Software Engineer II - Evening

Summary

PEAK6 Capital Management is a proprietary options trading firm that has been defining the industry for more than 25 years. They are looking for a skilled Engineer to join their core team, contributing to high-impact projects and maintaining core trading systems while transitioning to an evening schedule.

Responsibilities

• Core Engineering: Tackle complex engineering roadmaps, feature developments, and architectural projects
• System Stewardship: Maintain and support our core trading systems
• Global Collaboration: Act as the technical point of contact for the Budapest team, providing high-fidelity information transfers regarding system health and ongoing deployments
• Owning execution of key initiatives that align with strategic business plans for the operations space
• Contribute to the full product development lifecycle of critical tools that enable assignments, reconciliation, etc, and firm position visibility
• Ensuring quality and correctness of applications through understanding the applications and how they are used by operations and finance
• Monitoring applications in production for performance and effectiveness, always looking for areas to improve existing workflows
• Troubleshooting production issues quickly and efficiently

Skills

• 2+ years of software engineering experience
• A willingness to learn new languages, frameworks, and development techniques (be willing to learn Java, Airflow, Kafka)
• A learning mindset
• Excellent problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
• Familiarity with Linux platform
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to thrive in a dynamic and self-directed environment
• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related
• Trading or finance industry experience

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 2+ years of software engineering experience
• A willingness to learn new languages, frameworks, and development techniques (be willing to learn Java, Airflow, Kafka)
• A learning mindset
• Excellent problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
• Familiarity with Linux platform
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to thrive in a dynamic and self-directed environment
• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related

Nice to Haves

• Trading or finance industry experience

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP)
• Competitive PTO
• 401k match
• Parental leave
• HSA contribution match
• Paid subscription to the Calm app
• Generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits
• Ability to work remotely up to two days a week