Rothera

Stock Exchanges & Market Infrastructure

Overview

Rothera is a derivatives exchange and clearinghouse regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Funding and backers

Hiring now
12
+5 posted in 30 days
Momentum
17/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
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Jobs

$150k – $175k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Chicago
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$150k – $175k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
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$100k – $125k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
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$80k – $100k per year · In office · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
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$175k – $200k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
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Hybrid · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Belfast
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$120k – $140k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
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$125k – $150k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Chicago
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$150k
Typical range
$90k – $200k
Open positions
11
10 Jobs
Junior 10%
Middle 10%
Senior 60%
Staff 10%
Architect 10%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 1 $100k $100k
Middle 1 $140k $140k
Senior 6 $163k $125k – $185k
Staff 1 $200k $200k
Architect 1 $190k $190k
Highest paying role Director, Staff Engineer (Low Latency) $200k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Rothera By role, level and city, against the market · 11 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
23/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
12
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
70 days
faster than 17% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
11/06/2026
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
27% ▲
Backend
18% ▼
QA
18% ▼
Frontend
9% ▼
Product
9% ▲
Legal
9% ▲
Actively hiring for Sales (+3 in 30 days)

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Rothera over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
31
Postings analysed
11
Stack modernity
90/100AI adopter
Languages
Python55%
Java45%
SQL45%
TypeScript9%
Frameworks & libraries
Cucumber18%
JUnit18%
Playwright18%
React.js9%
Databases
PostgreSQL18%
Cloud & platforms
Apache Kafka27%
AWS9%
AWS Bedrock9%
Anthropic9%
AI & ML
Claude9%
Gemini9%
LLM9%
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Full Rothera tech stack 31 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
2
Busiest office
Chicago
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Chicago United States
HQ
11 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 45% engineering $151k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Backend, AI/ML
seen since Mar 2026 job postings
Belfast United Kingdom
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for QA
seen since Aug 2026 job postings