Junior Software Engineer- Technical Operations Team

We are Gelber Group -- Passion for Trading. Powered by Technology.

Headquartered in Chicago with offices across the United States and Europe, for more than 35 years, we have set the bar as one of the industry’s most innovative and enduring proprietary trading firms. Our success derives from a relentless pursuit of new trading ideas and careful attention to technology. We believe in a culture of entrepreneurship, innovation, and collaboration and we empower each member of our team to have a meaningful impact from the very start of their career with Gelber. We invest in our future through our technology and talented staff, strategically committing resources to move our firm forward and help our people succeed. We trade a little bit of everything here and are always looking to expand into new opportunities. Our flat organizational structure and focus on a true meritocracy, attracts individuals with an edge which contributes to our consistent success.

As a Junior Technical Operations Software Engineer at Gelber, you will have a real opportunity to have a long-term career in Engineering at a successful trading firm. This position will work closely with not only other talented engineers on Tech-Ops but with the rest of the technology team, trading, and Trade Support. This role is for someone who flourishes in a fast-paced environment, has a strong work ethic, clear communication, a never say die approach to problem solving, and has a strong interest in growing their technical skillset. This position will report directly into the Manager of Technical Operations who reports directly into the Chief Technology Officer.

What you’ll do:

• Actively manage and implement strategic improvements to all processes enabling Gelber tech and trading team operations, including investigating production events in our environment and coordinating firm-wide incident management
• Design and implement continuous updates to Gelber’s operational processes in an effort to continually improve daily tech and trading efficiency
• Automating and streamlining Gelber’s applications, processes, and systems
• Actively manage deployments for the firm into Gelber’s production environment
• Troubleshooting through complex problems
• Work collaboratively with members of trading, development, enterprise technology, and IT operations to establish best practices and enable them to do their best work
• Manage access and maintenance to a wide variety of third-party applications
• Own services from conception to deployment

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or a related field
• 0-3 years of work experience and a strong ability to learn
• Experience working with Python
• Understanding C#, Java, or SQL is preferred but not required
• General understanding of Windows and Linux administration, familiarity with Linux shell or bash preferred
• Database experience or QA experience preferred but not required
• Strong critical thinking skills and sense of urgency when it comes to support
• Great communication skills, inquisitive nature, and formidable attention to detail
• Relentless pursuit of answers
• Must be able to be on call for after-hours support for 2 weeks at a time, with 6-8 weeks off
• Eagerness to solve problems and a strong desire to automate your work with a reluctance to do repetitive tasks
• The ability to analyze and solve problems promptly and accurately in a fast-paced environment
• Mental flexibility - ability to adapt based on new data, results, and feedback from stakeholders
• Creative problem solving and probabilistic thinking - you must enjoy learning and implementing new concepts quickly, combining knowledge from different domains to create new ideas, and take a data-driven and probabilistic approach to testing and implementing new ideas

The approximate annual base compensation range for this position in Chicago, IL is $80,000 to $120,000. The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package plus benefits, will be determined by a number of factors which include but are not limited to the applicant’s experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities; geographic location; and internal equity. In addition to your salary, our total rewards package includes health benefits, a 401(k) plan, PTO, parental leave, professional development, tuition reimbursement and discretionary bonus, enhancing your overall total rewards package.

Benefits Highlights

Gelber offers a wide range of benefits to full-time employees in order to meet you and your covered dependents needs.  Our comprehensive benefits offering includes:

• Traditional and Roth 401(k) retirement program with discretionary employer match
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical coverage provided by Blue Cross and Blue Shield (PPO and HDHP/HSA) and dental coverage; generous employer cost-sharing
• Tuition reimbursement for Undergraduate and Graduate courses
• Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care; pre-tax commuter benefits for parking and transit expenses
• Life insurance and long-term disability coverage
• Health club membership with on-site facilities (and reciprocal memberships)
• Generous vacation time (15-day accrual in first full calendar year of employment; prorated accrual in initial year), paid holidays, and paid maternity/paternity leave
• Weekly catered lunches and monthly continental breakfasts
• Social events including sponsored 5k races and annual holiday party
• Enjoyable work environment including a game room (foosball, ping pong, Golden Tee)
• Employee referral bonus program
• Charitable giving and company matching opportunities
• Casual, relaxed dress code