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Your role is critical to Valkyrie’s bottom line, requiring the vision to solve immediate technical challenges while maintaining the integrity of our broader trading infrastructure. At Valkyrie, you will have an immediate impact by working on our growing queue of critical trading applications.\nWhat You’ll Need:\nProfessional Maturity: At least 2 years of full-time experience in a software environment with a history of delivering well-designed code in a production system.\nTechnical Mastery: Exceptional proficiency in C++ or C# across multi-threaded, server-client architectures. You should be comfortable moving from concept to execution without needing granular design guidance.\nProject Leadership: Proven track-record of taking full ownership (design, implement, test, deploy, and iterate) of complex projects.\nSystems Thinking: Deep knowledge of how individual applications interact within a larger ecosystem (networking, distributed state management, latency optimization), with the ability to diagnose issues that span multiple points of infrastructure.\nTechnical Tooling: High proficiency with Git (branching strategies, merge conflict resolution), the command line (Bash/PowerShell scripting), and advanced debugging and profiling tools to identify and eliminate bottlenecks.\nOperational Fluency: Comfort with both Windows and Linux environments and an entrepreneurial attitude that allows you to onboard new technologies quickly.\nProactive Communication: Comfort resolving uncertainty through direct communication and a proactive approach to unblocking yourself and your teammates.\nDetail-Oriented Mindset: A deep interest in the financial industry and the vision to solve today’s bugs while building for future scalability.\nWhat You’ll Get:\nCompetitive salaries and performance bonuses\nTop-tier medical and dental coverage\nRelocation assistance packages\nGenerous vacation policy\nTraining opportunities and continuing education\nCatered lunch, snacks, and beverages\nGroup outings and company parties\nCasual dress environment\nSalary range\n$160,000 – $192,500 a year\nThis position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.\nOur Vision\nValkyrie’s vision is to be an organization where curious, driven, and innovative people are able to compete and win in the world’s most competitive landscape – the financial markets. 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