Senior Software Engineer Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesCompany:Alphataraxia Management (ATX) is a fast-growing quantitative investment management group with offices in both Washington, DC and Los Angeles, CA. We specialize in wholesale electricity markets, where extreme volatility is the norm and the marketplace is constantly evolving, presenting new opportunities for growth and insight. We are currently one of the top participants in the power markets and are looking for hard-working candidates with genuine enthusiasm for solving complex problems to join our collaborative and high-caliber team.Job DescriptionJoin our team at Alphataraxia as a Senior Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in evolving our software engineering capabilities. Your mission will be to build and refine our investment platform and tools to meet the growing needs of our business. Our firm leverages data-powered proprietary systems that are crucial for trading speculative wholesale power contracts and hedging risk in our portfolios. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be instrumental in building and enhancing these systems and tools, ensuring a seamless experience for our investment teams to support informed decision-making and transactions.ResponsibilitiesBuilding out proprietary systems and tools that are the backbone of our business in trading speculative wholesale power contracts and hedging out risk in our existing portfoliosInterfacing directly with Investment Analysts, Investment Engineers, Data Engineers, and DevOps Engineers to deliver needed tools and improve the existing platformDesigning, building, and maintaining critical tools and processes used to transact in energy marketsEnsuring excellence in code quality and architectureProposing architectural improvements and changes to ATX’s platform and tools to up our gameMentoring early career engineers in software development best practices in order to foster an environment of excellence and growthMinimum Requirements5+ years of experience in a Software Engineering or similar roleStrong coding skills in Python, FastAPI preferredFull stack coding experience, with a passion for backend architecture and a comfort with working on the frontend (React)Strong testing mentalityExperience with Docker and KubernetesAn ability to grapple with quantitative concepts and systems, as this role interfaces with largely technical and quantitative peersComfort working both individually as well as collaboratively, at times in a fast-paced and dynamic environmentStrong ownership of work to proactively lead improvements for the Investment Engineering teamA love of learning new technologies and a desire to experiment with new tools and systemsA Little More About UsWe play with vast amounts of data and turn our findings into actionable trading decisionsWe try to explain how things work both fundamentally and quantitativelyWe build all our own proprietary tools, enabling us to prototype, iterate quickly, and pivot when necessaryWe automate as many redundant processes as possible to maximize time spent on analysisWe move quickly with minimal bureaucracy and a high level of ownershipWe have a team-first mindset, and focus on developing our team membersWe believe strongly in the value of maintaining a variety of perspectives and experiences within our teamWe work in a collaborative, casual environment, yet also expect high throughput from each member of our teamWe pride ourselves on our openness, transparency, and horizontal structure. Across the firm, we all work closely together to tackle difficult problemsWe strive to offer best-in-class compensation and benefits alongside an unrivaled work-life balance.Base salary range is $170,000-$200,000Annual discretionary bonus based on performanceExcellent health, dental, and vision insurance (including HSA option) with no monthly premiums for best-in-class platinum individual plan401k match—100% company matching on the first 4% of deferrals with immediate vestingAnnual firmwide weeklong summitHybrid remote work environment—most of the year we are in the office Tuesday to Thursday with remote flexibility Monday and FridayFlexible remote work months—fully remote option for the month of July and between Thanksgiving and New YearsCasual environment (informal attire)Snacks and unlimited coffee in the officeFirm sponsored social events including happy hours, lunches, book club, and more!ApplicationPlease note that we can only extend offers to individuals that are authorized to work in the US; we are unable to sponsor visa applications at this time.The base salary for this role is $170,000.00–$200,000.00. #J-18808-Ljbffr