Software Engineer - Investments Trade Management

About the Engineering Team

Mission of Sixth Street Engineering: Establish a world-class, hands-on team that applies innovative technology solutions to drive scale and attack opportunities with the greatest commercial impact.

Sixth Street Engineering is dedicated to applying technology to private and public market investments in a unique and progressive way. Our Engineers enjoy startup-style responsibilities and impact potential, while benefiting from the experienced leadership team and broad resources of Sixth Street, a leading global investment firm with over $75 billion in assets under management. We are committed to hiring exceptional people with diverse experiences and backgrounds. 

The Role

Sixth Street is looking for a talented Engineer to partner with Sixth Street’s Trading, Operations, and Accounting teams to design, develop, and deploy strategic technology products and enhancements related to Sixth Street’s trading systems. You will be working with multiple asset classes across both public and private markets within a variety of fund structures.  

As part of our rapidly growing Engineering team, you will be expected to solve problems with well-architected solutions. This is an opportunity to help shape the frameworks and patterns we use to deliver quality software within our unique investment management business.  

This is a full-time in office (hybrid) role based in our Dallas, Houston or Austin offices.

Core Responsibilities

• Work within a small, agile engineering team at an investment manager with $75B Assets Under Management. 
• Develop software components and services around Sixth Street’s trading platform to delivering automated, data rich and efficient inter-team processes. 
• Support day-to-day operations of Sixth Street's order management workflows in Allvue, from the booking of the investments to the communication of those transactions to internal and external accounting and risk systems. 
• Deliver repeatable and scalable solutions for business needs such as large-scale portfolio restructuring, new fund onboarding, and cross-system integrations. 
• Contribute to all aspects of our SDLC – from design to post-production support – with a specific focus on cross-functional collaboration to identify and mitigate risks early in the development lifecycle. 

What We Value

• 4+ years of experience in professional software development. Degree in Computer Science or STEM field preferred. 
• Experience with order & trade management systems such as Allvue (preferred), Eze (preferred), Charles River, Refinitiv, Aladdin, or comparable platforms. 
• Experience in the Investment Management industry and with financial products like bank loans, CLOs, corporate bonds, asset backed securities, equities, and derivatives. 
• Strong combination of organizational and interpersonal/communication skills. 
• Excellent programming skills in major languages. Python experience preferred. 
• Track record of delivering business-critical products on time, especially in a trading desk/market-facing environment. 
• Experience working with relational data stores. 

Preferred

• Experience with accounting systems such as Geneva, Investran, or comparable platforms. 
• Structured problem solver who can synthesize sophisticated information from a variety of sources into implementable recommendations and solutions. 
• Passion for CI/CD and delivering well-engineered code in a repeatable and reliable way. 
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams. 
• Comfort working in a high growth, iterative environment. 
• Strong prioritization and project management skills.

About Sixth Street

Sixth Street is a leading global investment firm founded in 2009. Our long-term oriented, highly flexible capital base and "One Team" cultural philosophy allow us to invest thematically across sectors, geographies, and asset classes.

We aren’t looking for any single type of person. Our strength is in our team, a collection of people from different backgrounds and with their own perspectives, united in the mission of being the world’s best investment firm. 

From how we conduct business to how we engage in our communities, everything we do at Sixth Street is rooted in our commitment to our core principles: 

• Cross-Platform: We think across the business and avoid silos at all costs
• Responsibility: We are accountable for our business, our team, and our communities
• Ethical: We are ethical and direct in word and deed
• Action: We initiate, execute and deliver results
• Teamwork: We are better together
• Entrepreneurship: We seek to innovate both inside and outside our business

For more information, visit the Sixth Street Careers site or follow us on LinkedIn.

Sixth Street is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, genetic history, marital status, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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