Research Platform Engineer: Scalable Distributed Systems

Citadel Securities; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Citadel Securities is seeking a Platform Engineer to join our Research Platform Engineering team in Miami. This role involves designing and building distributed systems, supporting quantitative research, and enhancing backend services and APIs.

The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, over 3 years of software engineering experience, and strong programming skills in Python, Go, or C++. Experience with cloud platforms and distributed systems is essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience building and operating distributed systems in production.
• Strong understanding of system design fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design and build distributed platforms supporting quantitative research.
• Develop scalable platform services for large datasets.
• Collaborate with researchers to translate requirements into production-ready systems.

Skills

Programming in Python

Programming in Go

Programming in C++

Distributed systems

APIs development

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

Spark

Airflow

Job description

Citadel Securities is seeking a Platform Engineer to join our Research Platform Engineering team in Miami. This role involves designing and building distributed systems, supporting quantitative research, and enhancing backend services and APIs.

The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, over 3 years of software engineering experience, and strong programming skills in Python, Go, or C++. Experience with cloud platforms and distributed systems is essential.