Senior Software Engineer Schonfeld · New York, United States an hour ago

Tradermath; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Schonfeld is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its AI Technology team and help shape the firm’s internal Agentic AI platform. This high-impact role blends hands-on engineering with AI strategy to evolve the platform powering our investment research and decision making.

You’ll design and implement AI-powered workflows, contribute to MCP Server and Gateway, collaborate closely with product teams, and drive code quality across the platform while communicating complex concepts to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience building REST APIs and event-driven/async systems.
• Proficiency with relational and NoSQL databases.
• AWS cloud services and Kubernetes deployments.
• Strong communication and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Agentic AI platform and tooling.
• Design AI-powered workflows for market data analysis.
• Develop MCP server/gateway and evaluation framework.
• Coordinate with product and stakeholders; perform UAT.
• Improve code quality and development lifecycles.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

Event-driven

Asynchronous

Communication

Problem solving

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

DynamoDB

ElasticSearch/OpenSearch

AWS

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

DataDog

Job description

The Role

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our AI Technology team and play a critical role in building and shaping the firm’s internal Agentic AI platform. This is a high-impact, hands-on engineering position where you’ll contribute not just as an AI software engineer, but also as an AI strategist – helping to evolve our agentic AI platform powering the firm. You’ll work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where product requirements evolve, and business stakeholders are deeply engaged.

What you’ll do

• You’ll be a key contributor to our agentic AI platform and associated tooling. At the same time, you’ll work closely with product teams and business stakeholders, helping shape feature definitions, and designing and building high-impact AI-powered solutions directly into our AI applications.
• Design and implement new Agentic AI-powered workflows to run continuously in the background, analyzing market news, security data, SEC filings, emails, and other data sources and surface pertinent information that can help drive investment decisions.
• Create agentic AI tools, contribute to our MCP Server and MCP Gateway, and deploy an agent evaluation framework.
• Perform User Acceptance Testing with relevant stakeholders and iterate on the design and implementation until successful.
• You’ll also be involved in the team’s code quality and best practices, identify gaps in development lifecycles, and continuously improve both the core platform and how developers build with it.

What you’ll bring

What you need:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, preferably in Python
• Experience working creating and integrating REST APIs, and event-driven and asynchronous architectures
• Experience working with both relational (Postgres, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, Elastic Search)
• Experience with AWS cloud services (S3, OpenSearch, DynamoDB, etc.), Kubernetes-driven deployments, Github Actions, and modern CI/CD pipelines
• A passion for AI, creative ideas for how it can be a tool for problem solving and productivity
• A thoughtful approach to problem-solving; ability to break down complex issues methodically
• Excellent communication skills; Able to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders

We’d love if you had:

• Experience developing agentic AI applications, harnesses, MCP servers, and workflows
• Familiarity with or experience building AI agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, or agentic tools
• Experience with observability tooling such as DataDog

Who we are

Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors. We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.

Our Culture

At Schonfeld, we’ll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm’s walls.

The base pay for this role is expected to be between $175,000 and $225,000. The expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. This role may also be eligible for other forms of compensation such as a performance bonus and a competitive benefits package. Actual compensation for the successful candidate will be determined based on a variety of factors such as skills, qualifications, and experience.