Interactive Brokers

Interactive Brokers

Senior Software Developer- Python

Greenwich, CT · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
PythonJavaC++Code ReviewSQLLinuxPandasNumPyData EngineeringComplianceCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingTime Management

About the role

  • We have been at the forefront of financial innovation for over four decades, known for our cutting-edge technology and client commitment.
  • IBKR affiliates provide global electronic brokerage services around the clock on stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and funds to clients in over 200 countries and territories.
  • We serve individual investors and institutions, including financial advisors, hedge funds and introducing brokers.

Responsibilities

  • Design, optimize, and extend transaction surveillance and data pipeline processes to enhance system efficiency, reliability, and scalability
  • Optimize data architectures and databases for maximum performance and reliability
  • Build developer tooling to accelerate development workflows and system monitoring
  • Transform high-level surveillance concepts into production-ready processes that deliver actionable insights
  • Own and curate dozens of mission-critical datasets that drive surveillance operations
  • Design, build, and automate robust data pipelines to support real-time and batch processing
  • Develop advanced data quality frameworks to proactively identify issues before they impact operations
  • Drive best practices in data storage, retrieval, governance, and privacy protection
  • The Financial Crimes Surveillance team develops and maintains sophisticated systems that detect and prevent fraud, market manipulation, and money laundering across Interactive Brokers' global platform.
  • In this role, you'll architect, implement, optimize, and maintain large-scale data pipelines and surveillance models that process massive volumes of financial data.

Nice to have

  • Experience with data engineering or ETL pipelines
  • Knowledge of finance
  • Knowledge of C++ or Java
  • To be successful in this position, you will have the following:
  • Self-motivated and able to handle tasks with minimal supervision.
  • Superb analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication (Verbal and written) skills.
  • Outstanding organizational and time management skills.

Skills

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in Python, C++ or Java
  • 3+ years of professional experience in Python as a primary language (non-scripting)
  • Extensive experience in Polars, Pandas or NumPy
  • 1-3 years of professional experience with Linux operating systems
  • Thorough understanding of databases and SQL
  • Experience with large Python codebases
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, or a related area
  • High attention to detail

Compensation

  • Competitive salary, annual performance-based bonus and stock grant

Company info

  • Company Overview
  • Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) is a global financial services company headquartered in Greenwich, CT, USA, with offices in over 15 countries.
  • Our advanced technology, competitive pricing, and global market help our clients to make the most of their investments.
  • Barron's has recognized Interactive Brokers as the #1 online broker for six consecutive years.
  • Join our dynamic, multi-national team and be a part of a company that simplifies and enhances financial opportunities using state-of-the-art technology.
  • This is a hybrid role (3 days in the office/2 days remote).

This listing is sourced directly from Interactive Brokers's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.