# Software Engineer, Production Platform

Aquatic was founded with a shared passion for tackling some of the most complex challenges in one of the world’s most competitive arenas-global financial markets. From the very beginning, we have been driven by a deep commitment to applying cutting-edge scientific research and technological innovation to deliver unparalleled performance. Our journey is one of continuous growth and exploration, marked by a spirit of curiosity and relentless drive for excellence. At Aquatic, we are actively recruiting for a Software Engineer to join our Engineering team in Chicago. We are investing in the production platform that carries our research and trading systems into live markets, and we are doing it while the firm expands globally. This role sits at the center of that effort: building the deployment, build, and observability systems the rest of the firm runs on, and owning how well they behave in production. You will collaborate with researchers and engineers across Research, Execution, and Trading Operations. The work is hands-on, high-leverage, and visible: when the platform is good, everyone at the firm ships faster and sleeps better. Role Details Ownership of the platform that moves cod

- **Id**: 1136341
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/aquatic-software-engineer-production-platform>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chicago, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-22T22:14:45Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-22
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T22:09:40Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 47
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4991
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Company events, Wellness
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Research Institutes

## Company

- **Id**: 669533
- **Name**: Aquatic
- **Domain**: aquatic.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/aquatic-2>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: C
- **Score**: 65
- **Open postings**: 12
- **Ghost share**: 0.583
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 150000
- **Max**: 300000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 300000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Nomad** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 46

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-23T08:17:56Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 10 · green card filings: 2; Filings 12m: 10

## Liveness

- **Score**: 17
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.388
- **P room**: 0.45
- **Age days**: 46
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 300000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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