Senior Software Engineer

Acquire Me; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Acquire Me seeks a Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer to design and build core platforms powering its global research and trading environment.

You'll tackle distributed systems across compute, networking, and automation, delivering faster, more scalable, and reliable infrastructure through software.

Join a hands-on team that writes the tools and platforms that keep critical systems performant under heavy workloads.

Qualifications

• Experience with Python or C++ in production systems.
• Strong Linux and production infrastructure knowledge.
• Built large-scale distributed systems or infrastructure.
• Focus on reliability, performance, and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core platforms powering global research and trading.
• Tackle distributed systems, compute, networking and automation.
• Develop software to improve scalability and reliability.

Skills

Python

C++

Linux

Distributed systems

Systems design

Automation

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud platforms

Job description

A leading quantitative hedge fund is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer to design and build the core platforms powering its global research and trading environment.

You'll work on technically challenging problems across distributed systems, compute, networking, developer infrastructure, and large-scale automation. Rather than simply operating infrastructure, you'll build the software and platforms that make critical systems faster, more scalable, and more reliable.

What You'll Bring

• Strong software engineering experience with one or more languages such as Python and/or C++.
• Deep understanding of Linux systems and production infrastructure
• Experience designing and building large-scale infrastructure, platforms, or distributed systems
• Strong knowledge of systems design, networking, concurrency, or distributed computing
• Experience developing software and automation that improves scalability, performance, and reliability
• Ability to solve complex technical problems across multiple layers of the infrastructure stack

Nice to Have

• Background within a quantitative trading firm, leading technology company, or high-growth startup
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, cloud platforms, or large-scale compute environments
• Experience building internal platforms, developer tooling, orchestration, or infrastructure automation
• Exposure to high-performance computing, storage, networking, or performance optimization

On Offer

• Market-leading compensation and benefits
• Complex technical problems with significant scope and scale
• Direct impact on business-critical research and trading infrastructure