What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer position at Sterling Trading Tech?
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Sterling Trading Tech is seeking a SOFTWARE ENGINEER to help in the development of our next generation order management system (OMS). This will be a remote/hybrid position out of the Chicago, IL office. The candidate is expected to be a highly motivated individual who will become member of a team responsible for owning, enhancing and maintaining our proprietary distributed transactional infrastructure. You will assist in developing a next generation platform - an exciting and challenging opportunity to support a project from the ground-up! The position evolves within our Technology department.
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for writing, reviewing and publishing example trading and admin applications using Sterling's OMS API.
• Responsible for maintaining API documentation using OpenAPI and relevant tools.
• Be an integral part of an agile product development team responsible for this important infrastructure.
• Work together with team members to develop scalable, testable, and elegant code
• Test and deploy your code for use in production using automated tests.
• Able to assist with producing automated testing scripts with Python Behave.
Requirements:
• Experience with Web technologies and scripting languages such as JavaScript and Python.
• High level of interest and knowledge in trading Equities, Options, Futures and Crypto.
• Experience documenting Web APIs. Able to work with OpenAPI and editing tools
• An affinity for well-architected solutions and a passion for high standards of quality
• Skilled with development tools - Git, GitLab, Docker is helpful.
ABOUT STERLING TRADING TECH
Sterling Trading Tech (Sterling)’s mission is to provide market-leading, cloud-based trading infrastructure, encompassing Trading Platforms, OMS, and Risk products to support both buy-side and sell-side firms. Sterling’s clients include clearing firms, broker dealers, proprietary trading groups, and hedge funds in over 20 countries. Sterling systems currently process over 10% of all US matched equities.
Recently acquired by L Squared Capital Partners (L Squared), Sterling is entering a new phase of expansion and innovation. Sterling’s accelerated growth plans include additional staffing in both its product and sales organizations, new technology development and the release of incremental cloud services, with the addition of new asset classes and international coverage to drive global adoption of its offerings.
This is an exciting time to join Sterling’s growing team of trailblazers developing next generation trading technology in the fintech space.