Software Engineer, Python

Posted 2 Days Ago
New York, NY
Junior
Fintech • Financial Services
The Role
As a Software Engineer on the Trading Automation team, you will develop data pipelines, automate workflows, and create user tools. Responsibilities include writing automated tests, documenting processes, deploying software using CI/CD, and providing operational support while collaborating globally to enhance efficiency.
Summary Generated by Built In

Flow Traders is looking for a Software Engineer to join our growing Trading Automation development team in New York. The ideal candidate is a motivated individual looking to innovate and automate. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and innovative culture at the heart of its business. We value quick-witted, creative minds and challenge them to make full use of their capacities.


As a member of our Trading Automation team, you will be responsible for engineering data pipelines, automating workflows, and designing user tools for Flow Traders’ core business, collaborating with highly skilled colleagues across Trading, Technology, and Business Support to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and support the firm’s growth. You will have full ownership of the software lifecycle, leveraging our internal toolset and self-service platforms to continuously develop, test, deploy, monitor, and support the solutions built by your team. To succeed in this role, you will need to leverage knowledge of popular programming languages (e.g. Python, Golang) and have a mindset of end-to-end ownership.


Some of the technologies we use in the development process 

  • Linux, Windows
  • Python 3, Golang
  • SQL (MariaDB, Clickhouse)
  • Git
  • Airflow
  • Kafka
  • Kubernetes, Docker
  • GCP, Azure
  • Atlassian suite (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo)


What You Will Do 

  • Develop workflow automation processes aligned with business needs
  • Design, create, and maintain data pipelines and data-intensive applications
  • Write automated test cases, ensuring that they cover major edge cases
  • Thoroughly document your work, including technical/design specifications and operational guides
  • Deploy software applications to production using continuous integration and continuous deployment
  • Act as first line of defense with regards to operational support of the solutions delivered by the team
  • Collaborate with both local and global stakeholders and team members


What You Need to Succeed

  • 1 to 3 years of professional working experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related
  • Strong working knowledge of Git, SQL, Python, Linux, and Windows
  • Excellent communication and writing skills
  • Familiarity with any of Airflow, Ansible, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, or AWS/Azure/GCP is a plus
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a strong sense of urgency
  • Strong organizational, analytical, and problem solving skills
  • A hands-on mentality and an entrepreneurial mind-set


At Flow Traders, we acknowledge the importance of open and transparent communication whether it be with our employees, our stakeholders, or our local and global communities. When it comes to salary, Flow Traders uses reliable market research to create base ranges. Where candidates will fall within the range depends on a few different factors including but not limited to level of experience, location, and specific skill set. We also consider ourselves one global team, and to demonstrate that, all employees are eligible to share in the company’s success through an annual discretionary variable remuneration allocated based on company, group and individual performance and contribution.


Per the NYC Salary Transparency Law, the total compensation for this role includes a base of $100,000 to $160,000 plus annual discretionary variable remuneration.


Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.

Top Skills

Go
Python
The Company
HQ: New York, NY
626 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2004

What We Do

Since 2004, Flow Traders has been a principal trading firm and one of the world’s largest liquidity providers, specialised in Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). Our headquarters in Amsterdam and offices in New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Milan and Cluj accommodate more than 500 employees. Throughout the years, Flow Traders has received the industry’s recognition, winning numerous awards and has been listed as a company since 2015.

Our non-hierarchical approach stimulates innovation and development. We value creative minds and out-of-the-box thinkers and challenge them to make full use of their capacities. Our demanding, high-paced environment continuously puts us to the test.
Flow Traders fosters a strong team-oriented culture which rewards people for their contributions to the company as a whole rather than only in their direct area of responsibility.

At Flow Traders, we focus on professional and personal development; we encourage our people to be the best at anything they do by offering the right training. On top of that, we have our private gym where our health coaches provide our people with the right personal sports programs. We invest in our hard working people, because they hold the key to our success.

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