We are seeking a Junior Engineer with a strong interest in improving the way engineers build, test, deploy and maintain software. You will work closely with our engineering and platform teams to design, implement, and refine tooling, automation, and processes that enhance productivity and reduce friction across the development lifecycle.
The ideal candidate has:
- Strong passion for engineering and developer experience
- Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement
- Solid problem-solving and communication skills
- Curiosity and eagerness to learn new technologies
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
Developer Experience (DX) is central to our success — we believe that great tools empower great engineers, and we are investing in making our internal and external developer workflows intuitive, reliable, and enjoyable. This is an ideal opportunity for a recent graduate who enjoys both coding and crafting seamless experiences for other engineers, and who is eager to take ownership of real engineering projects from day one. If you're excited about working with cutting-edge technologies in a dynamic and innovative environment, we'd love to hear from you!
What will you be doing?
- Contributing to the design, implementation, and improvement of developer tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and internal platforms
- Maintaining and enhancing developer workflows, documentation, and internal systems
- Building automation that improves build, test, and deployment efficiency
- Identifying pain points in the developer journey and proposing practical, scalable solutions
- Collaborating with engineers across teams to improve onboarding and day-to-day development experience
- Participating in code reviews and helping shape best engineering practices
- Investigating and experimenting with new tools, technologies, and frameworks that improve productivity
What do we offer?
- Meaningful hands-on engineering experience with real-world systems
- Mentorship and guidance from experienced engineers and platform specialists
- Opportunity to deliver impactful improvements from early on
- Exposure to modern engineering practices, tools, and infrastructure
- Clear development pathways as part of a growing engineering organization
- Real growth opportunities
Requirements
- A recent bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field
- Foundational knowledge of TypeScript
- Familiarity with Java and the Java ecosystem
- Experience with Git and version control workflows
- Interest in DevOps, CI/CD and platform engineering
- A real desire to learn, take initiative and grow in a dynamic start-up environment
- A keen interest in developer tooling, automation, CI/CD and improving the development ecosystem for everyone
Benefits
Valstro offers an excellent benefits package, including pension or 401 (k) plans, unlimited PTO and highly competitive compensation. Our leadership team brings a wealth of experience and deep industry knowledge, and despite being a young company, we believe we have carefully dialed in our product-market fit. As we move forward in executing our vision for clients, the Engineering team is looking for client-obsessed, delivery-focused high performers (with a healthy dose of humility)—future FinTech leaders ready to make an impact.
If this excites you, we’d love to chat!
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What We Do
We started Valstro because we know that trading technology is ripe for a quantum leap forward. Traders need ever more sophisticated tools to succeed in rapidly evolving markets, and trading technology managers need a service that is simpler to integrate, manage and extend, with reduced risk of costly operational errors.
To us at Valstro, this means best-in-class workflow, features and performance within an open, modular environment designed from the ground up to offer unprecedented automation and interoperability. Powerful business APIs give customers a sustainable way to extend the Valstro feature set and integrate with other applications without adding risk or overhead to day-to-day operations and upgrades.
