Front End Software Engineer, Clear Street

Execution Management System

$170-240k

+ Equity

React
Docker
Kubernetes
TypeScript
Redux
Java
Kafka
Go
Senior level
New York

4+ days a week in office

Clear Street

Modern infrastructure for capital markets

Open for applications

Clear Street

Modern infrastructure for capital markets

201-500 employees

FintechB2BInvestingSaaSCapital MarketsCloud Computing

Open for applications

$170-240k

+ Equity

React
Docker
Kubernetes
TypeScript
Redux
Java
Kafka
Go
Senior level
New York

4+ days a week in office

201-500 employees

FintechB2BInvestingSaaSCapital MarketsCloud Computing

Company mission

To rebuild the infrastructure that supports the capital markets, bringing them into the future.

Role

Who you are

  • 5 years minimum experience and strong proficiency with TypeScript, React, UI state management (i.e. redux or similar)
  • NodeJS server-side experience (i.e. express, socket.io, etc)
  • Ability to work with stakeholders to define requirements, drive projects forward, and work creatively within constraints

Desirable

  • Proven experience as a Front-end Engineer working on electronic trading systems
  • Experience on high throughput / low latency / high capacity, Multithreaded (incl. Synchronization), load balanced, highly available systems
  • Strong knowledge and understanding of FIX protocol
  • Experience with Kafka or streaming paradigms in general
  • Java, Go, gRPC and Protobuf

What the job involves

  • You will build highly available, horizontally scalable mission critical applications in a modern technology stack
  • You will sharpen your (already advanced) front-end and full stack engineering skills by working on some of the most challenging problems available
  • You will work with users to understand and define new features and drive them to completion
  • You will develop a deep understanding of the business domain
  • The mission of the Clear Street Execution Management System (EMS) team is to provide best execution for all asset classes in all regions
  • EMS is actively building a new state of the art cloud-based trading platform, providing high-performance traders access to liquidity venues across multiple asset classes, cutting-edge charting capabilities, sophisticated order handling and flexibility to service both the active trader and institutional workflows

Our take

Clear Street is building up-to-date, cloud native infrastructure for capital markets, bringing clients faster and easier access to things like reporting, clearing, custody, and execution.

It’s been quite a rise to prominence for the New York based startup, which surpassed a billion dollar valuation in 2022 despite only launching in 2018. However, given the previous industry experience of its founders, Clear Street's success should come as no surprise. The trio built the platform as a remedy to their own pain points, missed opportunities, and lack of access to key data in the prime brokerage space.

With its Unicorn status secured and its list of clients growing, Clear Street is now gearing up for a period of rapid expansion, both geographically and across the financial services industry. Securing funding in 2023 from Prysm Capital, the company has money to play with as it continues to pursue better infrastructure for capital markets.

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Kirsty

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Insights

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

11% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Apr 2023

$270m

SERIES B

May 2022

$165m

SERIES B

Total funding: $470m

Company benefits

  • 401k matching
  • Full medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Generous vacation time
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, and amazing office views

Company values

  • It's all about the people: At Clear Street, our top priority is our people. We are continuously investing in a culture that promotes collaboration. We help each other through challenges, and celebrate each other's successes.
  • Our workplace philosophy: We believe that modern workplaces succeed by virtue of having high-performance workforces that are diverse — in ideas, in cultures, and in experiences. At Clear Street, we put in the effort to make such a workplace a daily reality.

Company HQ

World Trade Center, New York, NY

Leadership

Financial services & investment veteran with over 30 years in the sector. Worked in Senior Management & Executive roles at Merrill Lynch, Knight Capital, Arxis Capital, Exos Financial, and Engineers Gate LP, before co-founding Clear Street in 2018.

Former Pearl Rothman Software Engineer who has founded two previous FinTech companies - Tolo Technologies, and QED Trading.

Uriel Cohen

(Executive Chairman)

Trader, investor, and founder of proprietary trading firm Highland Capital Group. Co-founded proprietary investment firm Alpine Global Management in 2012.


People progressing

Joined as an Executive Assistant. Since then, Tori has been promoted thrice, first to People and Culture Coordinator, and then to Communications Associate before becoming a Senior Marketing Associate.

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