Vice President, Senior Front Office Software Engineer

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Houston, TX, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Energy
The Role
Hands-on role building and maintaining a firmwide front-office trading, investment, and analytics platform. Develop Python services and APIs, SQL-backed data workflows, cloud-native integrations, and visualization tools. Partner with commercial trading teams to optimize trading processes, support market data/positions analysis, and drive cloud-first development.
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Castleton Commodities International is hiring a Senior Front Office Software Engineer to join our Data Science & Technology team. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated a passion for solving business problems with technology and possess strong programming experience. This position is a hands-on role responsible for developing, supporting, and maintaining a firmwide investment, trading, and analytics platform supported by APIs, applications, and visualization tools. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with a strong technical background to interface directly with CCI’s commercial personnel. It is also a terrific opportunity to be involved in the early stages of the firm’s shift toward more cloud-first development.

Responsibilities:

  • Work directly with commercial trading teams to engineer and optimize trading processes and models.

  • Develop services and APIs in Python utilizing the latest frameworks and libraries with an emphasis on design patterns and code quality.

  • Develop software to support commercial activity, including supply and demand, positions, and market data analysis.

  • Develop cloud-native solutions to promote integration within a Firmwide Front Office IT platform's framework, including analytical and visualization tools.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science or related field of study.

  • 10+ years of prior professional programming experience utilizing Python programming languages.

  • Advanced understanding of object-oriented programming concepts.

  • Working knowledge in Linux and Windows environments.

  • Excellent knowledge of SQL and database technologies.

  • Ability to communicate and interact with a wide range of users ranging from very technical to non-technical.

  • Results-oriented team player who can handle rapidly changing projects and priorities while maintaining a strong professional presence.

  • Strong analytical skill-set with demonstrated attention to detail.

  • Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, and high-intensity environment with timely responsiveness and flexibility to work beyond normal business hours when required.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Prior experience in energy/commodities trading.

  • Working knowledge working with cloud-based technologies (AWS).

  • Snowflake experience.

  • Familiarity with DevOps practices.

  • Experience with containers (ECS / EKS)

Employee Programs & Benefits:

CCI offers competitive benefits and programs to support our employees, their families and local communities. These include:

  • Competitive comprehensive medical, dental, retirement and life insurance benefits

  • Employee assistance & wellness programs

  • Parental and family leave policies

  • CCI in the Community: Each office has a Charity Committee and as a part of this program employees are allocated 2 days annually to volunteer at the selected charities.

  • Charitable contribution match program

  • Tuition assistance & reimbursement

  • Quarterly Innovation & Collaboration Awards

  • Employee discount program, including access to fitness facilities

  • Competitive paid time off

  • Continued learning opportunities

Visit  https://www.cci.com/careers/life-at-cci/# to learn more!

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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science or related field of study.
  • 10+ years of prior professional programming experience utilizing Python.
  • Advanced understanding of object-oriented programming concepts.
  • Working knowledge in Linux and Windows environments.
  • Excellent knowledge of SQL and database technologies.
  • Ability to communicate and interact with a wide range of users ranging from very technical to non-technical.
  • Results-oriented team player who can handle rapidly changing projects and priorities while maintaining a strong professional presence.
  • Strong analytical skill-set with demonstrated attention to detail.
  • Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, and high-intensity environment with timely responsiveness and flexibility to work beyond normal business hours when required.
  • Prior experience in energy/commodities trading.
  • Working knowledge with cloud-based technologies (AWS).
  • Snowflake experience.
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices.
  • Experience with containers (ECS / EKS).
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The Company
HQ: Stamford, CT
573 Employees
Year Founded: 2001

What We Do

Castleton Commodities International is an independent global energy commodity merchant and infrastructure asset investor. As a trader, CCI deploys capital on a proprietary basis in the physical and financial commodity markets, providing the Company with market insights and access. As a strategic investor and developer, CCI leverages its market expertise, operations capabilities, and industry knowledge to invest in, and develop, select commodity infrastructure assets.

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