Job Details

Overview

Clear Street is modernizing the brokerage ecosystem. Founded in 2018, Clear Street is a diversified financial services firm replacing the legacy infrastructure used across capital markets. We built a cloud-native clearing and custody system designed for todays complex, global market. Our platform is integrated with central clearing houses and exchanges to support billions in trading volume per day. We focus on scalable data models, thoughtful APIs, and delivering a best-in-class client experience. We combine product and engineering talent with seasoned finance professionals to compete in fast-paced markets.

The Team: We started with a core group of engineers and have grown to 30+ people, with plans to continue expanding. The team partners with engineering and product based in New York and collaborates with teams in Sweden to support Clear Streets growth across asset classes and geographies. Members have the opportunity to help build a technology stack from scratch and make a big impact on the financial market. In this role, you will work with team members in Sweden and NY to build applications for our Securities Finance and Futures businesses, the Execution Management, Risk, as well as Custody and Clearing systems. We value collaboration and favor office presence over remote-only work.

The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled senior software engineer to join our Swedish Engineering team. You will help build the technological backbone of Clear Street, working closely with business partners to design and implement new solutions and support existing systems.

We are looking for full stack engineers, and are open to back-end, front-end, or dev-ops engineers with the interest to work end-to-end across projects. Our work spans client-side usability and server-side components such as data storage, security and performance.

You Bring

• At least five (5) years of hands-on professional experience designing and developing mission-critical distributed systems with performance, resiliency, and consistency requirements.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Financial Engineering or a related field.
• Good understanding of financial markets, asset classes, and the technical requirements of financial systems.
• Highly motivated, self-starter with a passion for technology and the ability to learn new skills; comfortable in a fast-paced environment and able to deliver with minimal supervision.
• Experience prioritizing between technical and business tasks, balancing long- and short-term benefits with technical debt and developer productivity.
• Experience troubleshooting system performance and taking corrective action as needed.
• Experience in supporting and running production systems.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Preferred, but not required: experience with Clear Street technology stack (Golang, Python, React, AWS, Kubernetes, gRPC, Protobuf, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, Docker) or readiness to learn this stack.

We Offer

• The opportunity to join a small, growing team where you can make a difference.
• A new high-quality codebase with minimal technical debt and room to build new services and features.
• An environment that embraces DevOps culture and a focus on CI/CD methodology.
• A meritocratic culture that champions collaboration.
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and perks.

Our top priority is our people. We promote collaboration, support one another through challenges, and celebrate successes. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity of ideas, cultures, and experiences.