Tower Research Capital LLC

Software Engineer

New York

Sponsorship not specified$130k-$170kDetected 12 hours ago

PythonVue.jsDjangoFlaskCode ReviewGitSQLDockerKubernetesCI/CDLinuxMachine LearningData EngineeringRAGFPGAResearchCommunicationProblem Solving

About the role

We have a 25+ year track record of innovation and a reputation for discovering unique market opportunities.
Tower is home to some of the world's best systematic trading and engineering talent.
Our engineers solve challenging problems in the realms of low-latency programming, FPGA technology, hardware acceleration and machine learning.

Build, maintain, and improve internal tools, data workflows, and operational web applications.
Develop Python-based services, automation scripts, data processing jobs, and internal utilities.
Work with business users and engineers to understand requirements, clarify ambiguity, and deliver practical software solutions.
Design and maintain workflows for data ingestion, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and reporting.
Build and iterate on AI-enabled internal tools for the telco team, including an internal AI chatbot/assistant for operational support, billing investigation, documentation discovery, and workflow guidance.
Develop AI agent workflows and integrations with internal APIs, databases, and documentation sources using patterns such as Model Context Protocol (MCP), function/tool calling, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and secure permission-aware access.
Maintain backend APIs and frontend interfaces for internal applications.
We empower portfolio managers to build their teams and strategies independently while providing the economies of scale that come from a large, global organization.
Engineers thrive at Tower while developing electronic trading infrastructure at a world class level.
Our Business Support teams enable our trading and engineering teams to perform at their best.

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
3-5 years of professional software engineering experience.
Experience working with production or business-critical codebases.
Experience with data workflows such as ETL, reporting, reconciliation, validation, or operational data processing.
Familiarity with web application development, backend APIs, and frontend/backend integration.
Ability to work with ambiguous requirements, identify assumptions, ask targeted questions, and propose practical plans.
Ability to use AI coding tools thoughtfully while understanding, testing, and taking responsibility for the final output.
Experience with Vue.js or similar frontend frameworks.
Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, deployment configuration, service logs, or operational troubleshooting.
Experience with GitLab CI/CD or similar automation systems.
Strong programming skills, preferably in Python.
Solid SQL skills and understanding of relational databases.
Comfortable working in Linux/Unix environments and using Git-based workflows.
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across code, data, configuration, and environment issues.
Strong ownership mindset and ability to drive well-scoped tasks to completion once context and direction are clear.
Clear communication skills, including concise status updates and early blocker reporting.
Preferred Qualifications (not required)

Anticipated annual base salary range $130,000 - $170,000, plus eligible for discretionary bonus

Improve reliability, observability, test coverage, documentation, and maintainability of existing systems.

Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm founded in 1998.
Tower has built its business on a high-performance platform and independent trading teams.
Our ongoing investment in top engineering talent and technology ensures our platform remains unmatched in terms of functionality, scalability and performance.
Our Business Support teams are essential to building and maintaining the platform that powers everything we do - combining market access, data, compute, and research infrastructure with risk management, compliance, and a full suite of business services.

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