We're partnering with a world-leading hedge fund to hire a Software Engineer into a high-impact team responsible for designing and scaling the platforms that support the complete trade lifecycle across multiple asset classes and international markets.
This is an opportunity to solve complex engineering challenges at scale, developing the systems that sit at the heart of trade matching, clearing, settlement and reconciliation. You'll also play a key role in evolving the firm's broader post-trade ecosystem, spanning cash and margin management, trading fees, corporate actions, data platforms and next-generation analytics.
Working alongside exceptional engineers in London and New York, you'll help drive the firm's modernisation strategy, contributing to distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, advanced analytics and AI-driven initiatives that directly influence trading operations worldwide.
What You'll Be Doing
Designing and developing mission-critical software that powers the end-to-end trade lifecycle
Building highly scalable post-trade platforms covering clearing, settlement and reconciliation
Engineering solutions supporting cash and margin management, trading fees and corporate actions
Developing technology for derivatives processing and global product lifecycle management
Creating data-intensive applications, analytics capabilities and business-critical tooling
Leveraging AI and automation to enhance operational efficiency and decision making
Collaborating with global engineering teams to define architecture and deliver innovative solutions
Driving best practices across software engineering, system design and platform scalability
What We're Looking For
Strong software engineering experience in Java and/or Python
Proven track record designing and building distributed, scalable systems
Excellent understanding of software architecture, system design and modern engineering principles
Experience developing complex, data-intensive applications and business-critical platforms
Strong problem-solving ability with a passion for tackling large-scale technical challenges
Interest in analytics, data platforms, machine learning or AI technologies
Financial markets, trading technology or post-trade experience is advantageous, but not essential
Why This Role?
End-to-end ownership of systems and projects
Direct impact on the firm's trading infrastructure
Significant influence on technical direction and architecture
Greenfield development alongside platform modernisation initiatives
Exposure to distributed systems, large-scale data processing, and workflow orchestration
Numbers & Facts
Location
Chicago, IL
Skills
Architectural Analysisunmatched
Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
Automationunmatched
Best Practicesunmatched
Cash Managementunmatched
Cloud Architectureunmatched
Data Processingunmatched
Distributed Computingunmatched
Ecosystemsunmatched
Engineeringunmatched
Hedge Fundsunmatched
International Operationsunmatched
Javaunmatched
Large-Scale Systemsunmatched
Machine Learningunmatched
Machine Toolunmatched
Operational Strategyunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Product Lifecycle Managementunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
Reconciliationunmatched
Scalable System Developmentunmatched
Software Architecture Designunmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
Stock Marketunmatched
Trading Systemsunmatched
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