About Us

LTSE supports companies in all stages of growth committed to long-term value creation, and the investors who share their values. We offer software and services for company-building and pursuing a path to the public markets, a U.S. national securities exchange for new and existing public companies, and a coalition for the exchange of ideas between companies and like-minded investors.

We believe in the power of a public market that supports continuous success for all stakeholders, including employees, investors, and their communities. We’re helping innovation and value creation flourish for now and far into the future through long-term investment, experimentation, and sustainable scaling.

Lead LTSE investors include Founders Fund, Collaborative Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Obvious Ventures, Uprising, and Initialized. LTSE was founded by Eric Ries, an entrepreneur, New York Times-bestselling author, and the creator of the Lean Startup methodology.

The Role

The Senior Exchange Software Engineer will lead development of core components of the Exchange Software Platform, working on a wide range of areas from order matching to connectivity and market data. You'll work cross functionally with other areas of the business like our Product and Regulatory teams to build new products and iterate on our existing portfolio. You'll follow software development best practices while working on a low latency, high throughput distributed system. This individual will be joining a small team and have the autonomy to help us continuously iterate on our processes and how we collaborate. This is an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to one of the core engines of our business.

You are:

• Experienced building systems using low latency Java and understand the performance characteristics that are key for high-throughput applications.
• Proficient at multithreading and performance-oriented programming.
• Looking to continuously grow in an environment that allows for experimentation and learning.
• Have experience working on software systems that have performed or supported trading, clearing, and/or managing risk.
• Excited about all stages of the product life cycle including design, experimentation, implementation, testing, release, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance and iteration.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Experience working in financial markets, specifically building trading systems ( exchanges, ATS’ ) or order routers and or algorithmic trading systems that interface with trading platforms.
• Strong object-oriented programming experience preferably with Java.
• Experience with event driven systems and time series data.
• A background in performance engineering with a focus on low latency.
• Equities market knowledge

Nice to haves:

• A strong preference for simplicity, readability and maintainability over cleverness.
• You’ve built or worked on a matching engine or limit order book before.
• Experience participating in small, diverse teams that prioritize people over process, working software over documentation and responding to change over following a plan.
• You already embrace Lean Startup methodology, experimentation and feedback-oriented development.
• You have aesthetic preferences for code and want to be part of a small team devoted to evolving quality software together.

Benefits include:

• People. Work in a mission-based company with skilled, committed, and supportive teammates who share your desire to create a new kind of public market, and have a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Excellent medical, dental and vision benefits.
• A commitment to a sustainable work environment, including an unlimited vacation policy that requires team members take a minimum of three weeks vacation per year.
• 401k.
• Cell phone reimbursement.
• Computer and home office setup.
• We believe in pay equity, and transparency in compensation is one vehicle to achieve that. Total compensation for this role is market competitive, including a base salary between $220,000 to $250,000 (commensurate with leveling and experience), as well as company stock options.

LTSE is committed to championing the inclusion of women and underrepresented employees at the earliest stages of the company’s life. We believe that inclusion is a team effort, and every team member is expected to participate in building a welcoming and representative culture.

LTSE is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran, genetic information, marital status or any other legally protected status.

We enthusiastically work to make our application and interview processes accessible for candidates with disabilities.