Senior Software Engineer

Schonfeld; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Schonfeld’s Global Operations Technology team is building a cloud-native platform serving as the golden data source for post-trade operations across multiple asset classes. You will design, develop, deploy, and support scalable microservices on AWS, with Docker, Kubernetes and Helm, while driving initiatives and providing Level 3 support globally.

The ideal candidate brings 7+ years in financial services, deep Java development experience, and strong architecture skills, plus leadership and

Qualifications

• Seven years of experience in financial services supporting the trade lifecycle.
• Seven years of Java development and strong design/architecture skills.
• Experience leading strategic technical initiatives and mentoring junior developers.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy and support applications and new features.
• Lead projects and initiatives within an Agile framework and provide Level 3 support.
• Build microservices on AWS with Docker/Kubernetes/Helm, ensuring performance and reliability.

Skills

Java development

Microservices architecture

Cloud services (AWS)

DevOps / CI/CD

Leadership / mentoring

REST APIs

Kafka

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

AWS

PostgreSQL

REST APIs

Kafka

Job description

The Global Operations Technology team at Schonfeld is tasked with creating a platform that serves as the golden data source for post‑trade operational data – transaction capture, near real‑time positions, start‑of‑day position, end‑of‑day position, trades, executions and P&L. The team is responsible for:

• Drop copy and FIX integrations for post‑trade across our multi‑manager multi‑strategy platform.
• Building and managing positions across a wide array of asset classes including listed and OTC products.
• Building and maintaining all systems related to the fund’s intraday and end‑of‑day trade reporting facilities across all investments to our Prime Brokers, Fund Primary and Shadow books of record systems.

What You’ll Do

Senior Software Engineers at Schonfeld take on a wide range of responsibilities and challenges. They design, develop, deploy and support existing applications as well as new features and platforms. They run projects and lead initiatives. You will participate in an Agile framework, continuously improving and expanding platform capabilities based on rapidly changing business requirements as well as providing Level 3 support across the globe. You will contribute to a highly supportable, future‑ready, performant code base. You will work with a modern tech stack – building microservices that deploy to the cloud (AWS) using containers (Docker) orchestrated by Kubernetes with Helm. The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to solve problems and an interest in continuous improvement and learning.

What You’ll Bring

What you need:

• At minimum, seven years of experience in financial services, working on applications supporting the trade lifecycle
• At minimum, seven years of Java development
• Expertise with design and architecture (microservices experience preferred)
• Experience leading strategic technical initiatives from start to finish
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred)
• Experience with building and consuming from REST APIs
• Experience with messaging systems (Kafka preferred)
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience mentoring junior developers
• Strong ownership experience and a track record of delivering results
• Experience and knowledge of:
  • Cloud services such as AWS
  • Containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes with Helm
  • DevOps methodologies such as CI/CD and build automation

We’d Love If You Had

• Experience supporting listed and OTC instruments typical in a Global Macro strategy (Fixed Income, Credit, Rates, Equities, Futures)
• Experience developing and supporting stateful applications built on Apache Flink
• Experience and knowledge of:
  • Cloud services such as AWS
  • Containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes with Helm
  • DevOps methodologies such as CI/CD and build automation

The annual base pay for this role is expected to be between $180,000 and $250,000, which will be prorated based on start and end date. The expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. Actual compensation for the successful candidate will be determined based on a variety of factors such as skills, qualifications and experience.