Arcesium is a global financial technology firm that solves complex data-driven challenges faced by some of the world’s most sophisticated financial institutions. We constantly innovate our platform and capabilities to meet tomorrow’s challenges, anticipate the risks our clients encounter, and design advanced solutions to help our clients achieve transformational business outcomes.
Financial technology is a high-growth industry as change and innovation continue to disrupt the status-quo and prompt major transformation. Arcesium is at a particularly interesting time in our own growth as we look to leverage our successfully established market position and expand operations in pursuit of strategic new business opportunities. We value intellectual curiosity, proactive ownership, and collaboration with colleagues, and we empower you to meaningfully contribute from day one and accelerate your professional development.
Position Summary
Arcesium is seeking a dynamic, multi-discipline, polyglot Senior Software Engineer to join our Infrastructure Engineering team — focused on providing the core infrastructure foundation that Arcesium’s applications are built upon. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be at the forefront of technological evolution within multiple functional areas including Identity & Access Management, Linux Compute, Discovery, Networking, Observability, SDLC, and Storage, all built on top of AWS & Linux. Arcesium Engineers work independently, display a “high agency” approach, but also work as part of a collaborative environment, where teamwork and outside-the-box thinking is encouraged.
Responsibilities
- Help strengthen our Linux Compute Platform, leveraging AWS and Kubernetes
- Craft innovative tools and automated solutions that streamline processes and enhance efficiency
- Drive the development of cutting-edge infrastructure applications
- Take ownership of our critical technology infrastructure -- built on top of multiple underlying technologies, tools, and programming languages -- and provide highly available reliable critical services to our customer-facing applications and developers
Qualifications
- 3-5+ years of relevant infrastructure experience preferred, but what truly matters to us is your potential for growth and your ability to make an impact. Show us what you have accomplished and what you aspire to achieve.
- Demonstrated desire to take ownership of critical systems and successfully deliver systems and features. Whether it is Linux, Kubernetes, DNS, Kerberos, or AWS, we are looking for candidates who aspire to manage and operate vital polyglot infrastructure systems. Proven track record of doing so is a desirable plus.
- Advanced proficiency in Python and an eagerness to work with languages like Java, Go, and Bash as needed. Experience in running critical workloads in AWS is a definite plus.
- Display a curious mind, enthusiasm for technology infrastructure, a knack for problem-solving, and the drive to take initiative and work with the right combination of independence and collaboration
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related discipline is required
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The expected annual base salary for this position is $160,000 - $200,000. Our compensation package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, and 401k contribution matching.
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Arcesium and its affiliates do not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other category protected by law. Note that for us, this is more than just a legal boilerplate. We are genuinely committed to these principles, which form an important part of our corporate culture, and are eager to hear from extraordinarily well qualified individuals having a wide range of backgrounds and personal characteristics.
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What We Do
Arcesium is a global financial technology and professional services firm, delivering post-investment and enterprise data management solutions to some of the world's most sophisticated financial institutions, including hedge funds, banks, institutional asset managers, and private equity firms. Expertly designed to achieve a single source of truth throughout a client's ecosystem, Arcesium's cloud-native technology is built to systematize the most complex workflows and help clients achieve scale.
Building on a platform developed and tested by investment and technology development firm, the D. E. Shaw group, Arcesium was launched as a joint venture with Blackstone Alternative Asset Management. J.P. Morgan, another large client, later joined as our third partner. Today, Arcesium services over $679 billion in global client AUM with a staff of over 1,500 software engineering, accounting, operations, and treasury professionals.
