Description
Are you an experienced software developer interested in joining a software company who ranks as one of the top 10 in their industry? Would you like to be on a team who is challenged to design a low latency/high transaction system? Are you looking for a 100% long term remote role? Then this position may be for you!
HumCap’s client in the fintech space is searching for a Software Engineer to join their Market Data team. You will join an Agile team designing real-time systems for financial market data. This is a full time direct hire role with benefits. You will be expected to attend meetings on CST time zone.
Required Skills & Experience:
· Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Computer Science/Mathematics or equivalent
· Minimum 8 years of relevant experience
· Demonstrated technical leadership as a team member in a hands-on role. Leading by example is
expected
· Experience as a lead developer, making design decisions, performing code reviews and
mentoring team members
· Familiarity working in a fluid Agile environment and demonstrated success with structured
testing practices such as automated unit testing, regression testing, TDD and continuous
delivery. Able to perform high pressure triage.
· Experience with distributed and scalable software architectures
· Mastery of 1 or more modern general-purpose programming languages, such as C++ or C#
· Familiar with scripting and automation (e.g. Bash, Powershell, Ruby, Python etc.)
· Experience with communication protocols (low level TCP/UDP/IP, WebSockets, Protobufs, HTTP)
· Knowledgeable about multi-threading, inter-process communications and event handling
Preferred Skills:
· C++ development experience
· Experience with low-latency software development
· Involvement in open-source projects with a demonstrated portfolio
· Cloud architecture and deployment (AWS, Stacker, MSK, ElasticCache)
· Hands-on Docker or Kubernetes experience
· Knowledge of financial markets
· Understanding of SQL and database programming, including NoSQL and document DBs (Redis)
· Cross platform Windows and Linux development and experience porting from Windows to Linux
REST API design and API lifecycle management