Castleton Commodities International is hiring a Senior Front Office Software Engineer to join our Data Science & Technology team. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated a passion for solving business problems with technology and possess strong programming experience. This position is a hands-on role responsible for developing, supporting, and maintaining a firmwide investment, trading, and analytics platform supported by APIs, applications, and visualization tools. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with a strong technical background to interface directly with CCI’s commercial personnel. It is also a terrific opportunity to be involved in the early stages of the firm’s shift toward more cloud-first development.
Responsibilities:
- Work directly with commercial trading teams to engineer and optimize trading processes and models.
- Develop services and APIs in Python utilizing the latest frameworks and libraries with an emphasis on design patterns and code quality.
- Develop software to support commercial activity, including supply and demand, positions, and market data analysis.
- Develop cloud-native solutions to promote integration within a Firmwide Front Office IT platform's framework, including analytical and visualization tools.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science or related field of study.
- 10+ years of prior professional programming experience utilizing Python programming languages.
- Advanced understanding of object-oriented programming concepts.
- Working knowledge in Linux and Windows environments.
- Excellent knowledge of SQL and database technologies.
- Ability to communicate and interact with a wide range of users ranging from very technical to non-technical.
- Results-oriented team player who can handle rapidly changing projects and priorities while maintaining a strong professional presence.
- Strong analytical skill-set with demonstrated attention to detail.
- Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, and high-intensity environment with timely responsiveness and flexibility to work beyond normal business hours when required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience in energy/commodities trading.
- Working knowledge working with cloud-based technologies (AWS).
- Snowflake experience.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices.
- Experience with containers (ECS / EKS)
Employee Programs & Benefits:
CCI offers competitive benefits and programs to support our employees, their families and local communities. These include:
- Competitive comprehensive medical, dental, retirement and life insurance benefits
- Employee assistance & wellness programs
- Parental and family leave policies
- CCI in the Community: Each office has a Charity Committee and as a part of this program employees are allocated 2 days annually to volunteer at the selected charities.
- Charitable contribution match program
- Tuition assistance & reimbursement
- Quarterly Innovation & Collaboration Awards
- Employee discount program, including access to fitness facilities
- Competitive paid time off
- Continued learning opportunities
Visit https://www.cci.com/careers/life-at-cci/# to learn more!