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Software Engineer - Developer Excellence - HFT Prop Fund

Radley James
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 11/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/4/2026

A leading global high-frequency trading firm operating across major financial markets, focused on providing liquidity and pricing efficiency. The environment is fast-paced and highly technical, where engineering excellence directly impacts trading performance. Developer tooling, workflow optimisation and reliable automation are central to sustaining the firm’s competitive edge.


Role Overview

  • Build and enhance core developer platforms, tooling and automation to accelerate the full development lifecycle.
  • Standardise CI/CD pipelines and development workflows across global regions to improve consistency and collaboration.
  • Improve local development environments, onboarding experience and automated testing capabilities at scale.
  • Integrate and scale AI-assisted development tools to continually improve engineering productivity.


Qualifications

  • Computer science degree or related field.
  • Approximately 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Experience working with CI/CD systems, build tooling or developer platform engineering.
  • Strong programming fundamentals and a demonstrated interest in improving developer productivity and workflow efficiency.


This opportunity offers a highly competitive compensation package and hybrid working model.

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