Software Engineer — AI-Driven Trading Platform

AllianceBernstein L.P.; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AllianceBernstein L.P. in Nashville is seeking an experienced software engineer to help build and operate a FastAPI-based platform powering trading analytics and back-office workflows.

You will join a focused, high-impact team collaborating with engineers and business analysts across Minneapolis and Nashville. You design scalable APIs across trades, positions, and investor accounting; develop Snowflake-driven data services; and integrate LLM/AI features using AWS Bedrock and Terraform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience in a distributed environment.
• Strong Python with production API experience.
• Solid SQL skills and Snowflake data warehousing experience.
• Experience with AWS and infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred).
• Familiarity with Docker, Redis, and background job systems.
• Interest in or experience with LLMs and AI features.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate a FastAPI-based platform supporting trading, analytics, risk, and back-office workflows.
• Build and evolve internal AI tools, including Snowflake-based agents for data exploration via natural language.
• Design scalable APIs across trades, positions, exposures, and investor accounting.
• Develop data services on Snowflake with focus on performance and usability.
• Integrate LLM capabilities into applications, including conversational interfaces and document workflows.
• Connect systems across the stack (BI tools, AWS services, internal platforms).
• Implement background processing pipelines (Redis Queue) for reporting and asynchronous workflows.
• Define and manage infrastructure using Terraform and AWS; maintain high code quality with testing and CI/CD.

Skills

Python

Production APIs

SQL

Testing practices

Clear communication

Relational databases

SQLAlchemy

LLMs / AI features

Tools

Docker

Redis

Snowflake

AWS

Terraform

Looker

Sigma

Job description

AllianceBernstein L.P. in Nashville is seeking an experienced software engineer to help build and operate a FastAPI-based platform powering trading analytics and back-office workflows.

You will join a focused, high-impact team collaborating with engineers and business analysts across Minneapolis and Nashville. You design scalable APIs across trades, positions, and investor accounting; develop Snowflake-driven data services; and integrate LLM/AI features using AWS Bedrock and Terraform.