Tower Research Capital, a high-frequency proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to join our Core Platform team.

You will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining the core platform and development tools that empower our engineering teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining the strategy for tools that support developer productivity, systems, DevOps practices, CI/CD infrastructure (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI), and deployment automation
• Optimizing build systems (e.g., Buck2, CMake), artifact management (e.g., Artifactory), and related infrastructure
• Automating developer workflows, ensuring high reliability, fast iteration cycles, and rapid feedback loops
• Collaborating with product development, infrastructure, platform, security, and QA teams on respective projects
• Defining and measuring developer productivity KPIs, such as build speed, failure rates, deployment frequency, MTTR, and time-to-market
• Integrating monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for developer tooling and systems
• Driving continuous improvement and reliability engineering practices
• Leading, mentoring, and growing a team of Software and DevOps engineers

Qualifications: 

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of experience in software development or DevOps 
• At least 3-5 years of team management or technical leadership experience
• Deep knowledge of languages C++, Rust, and Python
• Expertise in build tools, dependency management, and packaging (e.g., Buck2, CMake)
• Strong experience with DevOps tooling (e.g. CI/CD pipelines, version control systems (Git), container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), IaC)
• Experience with Cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS) and strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems
• The ability to lead and motivate technical teams
• The ability to manage projects and stakeholders
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Systematic approach to troubleshooting and solving complex productivity or infrastructure issues
• Experience in performance optimization and scalability.

Preferred Certifications (not required):

• AWS/GCP certifications
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• DevOps-related certifications (e.g., DevOps Foundation, Jenkins Engineer Certification, Terraform Associate).

Anticipated annual base salary range $150,000 - $300,000, plus eligible for discretionary bonus

Tower’s headquarters are in FiDi, the heart of downtown Manhattan, at the historic Equitable Building. While we work hard, Tower’s cubicle-free workplace, jeans-clad workforce, and well-stocked kitchens reflect the value the firm places on quality of life. Benefits include:

• 401(k) with company matching
• 5 weeks of paid vacation per year plus 11 paid holidays
• Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks on a daily basis
• Reimbursement for health and wellness expenses
• Free events and workshops
• Donation matching program

Tower Research Capital is an equal opportunity employer.