The Tidal Financial Group is a leading ETF investment technology platform dedicated to creating, operating, and growing ETFs. We combine expertise and innovative partnership approaches to offer comprehensive, value-generating ETF solutions.
Our platform offers best-in-class strategic guidance, product planning, trust and fund services, legal support, operations support, marketing and research, and sales and distribution services.
About the role
Tidal Financial Group is seeking a skilled Software Engineer with strong experience in ETF systems, cloud-based architectures, and financial data platforms. You will work at the intersection of data engineering and ETF operations, building scalable applications that ingest, clean, transform, and analyze data from banks, custodians, fund administrators, and trading platforms.
The ideal candidate has a deep familiarity with the ETF landscape, is fluent in Python, and can design efficient, secure, and automated data workflows that support trading, compliance, and operational analytics across our platform.
What you'll do
- Design and develop applications that streamline ETF operations and automate data validation, reconciliation, and reporting.
- Integrate data feeds from custodian banks (e.g., US Bank, Bank of New York, Citi, etc), fund administrators, pricing/index vendors, and internal tools through scalable APIs.
- Build and maintain Snowflake-based pipelines that centralize financial data for real-time queries and historical reporting.
- Automate workflows such as proforma rebalancing, basket creation, trade matching, and portfolio monitoring.
- Deploy, monitor, and secure applications using AWS following best practices for DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Ensure system security, reliability, and documentation are maintained across all projects.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, with a focus on data-intensive or financial applications.
- Proficient in Python and data manipulation libraries (Pandas, NumPy, PySpark).
- Deep experience in Snowflake, SQL optimization, and data modeling for finance use cases.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, containerization (Docker), and IaC tools (Terraform/CDK).
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs, GitHub, OAuth2, and secure system design.
Nice-to-Haves:
- Understanding of ETF mechanics, including order lifecycle, NAV/trade reconciliation, and compliance constraints.
- Experience integrating APIs from custodians, banks, or market data vendors.
- Experience with AI/ML technologies or frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face) for process automation or analytics.
- Familiarity with LLMs or agent frameworks (LangChain, OpenAI) for internal automation.
- Knowledge of Bloomberg (AIM, Data License, Excel formulas), FIX protocols, or financial messaging APIs.
- Exposure to event-driven systems (Kafka, EventBridge, Step Functions).
- Understanding of compliance workflows and frameworks such as SOC2 or NIST.
- Experience with .NET C# 8.0
Soft Skills:
- Analytical mindset with the ability to translate business processes into scalable technical solutions.
- Flexibility to work with the changing demands of the business team.
- Clear communication and documentation skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Collaborative, resourceful, and proactive in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.
We are prioritizing candidates who are located within proximity to Chicago, IL; Milwaukee, WI; New York City, NY; and West Palm Beach, FL.
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What We Do
Tidal Financial Group is a leading ETF investment technology platform, founded in 2012 to create, manage, and grow ETFs with a focus on customer-centric solutions.
Our comprehensive platform offers best-in-class strategic guidance, product planning, trust and fund services, legal support, operations support, marketing and research, and sales and distribution. With offices in New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, West Palm and Detroit, our team of ETF and financial specialists brings extensive industry experience to every partnership.
