Software Engineer, Production Platform

The role

You will build deployment, build, and observability systems for the production platform. You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to automate operational processes and improve production system reliability.

What you will do

• Own the platform that moves code, models, and data into global live trading
• Own build and release tooling including build pinning, approval, promotion workflows, and rollback paths
• Extend deployment orchestration and scheduling infrastructure across regions
• Build observability into deployments and production services
• Partner with Research and Trading Operations to replace manual processes with automation
• Improve the reliability and operability of production systems
• Set and hold engineering standards for the platform

Required qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 4+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong python
• Familiarity with Java and C++
• Track record of building production-grade systems
• Experience building and operating distributed systems, deployment pipelines, or internal developer platforms
• Familiarity with CI/CD, configuration generation and management, workload orchestration (Nomad, Kubernetes, or similar), and production debugging
• Comfortable operating in production environments where uptime, latency, and correctness are of highest importance

Nice to have

• exposure to trading systems, market data, or model lifecycle management in production

Benefits

• fully paid medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents
• competitive 401k plan
• employer-paid life & disability insurance
• Wellness programs
• casual dress
• snacks
• lunch
• game room
• team and company events
• Open environment to maximize learning and knowledge sharing
• Generous PTO
• paid holidays

About the company

Aquatic is a quantitative investment manager in its early stage of growth. The firm applies scientific research and technological innovation to global financial markets.