Staff Software Development Engineer- Energy & Commodities
Clearwater Analytics22 hours ago
Base Salary
$179k - $243k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture of trade capture, trade lifecycle, position management, and risk workflows for global OTC and exchange-traded commodities.
- Design and build frameworks for deal models, market data and curve management, risk batch execution, cashflow generation, and reporting.
- Translate business, functional, and client requirements into system designs and technical roadmaps with Product Managers and Quantitative Developers.
- Define architectural standards and design patterns while leading design and code reviews.
- Lead multi-service projects spanning Python, Java, TypeScript, Rust, and multiple codebases.
- Improve containerized deployment, cloud architecture, observability, and workload performance.
- Mentor engineers, raise engineering standards, and document solutions for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Continuously improve the use of AI in development, operations, and products.
Requirements
- At least 9 years of professional software development experience, including significant production experience with Python.
- Experience with energy and commodities technology, such as ETRM/CTRM products, commodity trading and risk systems, or front-office commodity trading development.
- Knowledge of market conventions, deal structures, and trade lifecycle events for derivatives.
- Experience working across multiple programming languages and database management systems.
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized deployment pipelines.
- Experience designing and operating systems on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Proven architecture and design expertise with the ability to lead through influence as a senior technical lead.
- Ability to quickly understand unfamiliar codebases and debug complex production systems.
- Excellent communication skills for explaining architectural decisions and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Preferred experience with Beacon, Quartz, Athena, or SecDB; real-time trading and risk systems; financial engineering; event-driven architectures; and messaging systems.
Benefits
- Hybrid work in New York or London with four days per week in the office and work-from-home Fridays.
- Work from anywhere for three weeks per year.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, health, medical leave, STD, and LTD insurance benefits.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
- Paid time off, volunteer time off, maternity and paternity leave.
- Flexible working environment, business casual atmosphere, and career growth pathways.
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About Clearwater Analytics
Clearwater Analytics builds a SaaS platform for investment accounting, reconciliation, performance, compliance, and risk reporting used by insurers, asset managers, banks, corporations, and governments. It aggregates and normalizes market and trade data and offers front‑office tools (Beacon) that give portfolio teams real‑time visibility into positions. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Boise, Idaho, the company is publicly traded on the NYSE (ticker: CWAN).