Senior Software Engineer - Trading
Swissblock · Baar ZG
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Job description
Your team
At Swissblock, we are passionate about creating cutting-edge algorithmic trading strategies. Our institutional-grade trading solution delivers precision execution and deep market insights across multiple traditional financial markets.
The quant and platform engineers of our technology team create, run and maintain the automated trading platform by combining financial domain expertise, algorithmic precision, and robust engineering.
The TradFi Quant Engineering team is responsible to design, build and operate the infrastructure that powers our systematic trading business lines, as we progress towards becoming a regulated asset manager.
Your role
Our trading platform is running in production and serves two different business lines and set of strategies. The system covers data ingestion, strategy execution, order routing, portfolio management, operational workflows, post-trade processing and regulatory reporting, built on Python and Go microservices. As we grow towards full regulatory compliance, we need to extend and harden our platform across the whole trade lifecycle.
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This role demands extreme ownership. You will work directly with portfolio managers, quant researchers, traders, operations, risk and compliance experts to understand business needs, translate them into technical solutions, and drive delivery from concept to production. As a Senior Software Engineer you will proactively engage stakeholders, gather and clarify requirements, identify gaps, and propose pragmatic but robust solutions before writing a single line of code.
Key responsibilities
Proactively engage with traders, portfolio managers, operations, risk and compliance to gather, analyze and challenge requirements
Conduct workload and complexity assessments
Design, plan and implement new trading system components in Python and Go
Maintain, operate and enhance the existing production trading infrastructure
Drive and track progress of architectural changes from concept to production
Support post-trade reporting, regulatory workflows and operational processes
Shape the technical direction of new services and initiatives
Apply and continuously deepen knowledge of financial instruments, market structure and regulation
Minimum qualifications
Proven experience in trading system development and operation in traditional finance (FX, equities or rates)
B.Sc. in Computer Science or similar (e.g. Physics or Applied Mathematics) with software engineering involved
Hands-on senior level experience in Python and/or Go; strong motivation to become proficient in both
Deep understanding of the trade lifecycle: order management, execution, post-trade processing and reporting
Background in a regulated institutional environment
Algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis and software design
Unix based systems, containerized environments and Kubernetes
Working experience with databases: relational, NoSQL and time series
REST API, Websocket and message brokers (e.g. Kafka, NATS, Pub/Sub)
Proficient written and verbal communication in English
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Proven self-starter who takes initiative on ambiguous problems and coordinates effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders
Consistently high standards for code quality and system reliability, with curiosity and commitment to ongoing learning
Preferred qualifications
Background from a major Swiss bank or institutional asset manager
Experience building systems subject to financial regulation, including reporting, auditability and controls requirements
FIX protocol knowledge and experience with institutional execution venues
Bloomberg proficiency, ideally AIM and EMSX
Working knowledge of cloud-native architectures
Highly proficient in asynchronous, event driven distributed systems
What we offer
Unique opportunity to build and own institutional trading infrastructure end-to-end, in a lean team without the bureaucracy of a large bank
Self-funded and already profitable international company in a future-proof market
Great culture and team spirit with flat hierarchy
Hybrid working model with office in Zug, Switzerland
Competitive compensation scheme with an annual bonus
25 days of annual leave, pension, insurance and regular company events
Do you want to help us build the next generation of our institutional trading platform and be part of our journey towards becoming a regulated asset manager? Then please apply for the position.
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