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Job description
Nodal Exchange is hiring a Software Engineer — a full-time, based in Tysons Corner, VA role. Apply directly on Nodal Exchange's careers page below.
Software Engineer
Department: Technology
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Tysons Corner, Virginia, Tysons Corner, Hybrid
Nodal Exchange, the largest power futures exchange in North America, is a derivatives exchange providing price, credit and liquidity risk management to participants. Nodal Exchange is a leader in innovation, having introduced the world’s largest sets of environmental and electric power futures and options contracts. All transactions on Nodal Exchange are cleared through its wholly owned subsidiary, Nodal Clear, using its award-winning portfolio-margining methodology. As leaders in innovation, Nodal Exchange and Nodal Clear have built in-house most of the trading and clearing platforms that fuel our business. Nodal Exchange is part of the EEX Group which is in turn part of the Deutsche Börse Group.
Nodal seeks a talented and motivated applicant for the following role in Tysons Corner, VA (DC Metro area – hybrid role).
Software Engineer
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, maintain, and improve distributed software systems that balance high-performance with stability
- Develop automated tests to ensure high quality software
- Provide demonstrations to individuals throughout the organization, actively seeking feedback to refine and improve our work
- Review requirements for completeness and clarity, working closely with stakeholders and customers to bridge the gap between technical constraints and customer needs
- Nodal has a hybrid work culture, and we are looking for an engineer who thrives in an environment that values in-office team interactions
- Willing to participate in on-call rotation in line with the industry practices. Note that this position is an overtime-exempt position.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years’ experience
- Strong programming skills in Java or Kotlin. Solid understanding of Object Oriented Design.
- Knowledge/experience with Spring Boot, Docker, relational database, and Git
- Strong problem solving skills with a demonstrated ability to evaluate multiple solutions.
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues
- Love of coding and, automation, paired with the maturity to learn new technologies to solve business problems
- Confidence in one's ideas, along with openness to others' ideas
Nice to have
- Experience leveraging AI coding assistants (like Claude Code or Cursor) to accelerate development cycles while taking full ownership of code quality to keep production stable
- Experience in database optimization, performance improvement, benchmark and testing
- Familiarity with Hazelcast or Redis, Jmeter, ReactJS, RabbitMQ or Kafka, CI/CD, Grafana and Prometheus
- General knowledge of derivative trading
Salary Range: $90,000 – $130,000 per year base salary, when annualized
Pay Transparency Notice: The salary range is based on the D.C. metro area, the successful candidate’s starting salary will vary depending on permissible, non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to qualifications, skills, and experience. Nodal also offers a wide range of benefits and perks for full-time employees, which may include target bonuses.
Nodal Employee Benefits and Perks:https://nodalexchange.pinpointhq.com
Nodal Exchange, LLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, parental status, marital status, citizenship, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, veteran status, physical or mental health, hairstyle, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law with respect to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or in any other terms and conditions of employment. Nodal Exchange is an E-verify participant.
Applicants for this role must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
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