Senior Software Engineer - Prime (Algorithmic Trading)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer - Prime (Algorithmic Trading): Building and optimizing hirify.global's algo trading platform with an accent on high quality and performance in brokerage services. Focus on designing and architecting distributed systems, databases, and high-throughput, low-latency concurrency systems from a CPU level to abstract architecture.

Location: Remote (Americas)

Company

hirify.global is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure company, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with institutional-grade APIs.

What you will do

• Build and optimize hirify.global's algorithmic trading platform for high quality and performance.
• Design and architect the platform by making critical decisions in an early-stage startup environment.
• Write extensive code, applying deep knowledge in frontend, backend, databases, and distributed systems.
• Ensure robust concurrency system design and abstract distributed system architecture for high availability.
• Implement object-oriented data modeling with long-term growth in mind.

Requirements

• Strong, experienced software engineer, lead experience preferred.
• Proficiency in low and high-level languages including C/C++, Go, Zig, Rust, Java, Scala, and Python.
• Experience with low latency and high throughput optimization.
• Knowledge of messaging queues and message brokers.
• Strong analytical, data-oriented mindset, and system design skills.
• Expertise in algorithms, distributed systems, scalability, high availability, databases, and concurrency control.
• Previous software engineering experience with trading or exchange systems (OMS, EMS, market making, algorithmic trading, quant trading, RMS).

Nice to have

• Professional or personal algorithmic trading experience.
• Knowledge of FIX protocol.
• Experience with observability, tracing, continuous profiling, and benchmarking.
• Familiarity with financial markets (exchange, broker-dealers, clearing).
• Experience with financial ledgers.
• Statistical and quantitative analysis skills.
• Experience with major cloud platforms (primarily GCP), Docker, and Kubernetes.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options.
• Health Benefits.
• New Hire Home-Office Setup (one-time USD $500).
• Monthly Stipend (USD $150 via Brex Card).
• Diverse, globally distributed team committed to open-source contributions.