Financial Developer

The StratsLab Difference: Why You Should Read This

We were founded in 2015 by alumni of the Warsaw University MIM Faculty, who spent years sharpening their skills at top-tier investment banks and hedge funds in London. We brought that exclusive, high-impact culture back to Warsaw.

• Developer-Driven: You will be surrounded by top-notch Developers who genuinely love to code. We prioritize writing new code over maintaining legacy systems.
• Unique Domain: You'll gain unique skills working directly in the highly specialized area of commodities trade risk assessment. This isn't generic IT - it's highly challenging and intellectually rewarding.
• Real Impact: You will have independent, responsible tasks and will have a chance to implement your ideas, seeing the immediate effects of your work on complex financial systems.

Our Roots & Your Fast Track: We are proud of our origins. Since many of us are alumni of UW (JSIM, CS, Math, Physics), Matex at Staszic and finalists of the Informatics or Mathematics Olympiad, we know what it takes to get there. If you share this background, just apply and we guarantee you an intro call. We speak the same language, so let’s skip the formalities.
While we value our roots, we value exceptional engineering even more. If you are a high-calibre developer from a different path, your skills are the only credential that matters.

Apply and let your code do the talking.

Your Role: The Challenge Ahead

• In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing and testing essential front office components.
• You will work on market data ingestion, time series frameworks, trade ingestion and high frequency trades.
• Your work also involves building ETL data pipelines and integrations with third-party systems.
• You will add features to the framework for easy developing and deploying of applications while providing ongoing support and enhancement of the platform.

What Makes You the Right Fit?

• You should enjoy building the tools and interfaces that traders use daily.
• You should enjoy seeing users use your work in a different way than you anticipated and adjust accordingly.
• You should enjoy working in Python.
• You have 2-3 years of software engineering experience.
• You have a strong grasp of data structures, algorithms and exposure to SQL and NoSQL database programming.
• You enjoy learning and trying new things.
• Familiarity with streaming technologies like Kafka and Redis is a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud computing such as AWS or Azure helps you stand out.
• Exposure to multiple programming languages and paradigms is an advantage.
• Computer Science, Maths, Physics or other relevant degree.
• Financial knowledge and/or experience in financial markets will be an advantage.

The Offer:

We believe that high-calibre work deserves exceptional support:

• Compensation: Base salary plus a bonus twice a year. Your role and salary are based on your skills and how fast you learn, not just your old job title.
• Professional Growth: You will work closely with experts and gain exposure to top financial institutions as a natural part of your day. Being in this team means you share knowledge with exceptional programmers and grow your expertise through your daily interactions.
• Office: Powiśle, Warsaw.
• Flexible working hours.
• International business trips for volunteers.

Collaborative Work Model

We thrive on interpersonal relations and the ability to solve the most complex problems together, that’s why we’re looking for individuals who want to come to the office most days to solve problems together with the team by a whiteboard.

The Next Step: Our Selection Process

If all goes well, we are going to spend a lot of time together. Our process aims to ensure both you and us know what we are getting into:

• Informal Introduction: You will start with a casual chat with our Founders to see if we are a good fit for each other.
• Technical Assessment: You will do a technical task so we can see how you code and solve problems.
• Team Engagement: You will meet the team and talk about the role directly with the people you would be working with.