Senior Platform Engineer

Job summary

Millennium's Infrastructure organization is seeking a Senior Platforms Engineer to join a specialized team. This hands-on software engineering role involves building, extending, and maintaining systems for quantitative researchers, primarily using Python and C++. The mission is to solve business challenges, reduce operational complexities, and foster a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering skills with a focus on code quality, correctness, and clear thinking
• Ability to work alongside domain experts and engage in technical discussions
• Curiosity-driven, eager to learn new things and solve unfamiliar problems
• Collaborative team player with excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Strong Python skills, including fluency, idiomatic usage, and ability to tackle complex programming challenges
• Strong foundation in data structures and algorithms, including reasoning about complexity, selecting appropriate approaches, and clean implementation
• Demonstrable problem-solving abilities, insight, judgment, and strong attention to detail
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly with quants and other engineers
• Experience working in a Linux environment at an advanced user level
• Some C++ experience, including comfort reading and writing C++ or a strong willingness to learn quickly
• Prior exposure to quantitative finance, scientific computing, or environments with close collaboration between engineers and researchers
• Experience contributing to performance-sensitive or numerically oriented code

Responsibilities

• Design, code and implement proprietary systems and tools to bring research ideas to life and have a business impact
• Collaborate daily with quantitative researchers to understand needs and create well-engineered solutions
• Contribute across the stack, primarily in Python with some work in C++
• Work through complex algorithmic and data-structure problems, focusing on correctness and performance
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and promote engineering best practices
• Communicate trade-offs and technical decisions clearly with engineers and quants

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