Software Engineer, Core Engineering

Aquatic is a systematic trading firm that thrives on innovation, collaboration, and high-performance engineering. We are expanding our team to support the firm’s core engineering needs, unifying our messaging platform, simplifying database infrastructure, and consolidating deployment infrastructure.

Role Details:

• We are seeking software engineers with experience in integrating various technologies to connect applications and pipelines across the organization, spanning from data to hardware.
• Design and maintain low-latency, high-throughput messaging systems.
• Improve and integrate data pipelines using orchestration frameworks.
• Enhance and manage feature stores to support ML workflows and real-time inference.
• Collaborate across teams to build robust, scalable solutions for trading and research needs.

Technical Experience:

• Strong experience with Python and C++ in a production environment.
• Deep understanding of messaging systems (Aeron, Kafka, or similar).
• Expertise in data pipeline orchestration tools (Dagster, Prefect, or similar).
• Experience with containerized deployment and infrastructure tools (Nomad, Kubernetes, or similar).

Candidate Qualities:

• Strong bias for action
• Driven by accountability and internal urgency
• Desire to independently seek best solutions
• Preference for working in a team that focuses on delivering results aligned with Research goals
• Comfortable providing and receiving actionable feedback in a collaborative team setting
• Motivated by an ambitious environment and driven colleagues