Interactive Brokers
Senior Software Developer- Python
Greenwich, CT · Senior
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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
- Collaborate effectively with quantitative engineers, surveillance model developers, and Compliance stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into scalable designs and processes
- Drive automation of processes and workflows to reduce manual effort and enhance system maintainability
Nice to have
- 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.
- Daily company lunch allowance provided, and a fully stocked kitchen with healthy options for breakfast and snacks
- Corporate events, including team outings, dinners, volunteer activities and company sports teams
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
- Experience with data engineering or ETL pipelines
- Knowledge of finance
- Knowledge of C++ or Java
- Masters/PhD
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).
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