Software Engineer - SEFO - Opportunistic Pipeline

Tower Research Capital, a high-frequency proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks a Software Developer to join our Infrastructure Automation team.

The Managed Services division is responsible for providing innovative processes and tools for the operation of Tower’s trading platforms.

Responsibilities

• Playing a key role in strategic projects to automate Tower’s production environment
• Disrupting traditional processes and practices by developing innovative applications that solve real-world problems
• Being responsible for the wide range of internal systems and tools
• Explore open source tools and enhance our in-house products, helping to develop an agile framework that adapts to quickly evolving requirements and business needs
• Liaising with and supporting other technical teams
• Building software to collect, analyze, and visualize large amounts of data
• Identifying opportunities to use technology to solve trading infrastructure management challenges

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in computer science from a top college or university with an overall CGPA of 8 and above
• Strong knowledge of the full web programming stack
• Experience working with distributed systems (a plus)
• Good Linux system skills and knowledge of shell scripts
• Strong communication skills  

Financial experience is not required but would be preferable.