Backend Software Engineer - Precompute (Fintech)

TL;DR

Backend Software Engineer - Precompute (Fintech): Building high-performance data and compute infrastructure for large-scale financial analytics with an accent on vectorisation, parallelism, and distributed processing. Focus on developing efficient data pipelines, optimising throughput and latency, and enabling scalable APIs for global wealth management platforms.

New York, NY. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring current or future visa sponsorship.

$107,000 - $168,000 (base salary) + bonus + equity + benefits (ranges for Colorado, California, and New York).

Company

Global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to manage nearly $9 trillion in assets, with offices worldwide including New York City.

What you will do

• Develop core computation and data processing capabilities aligning with product vision in a multi-functional team.
• Enhance performance and scalability of the computation platform for large volumes of financial data across distributed systems.
• Build systems leveraging vectorised execution, parallelism, and elastic infrastructure to optimise throughput and latency.

Requirements

• 3+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Legally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship (e.g., no H-1B, F-1/OPT).
• Proficiency in server-side OO languages like Java.
• Proficiency with Linux.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, monitoring, logging, containers, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Familiarity with HTTP, REST and web APIs.
• Comfortable working independently with a bias for action in ambiguous spaces.

Culture & Benefits

• Act Like an Owner: Think and operate with intention, purpose, and care; own outcomes.
• Build Together: Collaborate to unlock the best solutions and deliver lasting value.
• Champion Our Clients: Exceed client expectations; client success is our success.
• Drive Innovation: Be bold in problem-solving to transform the industry.
• Embrace Learning: Engage community to broaden perspective with a growth mindset.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and reasonable accommodations for disabilities.