Vice President, Senior Front Office Software Engineer

About the role

This is a hands-on role responsible for developing, supporting, and maintaining a firmwide investment, trading, and analytics platform supported by APIs, applications, and visualization tools. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated a passion for solving business problems with technology and possess strong programming experience. This position offers the opportunity to interface directly with CCI’s commercial personnel and be involved in the early stages of the firm’s shift toward more cloud-first development.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with commercial trading teams to engineer and optimize trading processes and models.
• Develop services and APIs in Python utilizing the latest frameworks and libraries with an emphasis on design patterns and code quality.
• Develop software to support commercial activity, including supply and demand, positions, and market data analysis.
• Develop cloud-native solutions to promote integration within a Firmwide Front Office IT platform's framework, including analytical and visualization tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science or related field of study.
• 10+ years of prior professional programming experience utilizing Python programming languages.
• Advanced understanding of object-oriented programming concepts.
• Working knowledge in Linux and Windows environments.
• Excellent knowledge of SQL and database technologies.
• Ability to communicate and interact with a wide range of users ranging from very technical to non-technical.
• Results-oriented team player who can handle rapidly changing projects and priorities while maintaining a strong professional presence.
• Strong analytical skill-set with demonstrated attention to detail.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, and high-intensity environment with timely responsiveness and flexibility to work beyond normal business hours when required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in energy/commodities trading.
• Working knowledge working with cloud-based technologies (AWS).
• Snowflake experience.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices.
• Experience with containers (ECS / EKS).

Benefits

• Competitive comprehensive medical, dental, retirement, and life insurance benefits.
• Employee assistance & wellness programs.
• Parental and family leave policies.
• 2 days annually allocated for volunteering at selected charities through the CCI Charity Committee.
• Charitable contribution match program.
• Tuition assistance & reimbursement.
• Quarterly Innovation & Collaboration Awards.
• Employee discount program, including access to fitness facilities.
• Competitive paid time off.
• Continued learning opportunities.