Senior Software Engineer - Clearing

Accountabilities:

• • Own software projects from ideation through deployment, translating broad business or technical goals into practical systems and solutions.
  • Design and build reliable distributed systems that support clearing, settlement, securities finance, and new financial product offerings.
  • Develop infrastructure and integrations that enable new products, revenue opportunities, and capabilities within financial services.
  • Improve existing systems by identifying meaningful opportunities to increase reliability, maintainability, performance, and operational effectiveness.
  • Take responsibility for the long-term evolution and scalability of systems, considering both immediate requirements and future business needs.
  • Collaborate with engineers and colleagues across teams to understand requirements, resolve ambiguity, and deliver effective solutions.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation and help maintain the reliability and operational health of critical systems.
  • Investigate and resolve production issues, taking ownership of problems regardless of where the underlying code originated.
  • Apply sound engineering judgment by distinguishing important architectural decisions from areas that can evolve as more information becomes available.
  • Design and implement well-structured RESTful APIs and evaluate existing interfaces for quality and effectiveness.
  • Contribute to technical decisions and help shape engineering practices, systems, and priorities through constructive collaboration.
  • Continuously improve operational processes and eliminate recurring issues that create unnecessary friction for engineering teams.
  • Learn and apply domain knowledge related to financial markets, clearing, settlement, securities finance, and brokerage infrastructure.

  Requirements:

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience building reliable and distributed software systems.
  • Strong practical experience with Go, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes.
  • Solid foundational understanding of computer systems, networking, databases, distributed systems, and how these systems behave under real-world conditions.
  • Experience designing high-quality RESTful APIs and identifying weaknesses in API design.
  • Ability to independently lead projects from definition through implementation and deployment, including navigating ambiguous requirements and coordinating with relevant stakeholders.
  • Strong sense of ownership and accountability for both individual work and team-level outcomes.
  • Ability to make pragmatic technical decisions, balancing long-term architecture with business priorities and available information.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and intellectual curiosity, with a willingness to investigate unfamiliar areas rather than rely on assumptions.
  • Ability to adapt when new information changes the direction of a project and focus on the outcomes that matter most.
  • Experience working in startup or fast-moving environments where priorities can evolve according to business and market needs.
  • Willingness to challenge ideas constructively while remaining open to decisions that differ from your preferred approach.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to building systems that can scale and evolve over time.
  • Nice-to-have experience in securities clearing and settlement or securities finance.
  • Additional experience with gRPC, Protobuf, Temporal, Grafana, Kafka or Redpanda, Helm, and Docker is beneficial.
  • Serious appreciation for the responsibility involved in building systems that support financial services and handle transactions involving customers' money.

  Benefits:

  • Competitive salary and stock options.
  • Health benefits.
  • One-time USD $500 new-hire home-office setup allowance.
  • USD $150 monthly stipend through a Brex Card.
  • Fully remote work from Europe or the Americas, depending on eligibility.
  • Opportunity to work on critical financial infrastructure supporting clearing, settlement, securities finance, and brokerage products.
  • Significant ownership over projects from ideation through production deployment.
  • Exposure to distributed systems, financial markets, cloud-native infrastructure, and high-reliability engineering.
  • Opportunity to collaborate with a globally distributed team of engineers, traders, and financial services professionals.
  • Ability to influence technical decisions, product capabilities, and engineering practices.
  • Environment focused on practical solutions, accountability, continuous improvement, and long-term system ownership.