Software Engineer III
Software Engineer III at Tower Research Capital in Gurgaon, building automation and tools for the firm's global trading infrastructure — spanning web apps, stream processing, microservices, and databases, with an on-call rotation. Core stack: Rust (required), Golang/Python, Linux, Kafka, and DevOps practices.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Gurgaon
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in computer science or a related field
- At least 3 years of experience in software engineering
- Proficiency in Rust
- Experience with Golang and/or Python
- Experience with Linux systems and shell scripting
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases
- Experience with web technologies and full-stack development
- Experience with bare metal environments and automation
- Independently deploying and managing applications, including DevOps responsibilities
- Experience with distributed systems, including Kafka, data pipelines, and microservices
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code concepts and large-scale, 24/7 production environments
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills
- Product-focused mindset, stable career history, and ability to take ownership and work autonomously
- Ability to relocate and work from the office at least four days per week
Full description
Tower is home to some of the world’s best systematic trading and engineering talent. We empower portfolio managers to build their teams and strategies independently while providing the economies of scale that come from a large, global organization.
Engineers thrive at Tower while developing electronic trading infrastructure at a world class level. Our engineers solve challenging problems in the realms of low-latency programming, FPGA technology, hardware acceleration and machine learning. Our ongoing investment in top engineering talent and technology ensures our platform remains unmatched in terms of functionality, scalability and performance.
At Tower, every employee plays a role in our success. Our Business Support teams are essential to building and maintaining the platform that powers everything we do — combining market access, data, compute, and research infrastructure with risk management, compliance, and a full suite of business services. Our Business Support teams enable our trading and engineering teams to perform at their best.
At Tower, employees will find a stimulating, results-oriented environment where highly intelligent and motivated colleagues inspire each other to reach their greatest potential.
Responsibilities:
- Contributing to strategic initiatives that automate and manage Tower’s global production environment.
- Building products and automation solutions across web applications (frontend and backend), stream processing, microservices, and databases.
- Collaborating with cross-functional technical teams to design, implement, and enhance solutions for trading infrastructure and operational challenges.
- Participating in the developer on-call rotation to support SEFO-provided solutions and ensure production reliability.
- Developing technical documentation, defining specifications, and contributing to architectural decisions to continuously evolve platform capabilities.
Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in computer science or a related field, with at least 3 years of experience in software engineering;
- Expertise in software engineering fundamentals, including strong programming and computer science principles, with proficiency in Rust (required) and experience with Golang and/or Python.
- Experience with Linux systems, shell scripting, relational and non-relational databases, web technologies, full-stack development, bare metal environments, automation, and independently deploying and managing applications, including DevOps responsibilities.
- Experience with distributed systems and modern infrastructure, including Kafka, data pipelines, microservices, infrastructure-as-code concepts, and engineering solutions that support large-scale, 24/7 production environments.