Beacon Platform was founded in 2014 by Kirat Singh and Mark Higgins, industry leaders in building and designing enterprise-scale trading, analytics, and risk management platforms. Our products enable financial institutions of all sizes to operationalize front-office development at enterprise scale on the cloud. The Platform consists of Beacon Front Office Suite for cross-asset management of trades, positions and risk, and Beacon Core, an integrated development and operating platform that enables quants and software engineers to collaboratively develop and continuously deploy business solutions. Beacon’s open architecture and transparent source-code model empower clients to achieve their business goals while maintaining unparalleled ownership of the full technology stack.

Position Overview

The Financial Software Engineer position is part of the Beacon Front Office Suite (FOS) engineering team that is responsible for designing, developing and testing essential Beacon’s front office components. You will work closely with our clients, which include investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds, insurance companies, and commodities trading companies.

What You’ll Do

Work on developing, testing, and supporting various components to support our clients in the financial technology space. These include:

Market data modeling
Time series framework
Trade ingestion/high frequency trades
Deal model framework
Trading risk management, including analytical models and data warehousing
Workflow, reporting, and visualization solutions
Integration with third party systems
Integration with cloud computing services
Providing ongoing support and enhancement of the Beacon Platform

What We’re Looking For

Minimum of 3-5 years of financial engineering experience, including work with financial instruments
Proficiency in Python
Fundamentals of software engineering such as data structures and algorithms
Must be located in the NYC metropolitan area

What Will Make You Stand Out

Familiarity with streaming technologies like Kafka and Redis
Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL database technologies
Familiarity with cloud computing such as AWS or Azure
Exposure to multiple programming languages and paradigms

Expected Salary Range: $130,000 - $177,000

What You’ll Love About Beacon

Unlimited PTO - This isn’t your typical unlimited PTO plan. All employees take at least 20 days off a year. After that? Take the time off you need to strike the perfect work/life balance for you.
10 paid company holidays
401k plan with matching contributions
Charitable donation matching
Access to Udemy - An online learning and teaching marketplace with over 185,000 courses. Learn programming, marketing, data science, or brush up on your public speaking and writing skills.
Startup Culture - Our employees have a voice and can make a big impact across the organization. A lot of people in large companies don’t feel connected to what they’re doing and feel like they’re put in a box. Here you will have the freedom to be creative and innovative. We’re looking for smart and driven people to help get us to the next level.

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Beacon does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Beacon encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

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