Senior Software Engineer, Equity Technology

Balyasny Asset Management

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Work type
On-site
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$175,000–$250,000 / yr
Posted
78 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $212k
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This role pays more than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$187,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $212k versus about $169k for comparable roles.

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About Balyasny Asset Management

Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is a global multi-manager hedge fund offering diversified investment strategies across equities, macro, commodities, and systematic trading.

Balyasny Asset Management currently has 59 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $175,000–$250,000 across 30 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Equity Technology

As a Senior Software Engineer – Equity Technology, you will join the Equity Technology team to build and support a suite of tools for the Fundamental Equities business across the investment lifecycle, including research, portfolio construction, and trading. You will collaborate with portfolio managers and quantitative researchers to design, develop, and deploy high-performance risk analytics services and user-facing applications. Your daily responsibilities include owning engineering designs for equity factor-risk analytics, developing validation and monitoring frameworks, and optimizing service architecture for scalability and performance. The role requires expertise in C# or Java, along with proficiency in Python, gRPC, React, AWS, MSSQL, Snowflake, and ClickHouse. You will solve complex technical problems regarding risk calculation accuracy and consistency while balancing system complexity against operational resilience to deliver critical software solutions within the equity investment domain.

What does a Software Engineer earn in New York?

Median $224000 from 203 postings across 41 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, develop, test, and deploy high-performance risk analytics services and user-facing applications using C#/.NET, Python, gRPC, and React.
  • Own the engineering design and implementation of features for equity factor-risk analytics services with a focus on scalability.
  • Develop robust validation, reconciliation, and monitoring frameworks to ensure accuracy and consistency in risk calculations.
  • Optimize .NET/C# services for memory usage, parallel processing, profiling, and scalable service architecture.
  • Lead technical design discussions and mentor other engineers to drive complex projects from requirements through production release.
  • Make pragmatic architectural decisions balancing analytical accuracy, system complexity, operational resilience, and time-to-market.
  • Manage data across various platforms including Snowflake and ClickHouse to support investment lifecycle tools.

What we're looking for

  • Degree in Computer Science or a closely related field.
  • 8+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Deep expertise in an object-oriented programming language, specifically C# or Java.
  • Experience with Python, AWS, MSSQL, Snowflake, and ClickHouse.
  • Experience with finance, especially equities (preferred).
  • Ability to design, develop, and deploy high-performance risk analytics services and user-facing applications using C#/.NET, Python, gRPC, and React.

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