Back-End Engineer

Clear Street is modernizing the brokerage ecosystem, replacing legacy infrastructure in capital markets with a cloud-native clearing and custody system.
Stockholm, Sweden
Backend
Mid-Level Software Engineer
Hybrid
51 - 100 Employees
4+ years of experience
Finance · Enterprise SaaS

Description For Back-End Engineer

Clear Street is revolutionizing the brokerage ecosystem with a modern, cloud-native clearing and custody system. Founded in 2018, we're building essential technology to compete in today's fast-paced markets. Our platform supports billions in daily trading volume and integrates with central clearing houses and exchanges.

As a Back-End Engineer in our Swedish Engineering team, you'll play a crucial role in developing our technological backbone. You'll work on server-side elements, tackle complex problems, and help build a modern prime brokerage experience. Our tech stack includes Java, Go, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, TypeScript, React, and Kafka.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Solving challenging engineering problems handling millions of daily trades
  • Building scalable, mission-critical applications
  • Collaborating with other teams to address scalability
  • Working with users to define and implement new features
  • Developing a deep understanding of the business domain

We're looking for candidates with:

  • 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Strong proficiency in Java and our tech stack
  • BS in Computer Science or related field
  • Deep knowledge of CS fundamentals
  • Self-motivation and problem-solving skills
  • Experience in building trading systems or high-throughput applications

Join our collaborative, productive team in Sweden, working closely with our New York office. We offer a unique opportunity to be part of a growth journey, building a technology stack from scratch, and making a significant impact on the financial market. Clear Street values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

Last updated 3 months ago

Responsibilities For Back-End Engineer

  • Solve challenging engineering problems that underpin the financial system, handling tens of millions of trades/day
  • Build highly available, scalable, mission-critical applications in a modern technology stack
  • Collaborate with other engineering teams to address scalability concerns to enable higher volumes of trades
  • Work with users to understand and define new features and drive them to completion
  • Develop a deep understanding of the business domain

Requirements For Back-End Engineer

Java
Go
JavaScript
Kafka
Kubernetes
Node.js
React
TypeScript
  • At least four (4) years of professional software engineering experience
  • Strong proficiency with Java and our tech stack
  • BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar major
  • Deep knowledge of computer science fundamentals, such as algorithms and data structures
  • High degree of self-motivation and willingness to jump into unfamiliar areas to solve problems
  • Ability to work with stakeholders to develop new product ideas, design the technology to implement them, and see them through to completion
  • Experience in building trading systems or high-throughput streaming applications

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