Senior Software Engineer

X4 Engineering; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Clear scope for technical growth

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm in Austin is seeking a Senior Python Engineer to join their core engineering team. This role focuses on designing and building distributed, event-driven services for financial workflows, along with developing integrations and maintaining APIs. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience with strong Python skills and familiarity with AWS. The position offers competitive compensation in the range of $160,000 to $180,000 plus bonus, and requires a hybrid working model with three days onsite.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in a team environment.
• Familiarity with services such as object storage, message queues.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability in production systems.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building distributed, event-driven services for financial workflows.
• Developing integrations with external market and execution platforms.
• Improving system reliability, performance, and security across production environments.

Skills

Strong Python experience in production systems

Designing and operating distributed systems

Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms (AWS preferred)

Experience with Infrastructure as Code

Exposure to data processing or ETL pipelines

Job description

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Base pay range

$160,000.00/yr - $180,000.00/yr

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Lead Consultant | Energy & Renewables | Technology & Data

Senior Python Engineer

We’re working with a high-growth financial technology company building the infrastructure behind modern digital investing platforms. Their systems operate at large scale, handling real-time financial workflows, market connectivity, and data pipelines that support millions of end users globally.

They’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join a core engineering team focused on real-time portfolio automation, market connectivity, and data‑intensive services running in the cloud.

What You’ll Be Working On

• Designing and building distributed, event-driven services for financial workflows
• Developing integrations with external market and execution platforms
• Building data ingestion and transformation pipelines for high-volume financial data
• Designing and maintaining RESTful APIs used by internal teams and external partners
• Improving system reliability, performance, and security across production environments
• Contributing to engineering best practices across CI/CD, DevSecOps, and testing
• Supporting and mentoring engineers as the team continues to scale

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in a team environment
• Strong Python experience in production systems
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale
• Hands‑on experience with public cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Familiarity with services such as object storage, message queues, managed compute, and serverless tooling
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automated deployment pipelines
• Exposure to data processing or ETL pipelines (batch or streaming)
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability in production systems
• Background in financial systems, trading, or market data is a plus but not required

Why This Role?

• Work on core financial infrastructure rather than surface-level features
• Tackle real‑time, data‑heavy engineering problems
• Strong engineering culture with emphasis on ownership and pragmatism
• Hybrid working model with flexibility built in
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
• Clear scope for technical growth and leadership

This role will require 3 days a week onsite in Austin, with a salary in the range of $160,000 to $180,000 + bonus + benefits.

Additional Details

• Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Finance
• Industries: Financial Services, Banking, and Investment Banking

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