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Senior Software Engineer - Development Tools

Hudson River Trading
Austin, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 10/2/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/9/2026
Hudson River Trading (HRT) is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Developer Experience team. The Developer Experience team creates internal tools to ensure that our developers have everything they need to do their jobs well. While we are an automated trading firm, the code we write *is* our business. You'll be able to craft projects in the right way with your end-users sitting right next to you and collaborate with researchers and engineers to build high-impact products and help HRT tackle exciting new initiatives. Our people are our most valuable resource, and giving them the tools they need to do their best job is the biggest impact you can have. You’ll be amazed at what you accomplish!

Responsibilities

  • Develop software that reaches every office and department at HRT while using the latest technologies and techniques in Python or C to drive improvements to our systems, new and old.
  • Deploy and maintain applications while managing their complete lifecycle – from the design phase to production.
  • Build Python or C tooling and environments for all developers at HRT.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • Deep Python OR C experience is required, daily use of most recent standards preferred.
  • Exceptional design, debugging, and problem solving skills.
  • Knowledge of UNIX operating systems (we use Linux), system/processor performance, and network communication.
  • Ability to describe software designs at a high level (the abstract interface), low level (step-by-step algorithm), and anywhere in between.
  • Previous experience with design and implementation of distributed systems is preferred.
  • You can look at code, figure out how it works, and how to make it better.
  • You are capable of working independently as well as part of a team.
  • You really like to work with people who challenge you and make you better at what you do.

Culture

Hudson River Trading (HRT) brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world's most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading.

At HRT we welcome a variety of expertise: mathematics and computer science, physics and engineering, media and tech. We’re a community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automation in every part of our organization—from trading, to business operations, to recruiting and beyond. We value openness and transparency, and celebrate great ideas from HRT veterans and new hires alike. At HRT we’re friends and colleagues – whether we are sharing a meal, playing the latest board game, or writing elegant code. We embrace a culture of togetherness that extends far beyond the walls of our office.

Feel like you belong at HRT? Our goal is to find the best people and bring them together to do great work in a place where everyone is valued. HRT is proud of our diverse staff; we have offices all over the globe and benefit from our varied and unique perspectives. HRT is an equal opportunity employer; so whoever you are we’d love to get to know you.

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