Software Engineer - Credit Technology at Vaco, LLC
New York, NY 10153
About the Job
We are looking for an experienced Developer with a strong background in building, supporting, and integrating globally accessible trading systems. The successful candidate will work closely with quantitative researchers and portfolio managers to gather requirements, optimize processes, and develop essential toolkits. This role involves the complete software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering and architecture design to implementation, testing, and deployment. Strong communication skills, multitasking abilities, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced trading environment are essential.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain analytics and trading infrastructure for Credit and Converts, leveraging both vendor-provided and in-house platforms.
- Collaborate with business users and platform developers to deliver innovative, high-performance software solutions.
- Create a comprehensive process for scheduling and monitoring platform resources, ensuring seamless integration with existing proprietary applications.
- Deliver solutions that strike a balance between feasibility, stability, scalability, and speed to market.
- Support and maintain system infrastructure to ensure robustness and reliability.
- Work with internal teams to define and implement best practices for technology integration, API development, and release management.
- Operate independently with minimal supervision and demonstrate sound judgment.
- Contribute to a collaborative environment by improving shared tools and fostering teamwork.
Qualifications & Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 3+ years of professional software development experience; experience in the financial sector is a plus.
- Knowledge of financial instruments, particularly Credit, is highly desirable.
- Experience with real-time market data and historical time-series data is an advantage.
- Familiarity with server-side technologies such as Kafka, Kubernetes, or Redis is a plus.
- Strong proficiency in Python is preferred.
- Solid understanding of relational databases and experience writing production-grade SQL queries (e.g., PostgreSQL).
- Experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code, is a plus.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong documentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate ideas, requirements, and solutions.
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
