Software Engineer

About Millennium Millennium is a global, diversified alternative investment firm, founded in 1989. Defined by evolution, innovation and focus, Millennium's mission is to deliver results for our investors. Our people are empowered with both independence and support: the autonomy to pursue ideas with conviction and the backing of a global network committed to collaboration, disciplined risk management and continuous learning. With opportunities to deepen expertise and accelerate development, talent at Millennium is equipped to adapt, evolve and build lasting impact over time. Discover how transformative growth accelerates impact. Meet the Team Information Technology is core to the health and growth of our business — the firm's active, multi-manager model demands flexible, scalable technology and advanced proprietary systems, including the development of next-generation analytical and trading capabilities. Within IT, the Fixed Income & Commodities Technology team builds and supports the trading applications that deliver live risk and profit & loss calculations driving Fixed Income and Commodities trading. These applications serve a broad range of users, including Portfolio Managers, Risk Managers, and other trade-support functions such as Middle Office and Valuations. What You'll Do Work with portfolio management, risk, and engineering teams on application development, deployment, and architecture. Partner with quants, risk managers, and engineers across the globe to develop compute-intensive applications for quantitative modeling and processing thousands of datasets. Optimize the platform using network and systems programming and other advanced techniques to minimize latency. Automate system maintenance tasks, end-of-day processing jobs, data integrity checks, and bulk data loads/extracts. Maintain, support, and enhance capabilities as new requirements arise. Partner with project managers and senior leadership to capture analytic requirements, monitor delivery, and manage expectations. Contribute to Millennium's collaborative culture by delivering timely solutions to Portfolio and Risk Managers firmwide. What You Bring 3-5+ years of professional software development experience using Java or C++, including at least 1 year with Rust. Strong SQL and database experience, particularly with DuckDB, Postgres, and other RDBMS. Experience with containerization, ideally Kubernetes and ArgoCD. Experience with scaled architectures and performance analysis and optimization of backend systems. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or another scientific field. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; able to work independently in a fast-paced environment. Detail-oriented and organized, with strong ownership of work. Experience with Apache Kafka, Arrow, Parquet, and/or Avro; cloud experience with AWS and/or GCP a plus. Salary Range Millennium offers a total compensation package which includes a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and comprehensive benefits. The estimated base salary range for this position is $175,000 to $250,000, which is specific to New York and may change in the future. When finalizing an offer, we take into consideration an individual's experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.