Research Platform Engineer: Scalable Distributed Systems

Citadel Securities; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Citadel Securities is looking for a Platform Engineer to join their Research Platform Engineering team. The role, based in New York, involves designing distributed systems and data platforms that facilitate large-scale analytics and research.

The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of software engineering experience, a degree in Computer Science, and proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Go, or C++. Familiarity with cloud technologies and distributed systems is essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong programming skills in relevant languages.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design and build distributed platforms for quantitative research.
• Develop scalable platform services for dataset management.
• Collaborate with researchers to enhance production-ready systems.

Skills

Programming skills in Python, Go, or C++

Experience with distributed systems

Understanding of system design fundamentals

Experience with cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

Spark

Airflow

Job description

Citadel Securities is looking for a Platform Engineer to join their Research Platform Engineering team. The role, based in New York, involves designing distributed systems and data platforms that facilitate large-scale analytics and research.

The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of software engineering experience, a degree in Computer Science, and proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Go, or C++. Familiarity with cloud technologies and distributed systems is essential.