Software Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join our team at FIC & Risk Technology in Miami, Florida.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer, you will collaborate with portfolio management, risk, and engineering teams on application development, deployment, and architecture. You will work closely with quants, risk managers, and engineers across the globe to develop compute-intensive applications for quantitative modeling that process thousands of datasets.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with portfolio management, risk, and engineering teams on application development, deployment, and architecture
• Work closely with quants, risk managers, and engineers across the globe to develop compute-intensive applications for quantitative modeling that process thousands of datasets
• Optimize the platform using network and systems programming and other advanced techniques to minimize latency
• Automate system maintenance tasks, end-of-day processing jobs, data integrity checks, and bulk data loads and extracts
• Maintain, support, and improve application capabilities as new requirements arise
• Partner with project managers and senior leadership to capture analytic requirements, monitor delivery, and manage expectations
• Deliver timely solutions to portfolio and risk managers within the firm, in keeping with Millennium's active culture

Requirements

• 3-5 years of professional development experience using Java or C++, and ideally 1 year of professional experience working with Rust
• Strong SQL and database experience, particularly with DuckDB, Postgres, and RDBMS
• Experience with containerization, ideally Kubernetes and ArgoCD
• Experience with scaled architectures, performance analysis, and optimization of backend systems
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or another scientific field
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Detail-oriented and organized, with thoroughness and strong ownership of work

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Apache Kafka, Arrow, Parquet, and/or Avro, and with cloud technologies, ideally AWS and/or GCP