SoftwareJr. Software Engineer
Itasca, IL - USA
Job Summary
Our client is an established global financial technology company serving the futures trading industry through innovative software solutions. With a strong reputation for stability technology innovation and exceptional customer service the company develops and supports mission-critical trading platforms used by financial professionals around the world.
As the organization continues to expand its platform engineering team it is seeking talented Software Engineers at multiple experience levels to help build the next generation of scalable high-performance trading systems.
As a Software Engineer you will join a collaborative Platform Engineering team responsible for developing and maintaining the companys proprietary futures trading platform. This hands-on position offers the opportunity to build core platform services support production applications and grow into increasing technical ownership as your experience develops.
Working alongside experienced engineers product managers and business stakeholders you will contribute to the design development testing and enhancement of software that powers order management market data account operations and internal business applications. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges writing clean and scalable code and continuously learning in a fast-paced financial technology environment.
- Design develop test and maintain core trading platform services using C# technologies
- Develop and enhance functionality supporting order entry market data account management and trading operations
- Write optimize and maintain SQL Server queries stored procedures and database objects
- Diagnose troubleshoot and resolve production issues while collaborating with senior engineers
- Build and maintain internal applications supporting brokerage operations and customer support teams
- Participate in software architecture discussions technical planning and code reviews
- Collaborate with engineering product management QA and business stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle
- Develop scalable maintainable and high-performing software solutions following established development standards
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives involving development processes tools and platform performance
- Support production deployments and ongoing application maintenance as needed
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Technology or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- Experience developing applications using C# Java or a comparable object-oriented programming language
- Working knowledge of SQL and relational database design
- Familiarity with Git version control
- Strong analytical troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented agile development environment
- Desire to learn new technologies and grow technical expertise
- Interest in financial markets trading systems or fintech is preferred
- Experience with Linux Docker cloud platforms or distributed systems is a plus
- C#
- .NET
- SQL Server 2022
- Entity Framework
- REST APIs
- Git
- Claude Code
- Cursor
- GitHub Copilot
- Competitive salary based on experience and position level
- Multiple career levels available with significant growth opportunities
- Hybrid work schedule with in-office collaboration on Mondays and Wednesdays
- Flexible work hours supporting work-life balance
- Nearly 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums
- Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off and retirement benefits
- Opportunity to work on mission-critical financial technology serving global markets
- Collaborative engineering culture focused on innovation technical excellence and continuous learning
- Direct exposure to modern software engineering practices and cutting-edge development tools