{"id":164689,"url":"https://alion.io/job/jump-trading-software-engineer","title":"Software Engineer","company":{"id":58634,"name":"Jump Trading","domain":"jumptrading.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/jump-trading","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":83,"open_postings":92,"ghost_share":0.207,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":105,"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"}},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["New York, United States","Chicago, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":200000,"max":250000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":250000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-24T20:15:10Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-07-25","last_verified_at":"2026-10-17T14:40:06Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":84,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":0,"flags":["company_stale"],"days_open":84},"description":"Jump Trading is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incentivizing collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems. \nWhat You'll Do\nAs a Software Engineer, you'll work on a team of technologists building and improving the platforms and services that support the business. You'll partner with engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to develop new tools, systems, and infrastructure. You'll collaborate with teammates to improve the scalability, reliability, and performance of production systems. By strengthening the core systems used across the organization, you'll have an outsized impact on engineering productivity as the company continues to grow.\nSkills You’ll Need\nAt least 5+ years of professional experience with Python building large-scale distributed systems\n\nExperience working on a Linux platform\n\nProven success working with large data sets or data-intensive applications\n\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills\n\nIntellectual curiosity\n\nSelf-directed and comfortable taking ownership of projects and responsibilities\n\nMinimum academic qualification: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer engineering, or equivalent\n\nReliable and predictable availability\n\nBenefits\nDiscretionary bonus eligibility \nMedical, dental, and vision insurance\nHSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options\nEmployer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance\nVoluntary Life & AD&D insurance\nPaid vacation plus paid holidays\nRetirement plan with employer match\nPaid parental leave\nWellness Programs\nAnnual Base Salary Range\n$200,000—$250,000 USD","description_format":"text","description_chars":2189,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Parental leave","Retirement plans","Vision insurance","Wellness"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-07-24T20:15:10Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":48,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.807,"p_room":0.6,"age_days":84,"expected_fill_days":105,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:late","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":250000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/jump-trading-software-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/jump-trading-software-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-17T15:53:21Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":21528,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-18T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":58634},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=58634"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fjump-trading-software-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fjump-trading-software-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fjump-trading-software-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/jump-trading-software-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fjump-trading-software-engineer"}]}