Software Engineer, Core Software Engineering at MEMX
$150,000–$250,000from the description
Jul 23, 2026
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Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role focused on building and maintaining a trading platform for US equities and options markets. Day-to-day work involves low-latency, high-throughput, event-driven application development in Java on Linux, alongside secondary production support. Best suited to a server-side Java developer with at least five years of experience in real-time financial systems who is comfortable working independently in a remote environment.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 53,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 32,000–80,000
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is fully remote (remote-first) but restricted to candidates residing in specific US states; no single metro applies.
A B.S. in Computer Science is explicitly required in the Requirements section.
Prior experience in US Equities and/or Options Financial Services is listed as a hard requirement, but names no specific technology — omitted from the skills list per guidelines.
Low-latency, high-throughput Linux production system development is required but describes a context/methodology rather than a named tool; Linux itself is captured as the concrete technology gate.
Deephaven (Time Series DB), TCP/IP, UDP, FIX messaging, Git, Gradle, JUnit, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, and Wireshark all appear under a 'Working experience in the following areas is a plus' section and are marked preferred accordingly.
Event Sourcing design pattern is listed as a plus but names no specific tool — omitted per guidelines.
Clearing and Settlement/Back Office processes is listed as a plus but names no specific technology — omitted per guidelines.
The pay range ($150,000–$250,000) is described as a guideline only and may vary by location and qualifications.
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