# Python Software Engineer

Job Description Python Software Engineers design and build the applications, platforms, and infrastructure that power every aspect of our investment process, from research and analysis to trading, risk management, funding, and settlement. Our engineers tackle complex technical challenges spanning distributed systems, data platforms, developer tooling, automation, financial systems, and applications used by investment and enterprise teams. Key Responsibilities: Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain high-quality Python applications and services Build scalable systems, platforms, APIs, libraries, and tools supporting research, trading, risk, data, and other critical investment and business workflows Partner directly with investment professionals, quantitative researchers, and engineers to understand requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions Contribute to architectural decisions and engineering best practices across teams Solve complex and often ambiguous problems in a fast-moving, collaborative environment Learn from industry leaders, distinguished engineers, and investment professionals Qualifications: Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer

- **Id**: 3633572
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/citadel-python-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New York, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T00:00:00Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-02T00:00:00Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 8
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3571
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

## Company

- **Id**: 704282
- **Name**: Citadel
- **Domain**: citadel.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/citadel-4>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 4
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0.25
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 16
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 8

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T20:38:45Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 235 · green card filings: 120; Filings 12m: 235

## Liveness

- **Score**: 78
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.831
- **P room**: 0.945
- **Age days**: 7
- **Expected fill days**: 16
- **Reasons**: seen:7, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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