Job Description

Software Engineer (Entry - Mid-Level)

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Tysons Corner

Compensation: $107,500 - $140,000 / year

Description

Nodal Exchange, the largest power futures exchange in North America, is a derivatives exchange providing price, credit and liquidity risk management to participants. Nodal Exchange is a leader in innovation, having introduced the world’s largest sets of environmental and electric power futures and options contracts. All transactions on Nodal Exchange are cleared through its wholly owned subsidiary, Nodal Clear, using its award-winning portfolio-margining methodology. As leaders in innovation, Nodal Exchange and Nodal Clear have built in-house most of the trading and clearing platforms that fuel our business. Nodal Exchange is part of the EEX Group which is in turn part of the Deutsche Börse Group.

Nodal seeks talented and motivated applicants for the following role in Tysons Corner, VA (Washington, DC Metro area). This is a full-time hybrid role for a Software Engineer at Nodal Exchange. The role is located in Vienna, VA, in a hybrid setting requiring 3 days on-site work.

The Software Engineer will be responsible for software development of services and business processes at Nodal Exchange.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop microservice based distributed systems with high availability, throughput, fault tolerance, and performance. Ensure solutions are testable, maintainable, and easy to operate.
• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Act as a strategic technical advisor continuously reevaluating architectures to meet the evolving technology needs of Nodal’s growing business.
• Nodal has a hybrid work culture, and we are looking for an engineer that thrives in an environment that values in-office team interactions.
• Drive engineering improvements in our ability to detect, triage and resolve incidents more quickly.
• Participate in after-hours support in our on-call rotation, and lead incident reviews to identify high leverage preventative measures.
• Willing to participate in on-call rotation in line with the industry practices. Note that this position is an overtime-exempt position.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Back-End Web Development proficiency in either Java, Kotlin, Javascript or Python.
• Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) patterns.
• Strong understanding of Spring Boot, Docker, Relational Database and git.
• Troubleshooting skills, Linux skills, strong understanding of cloud and Linux operating system.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• 0-4 years’ experience. This is a junior to mid-senior SWE position. However, we will consider new graduates with excellent academic credentials in lieu of experience.

Nice To Haves:

• Experience with financial or commodities markets is a plus.
• Github account with Java/Kotlin repositories showing understanding of these technologies.
• StackOverflow account showing your posts and activities that demonstrate this knowledge.
• General knowledge of derivative trading.

Salary Range: $107,500 - $140,000 per year base salary, when annualized.

Pay Transparency Notice: The salary range is based on the D.C. metro area, the successful candidate’s starting salary will vary depending on permissible, non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to qualifications, skills, and experience. Nodal also offers a wide range of benefits and perks for full-time employees, which may include target bonuses.

Benefits

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