# Software Engineer - Pre-trade analytics, risk, portfolio optimization
**Company:** [Clear Street](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/clear-street)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Salary:** $170K-$220K
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Java, Spring Framework, Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, Postgres, pandas, Polars, gRPC, Redis, Docker, AWS, Kubernetes
**Posted:** 2026-06-22
> Senior Software Engineer building an AI-driven pre-trade analytics, risk, and portfolio optimization platform. Requires 5+ years building scalable services in Java/Spring or Python/FastAPI with PostgreSQL experience.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the Alpha Platform: a modern, AI-driven system for pre-trade analytics, risk, hedging, portfolio optimization, and customized client exposure management
- Work across the full stack from data ingestion and processing pipelines to AI-driven analytics and client-facing API layers
- Design, implement, and deliver highly scalable services with clean system design and efficient implementation
- Define engineering standards, mentor team members, and drive system design approaches for new services
- Evolve technical standards and best practices while promoting a culture of engineering excellence

## Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional experience implementing highly scalable services in Java (Spring Framework) and/or Python (FastAPI, Pydantic, async patterns)
- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and data processing libraries such as Pandas or Polars
- Fluency in AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., Claude Code) and Spec-Driven Development (SDD)
- Strong command of design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
- Ability to take end-to-end ownership of complex or ambiguous problems from design through production delivery
- Clear articulation of system design and architectural paradigms to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Prioritization of end-user experience in API design, functionality, and performance
- Willingness to work in or learn financial risk and pre-trade analytics domains

## Nice-to-Haves
- Hands-on experience with gRPC, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Gradle, uv, AWS, and Kubernetes
- Exposure to finance concepts including swaps, custom baskets, trade lifecycle, performance calculations, attribution, and factor models

## Compensation & Benefits
- Base Salary Range: $170,000 - $220,000
- Company equity, 401k matching, gender neutral parental leave
- Full medical, dental, and vision insurance
- In-office lunch stipends, stocked kitchens, happy hours
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