Software Development Engineer III at Clearwater Analytics

New York, New York, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

15 Aug, 26

Salary

178250.0

Posted On

17 May, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Python, SQL, Financial Domain Knowledge, ETL/ELT, Data Pipelines, System Design, Data Structures, Algorithms, Kafka, Redis, AWS, Azure, NoSQL, REST APIs, FIX Protocol, Financial Data Normalization

Industry

Software Development

Description

The Role You'll join the engineering team behind Beacon, Clearwater's front office platform used by investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, and insurance companies. Your work sits at the intersection of financial data and production software — ingesting market data, processing trades, and building the infrastructure that gives portfolio managers and traders real-time visibility into their positions. This is not a quant role, but you'll work closely with people who speak the language of markets. You should be comfortable learning the domain. What You'll Build Market data ingestion pipelines, connecting to third-party vendors (Bloomberg, Refinitiv) and normalizing pricing, reference, and corporate action data Trade ingestion systems, including high-frequency trade processing and reconciliation Time series frameworks for storing and querying financial data efficiently ETL and data pipelines that move and transform investment data reliably at scale Integrations with third-party financial platforms and internal Beacon framework features Must Haves Python proficiency, production-grade Python, not just scripts Finance domain exposure, you've worked with financial instruments (equities, fixed income, derivatives, FX) in a professional context. Banking, fintech, asset management, or financial data all count. SQL fluency, comfortable writing complex queries and understanding query performance Data pipeline experience, you've built or maintained ETL/ELT workflows in production CS fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, system design basics Nice to Haves Experience with Kafka, Redis, or other streaming/messaging systems Familiarity with market data vendors or financial data formats (FIX, FPML, Bloomberg API) Cloud experience, AWS or Azure in a data engineering context NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB) alongside relational Prior experience at a bank, hedge fund, asset manager, or fintech Tech Stack Python SQL Kafka AWS / Azure Redis REST APIs Bloomberg / Refinitiv FIX Protocol Salary Range $137,770.00 - $178,250.00 This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), PTO, parental leave, and medical leave, STD/LTD insurance benefits. Clearwater Analytics is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class. Thank you for your interest in a career with Clearwater! Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN) is transforming investment management with the industry’s most comprehensive cloud-native platform for institutional investors across global public and private markets. While legacy systems create risk, inefficiency, and data fragmentation, Clearwater’s single-instance, multi-tenant architecture delivers real-time data and AI-driven insights throughout the investment lifecycle. The platform eliminates information silos by integrating portfolio management, trading, investment accounting, reconciliation, regulatory reporting, performance, compliance, and risk analytics in one unified system. Serving leading insurers, asset managers, hedge funds, banks, corporations, and governments, Clearwater supports over $8.8 trillion in assets globally. Learn more at www.clearwateranalytics.com. Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to still apply! You may be just what we're looking for.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain market data ingestion pipelines and trade processing systems for the Beacon platform. Build scalable ETL frameworks and integrations with third-party financial vendors to provide real-time visibility for portfolio managers.