Senior Python Developer

Join INTERACTIVE BROKERS team!

Interactive Brokers Group has consistently been at the forefront of trading innovation, starting with the invention of the first floor-based handheld computer in 1983 and we pride ourselves on being primarily a technology company. We continue to challenge the status quo and push boundaries to offer the best trading platform with the most sophisticated features all for the lowest cost to our customers.

The trade surveillance group is looking for a python engineer to develop highly automated and scalable processes that scan order activity and trades to detect potential market manipulation and money laundering in addition to other regulatory/criminal violations.  We currently process more than 1 billion order events and 3 million trades per day for over 2 million customer accounts.  As a member of the group, you will implement, optimize, and scale our processes to handle new requirements as well as our anticipated large growth in customer activity.

You will be responsible for:

• Creation, optimization, and extension of trade surveillance processes
• Building infrastructure services to support our market surveillance system
• Participating in code reviews via a git/gerrit workflow
• Take ownership of internal user issues reported and seeing problems through to resolution

You are someone who will have:

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in Computer Science, or related area
• 1-3 years of professional experience with Linux operating systems
• 3+ years of professional experience with Python as a primary language (non-scripting)
• Extensive experience with pandas/numpy
• Thorough understanding of databases and SQL
• Experience with large python code bases
• High attention to detail

Good to Haves:

• Experience with data engineering
• Knowledge of finance
• Knowledge of Oracle PL/SQL
• Knowledge of Java or C++
• Masters/PhD

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