Software Engineer I @ Tower Research Capital

Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm founded in 1998. Tower has built its business on a high-performance platform and independent trading teams. We have a 25+ year track record of innovation and a reputation for discovering unique market opportunities. 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

Building and maintaining full stack applications that power trading and risk systems Developing interactive, high-performance UIs using React, Next.js, Vue.js, or Nuxt.js Designing scalable REST and WebSocket services using Python (FastAPI, Django, etc.) Writing clean, testable code across the stack, with test coverage using Jest, Cypress, Playwright, and pytest Debugging and resolving production issues with a focus on root-cause analysis and long-term stability Working within CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) to ship features quickly and reliably Collaborating closely with backend engineers,… Apply To This Job