Principal Software Engineer

Schonfeld; New York (NY); On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Schonfeld is looking for a technologist to join its Reference Data Technology team in New York, focusing on building systems that manage reference and master data for various financial domains.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in OO development, particularly in Java, and expertise in the design of microservices and generative AI technologies. A competitive salary compensation package is offered, reflecting the candidate’s skills and experience.

Qualifications

• Min 7 years in financial services/hedge funds.
• Min 3 years supporting listed and OTC instruments.
• Knowledge of financial markets and data management.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain data systems for critical business functions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to solve business challenges.
• Enhance technology stack with modern microservices and cloud solutions.

Skills

OO development experience (Java preferred)

Design and architecture of microservices

Generative AI application

Relational and in-memory databases (Postgres / SingleStore preferred)

Messaging systems (Kafka preferred)

Excellent communication skills

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes (K8s)

CI/CD methodologies

React

Job description

The Role

Schonfeld is seeking a highly qualified and talented technologist to join its Reference Data Technology team. The Reference Data Management team focuses on building and supporting a centralized golden source of reference and master data. The key areas supported surround Securities, Financial Calendars, and Investment Professional related data domains such as Portfolio’s, Broker Accounts and Books. The team also supports a centralized framework used to standardize how the firm masters and distributes data. These core sources of data support many aspects of the business ranging from Trade Execution, Accounting, Compliance, Treasury, Risk and Operations.

What You’ll Do

• Architecture & Development: Design, build and support highly available and scalable systems providing golden sources of data to the organization that support critical business functions ensuring they are designed to support agentic workflows and LLM orchestration whilst driving new uses of generative practices to provide cost‑efficient and high‑performing solutions.
• Collaborate with Stakeholders: Work closely with key stakeholders within the business and technology on a day‑to‑day basis to analyze data and technical problems, design and develop solutions that solve business challenges and advocate for best practices and promote successes of the team.
• Enhance Tech Stack: Lead the improvement of our modern tech stack, building microservices deployed to the cloud (AWS) using K8s and increasing business benefit through the delivery of MCP servers and agentic solutions to increase the efficiency of delivery and business decision‑making. Drive architectural decisions and discussions with stakeholders and team members, gaining buy‑in.
• Contribute to Firmwide Frameworks: Ensure the code base is highly supportable, future‑ready, and performant without latency. Lead in the development of reusable components and AI solutions to solve real‑world challenges and contribute to firmwide libraries.
• Technical Leadership: Own end‑to‑end delivery of strategic, cross‑functional projects and continuously improving reliability, security and performance.
• Mentorship: Upskill team members on software engineering best practices, modern frameworks, cloud and AI technologies.

What You’ll Bring

• At minimum, seven years of experience in financial services/hedge funds.
• At minimum, three years of experience supporting listed and OTC instruments typical in multi‑strategy funds.
• At minimum, seven years of OO development experience (Java highly preferred).
• Expertise with design and architecture (stateful reactive microservices experience preferred).
• Practical experience with using generative AI to increase efficiency in the delivery of technology solutions and in building MCP servers, agentic workflows and LLM orchestration.
• Experience leading strategic technical initiatives from start to finish and able to discuss the pros and cons of chosen architectural elements.
• Experience with relational and in‑memory databases (Postgres / SingleStore preferred).
• Experience with messaging systems (Kafka preferred).
• Excellent communication and advocacy skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience mentoring software engineers.
• Strong ownership experience and a track record of delivering results.

We’d Love It If You Had

• Experience and knowledge of:
  • Cloud services such as AWS
  • Containerization and orchestration tools such as K8s
  • DevOps methodologies such as CI/CD and build automation
  • UI development using React
• Experience of Reference and Master Data Management in a financial services organization.
• Experience of in‑house and/or vendor Security Masters.
• An interest in or experience of finance markets, economics, or mathematics.

Who We Are

Schonfeld is a global multi‑manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry‑leading risk‑adjusted returns for our investors. We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.

Our Culture

At Schonfeld, we’ll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork‑oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm’s walls.

Compensation

The base pay for this role is expected to be between $250,000 and $300,000. The expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. This role may also be eligible for other forms of compensation such as a performance bonus and a competitive benefits package. Actual compensation for the successful candidate will be determined based on a variety of factors such as skills, qualifications, and experience.