Software Engineer: Early Career (Python)

At Aquatic, we are actively recruiting for a data-focused Software Engineer in our Chicago or New York office. In this role, you will collaborate with some of the best and most experienced researchers and technologists in the financial services industry to build systems that are critical to the success of our company. 

Aquatic is a place where individual contributions have significant impact. Your day-to-day will be focused on building systems that directly contribute to the profitability of the firm. As your skills and experience grow, you’ll have opportunities to dive deeper into the research technologies at the core of Aquatic’s business. 

Responsibilities:

• Work 1-on-1 with senior engineers who will mentor and guide you
• Apply hands-on software development using Python & SQL
  • Design, build, and maintain both cloud-based and on-prem data pipelines used in both research and production trading environments
  • Work with signals researchers to integrate non-market data sets into our prediction model
  • Solve problems of both latency and scale and make intelligent tradeoffs between them
• Design and build “Big Data” systems, using technologies like Amazon S3 and Google Big Query
• Learn software design and testing techniques, such as Refactoring and Test Driven Development

Required Experience: 

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent 
• A history of building software solutions in Python or Java. Stronger candidates will have knowledge of:
• Event-driven architectures
• Streaming data pipelines
• Cloud services (AWS + GCP)
• Distributed systems
• Strong quantitative skills preferred
• No more than 3 years of professional (post-education) experience

Desired Qualities: 

• Eager to learn through direct mentoring
• Prefers working in a team towards common objectives
• Comfortable providing and receiving actionable feedback
• Strong bias for action
• Enthusiasm for detail
• Motivated by an ambitious environment and driven colleagues

The base salary for this role is anticipated to be between $150,000 and $200,000, which is based on information at the time of posting. This position may also be eligible for additional forms of compensation, such as a discretionary bonus, and benefits. Discretionary bonus can be a significant portion of total compensation. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their unique skills, qualifications and relevant experience.