Software Engineer

About the company

Our client is a financial technology company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own software projects from first idea through to production in a small, high-autonomy engineering team. Build and extend data, research and execution systems, and work closely with researchers on modeling. The role spans a broad range of problems and rewards curiosity and independent thinking.

What you'll do

• Take projects from concept through implementation and into production, owning them end to end.
• Build and extend existing systems, or create new ones, for data pipelines, signal generation and research infrastructure.
• Develop automated execution systems and internal tooling that shorten the path from idea to live experiment.
• Partner directly with quantitative and AI researchers on new modeling approaches.
• Contribute across several technical areas, including low-latency infrastructure, security and machine learning.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• Degree in computer science, math, statistics or physics.
• Experience building and shipping a project end to end as the owner, from first idea to production.
• Hands-on background in financial or trading software, data platforms, or a fintech or crypto environment.
• Exceptional software engineering skills in Python or C++.
• A solid grasp of statistics and the ability to draw sound conclusions from messy, imperfect data.
• Experience with AI-assisted development workflows.
• Ability to work on-site in the office five days a week.
• Roughly 1 to 5 years of experience, with curiosity about financial markets and comfort with ambiguity.

Bonus points

• Prior internship at a quantitative trading firm.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 200,000 to 300,000 per year
• Ownership stake in the company
• Performance bonus

Location and work model

• Palo Alto, CA, United States
• On-site, 5 days per week in office
• Full-time