data solutions for trading activities.
• Own data products from initial concept through stable production.
• Design, build, and maintain batch-processing and real-time streaming systems for time-series datasets.
• Develop APIs and data-access methods for fast retrieval of historical and live data.
• Ensure data quality, reliability, integrity, and scalability.
• Provide on-call support as needed.

Requirements

• At least 2+ years of experience using Python, Java, or C++, with the ability to work comfortably across multiple programming languages.
• Experience working directly with end customers to scope and deliver production systems in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
• Ability to analyze complex problems, identify risks early, and minimize unnecessary complexity.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills for collaboration with stakeholders and engineers.
• Experience in financial markets, especially delta one, store of value, and/or FICC options trading.
• Experience with Linux-based, concurrent, high-throughput, low-latency software systems.
• Experience with pipeline orchestration frameworks such as Airflow or Dagster.
• Experience with streaming platforms such as Kafka, data lake platforms such as Delta Lake or Apache Iceberg, and relational databases.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Autonomous, collaborative environment with high expectations, integrity, innovation, and openness to challenging consensus.
• Regular employment with comprehensive medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with discretionary employer match, disability insurance, life and AD&D insurance.
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts.