Human Intuition. Machine Intelligence. Relentless Exploration.
Exceptional trading emerges where human intuition meets frictionless experimentation. Our platform and processes enable traders to rapidly investigate ideas, identify emergent patterns, and convert insights into live strategies. This synthesis creates a flywheel of discovery — the key to our pursuit of excellence.
The Role:
We’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer with 5+ years of experience to own the development of critical, API-first systems that drive our performance. You will design and build the robust backend services and intuitive user interfaces that form the connective tissue between our trading, research, and operations teams. Your success will be measured not just by the robustness of the systems you architect, but by the exceptional, intuitive experiences you deliver to your colleagues.
Responsibilities: Own and Build High-Impact Trading Technology
- Own End-to-End Delivery: Architect, build, test, and deploy robust full stack applications essential to our operations, taking projects from concept through production.
- Build End-to-End Products: Take full ownership of the user experience by building both the clean, scalable backend APIs and the polished, intuitive frontends that consume them. Your work will directly empower traders, researchers, and operations staff.
- Champion an API-First Architecture: Lead the design of decoupled, scalable, and maintainable systems. Your work will directly reduce complexity and enable faster innovation across the firm.
- Collaborate & Solve: Partner with experienced colleagues to design and implement elegant, effective, and impactful solutions.
- Uphold Quality: Champion and implement engineering best practices (testing, CI/CD, monitoring, etc).
You Bring: Technical Skill, Collaboration, and Drive
- Education: A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience demonstrating strong technical foundations.
- Experience: A proven track record of 5+ years of professional experience building complex, full-stack applications.
- Skills:
- Full Stack Proficiency: A strong command of Python for backend services and Typescript for modern frontend frameworks (React/Angular).
- Backend & Systems Expertise: Proven experience designing and building scalable APIs and a deep understanding of microservice architecture, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure (AWS).
- Problem-Solving & CS Fundamentals: Excellent analytical skills with a deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design principles.
- Ideal Profile:
- Product & User Empathy: You have a deep passion for building high-quality products. You empathize with your users and are driven to create tools that are not only powerful but also a pleasure to use.
- Ownership & Accountability: You have a proactive approach, take full ownership of your work, and thrive in dynamic environments.
- Collaborative Orientation: You are energized by working closely within a team, communicating clearly, and focusing on collective success.
We Offer:
The Base Salary Range is $150,000 - $200,000. These ranges are representative of the starting base salaries for this role at Summit Securities Group. Which range a candidate fits into and where a candidate falls in the range will be based on job related factors such as relevant experience, skills, and location. These ranges represent Base Salary only, which is just one element of our total compensation. The ranges stated do not include other factors of total compensation such as bonuses.
We offer competitive compensation packages, company equity, 401k matching, gender neutral parental leave, and full medical, dental and vision insurance. We believe that working together in person helps solve the complex challenges we solve. We require employees to be in the office 3 days per week. In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, a great location, and amazing colleagues.
Our top priority is our people. We invest in a culture that promotes togetherness, helping each other through challenges and celebrating each other's successes. We believe that modern workplaces succeed by having diverse high-performance workforces — in ideas, in cultures, and in experiences. We put in the effort to make such a workplace a daily reality and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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