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# Principal Software Engineer at Schonfeld 

- **Company:** Schonfeld 
- **Location:** New York New York, United States
- **Posted:** 2026-06-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/schonfeld/jobs/8010092

## Job description

## The Role

Schonfeld is seeking a highly qualified and talented technologist to join its Reference Data Technology team.

The Reference Data Management team at Schonfeld focuses on building and supporting centralized golden source of reference and master data. The key areas supported surround Securities, Financial Calendars and Investment Professional related data domains such as Portfolio’s, Broker Accounts and Books. The team also supports a centralized framework used to standardize how the firm masters and distributes data.

These core sources of data support many aspects of the business ranging from Trade Execution, Accounting, Compliance, Treasury, Risk and Operations.

## What you’ll do

Principal Engineers at Schonfeld take on a wide range of responsibilities and challenges.

- Architecture & Development: Design, build and support highly available and scalable systems providing golden sources of data to the organization that support critical business functions ensuring they are designed to support agentic workflows and LLM orchestration whilst driving new uses of generative practices to provide cost-efficient and high performing solutions.
- Collaborate with Stakeholders: Work closely with key stakeholders within the business and technology on a day-to-day basis to analyze data and technical problems, design and develop solutions that solve business challenges and advocate for best practices and promote successes of the team.
- Enhance Tech Stack: Lead the improvement of our modern tech stack, building microservices deployed to the cloud (AWS) using K8s and increasing business benefit through the delivery of MCP servers and agentic solutions to increase the efficiency of delivery and business decision making. Drive architectural decisions and discussions with stakeholders and team members, gaining buy-in.
- Contribute to Firmwide Frameworks: Ensure the code base is highly supportable, future-ready, and performant without latency. Lead in the development of re-usable components and AI solutions to solve real-world challenges and contribute to firmwide libraries.
- Technical Leadership: Own end-to-end delivery of strategic, cross-functional projects and continuously improving reliability, security and performance.
- Mentorship: Upskill team members on software engineering best practices, modern frameworks, cloud and AI technologies.

## What you’ll bring

What you need:

- At minimum, seven years of experience in financial services/hedge funds.
- At minimum, three years of experience supporting listed and OTC instruments typical in multi-strategy fund.
- At minimum, seven years of OO development experience (Java highly preferred)
- Expertise with design and architecture (stateful reactive microservices experience preferred)
- Practical experience with using generative AI to increase efficiency in the delivery of technology solutions and in building MCP servers, agentic workflows and LLM orchestration.
- Experience leading strategic technical initiatives from start to finish and able to discuss the pros and cons of chosen architectural elements.
- Experience with relational and in-memory databases (Postgres / SingleStore preferred)
- Experience with messaging systems (Kafka preferred)
- Excellent communication and advocacy skills, both written and verbal
- Experience mentoring software engineers
- Strong ownership experience and a track record of delivering results

We’d love it if you had:

- Experience and knowledge of:
- Cloud services such as AWS
- Containerization and orchestration tools such K8s
- DevOps methodologies such as CI/CD and build automation
- UI development using React
- Experience of Reference and Master Data Management in a financial services organization.
- Experience of in-house and/or vendor Security Masters.
- An interest in or experience of finance markets, economics, or mathematics

## Who we are

Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors. We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.

Our Culture At Schonfeld, we’ll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm’s walls.

The base pay for this role is expected to be between $250,000 and $300,000. The expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. This role may also be eligible for other forms of compensation such as a performance bonus and a competitive benefits package. Actual compensation for the successful candidate will be determined based on a variety of factors such as skills, qualifications, and experience.

## #LI-PW1

## About Schonfeld 

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a global multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund that invests across quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical trading, and discretionary macro & fixed income strategies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (multi-strategy hedge fund, registered investment advisor since 2016)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 1988
- **Founders**: Steven Schonfeld

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services / Investment Management / Hedge Funds
- **Target customers**: Institutional investors (pension funds, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, family offices)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns in all market environments and cycles, while fostering a culture where the brightest minds are empowered to learn, innovate, and lead with purpose.

## Products & Services
- **Multi-Manager Platform**: A structure housing over 140 portfolio manager teams across four core strategies, providing capital, technology, risk management, and operational support.
- **Quantitative Strategies**: Systematic and data-driven trading across global markets.
- **Fundamental Equity**: Long/short equity investing based on deep fundamental research.
- **Tactical Trading**: Discretionary and event-driven trading strategies.
- **Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income**: Global macro and fixed income investing, launched in 2022.
- **Delta One & Emerging Markets**: Launched in 2023 to further diversify the firm's investment footprint.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private firm)
- **Key Metric**: $22 billion+ in Assets Under Management (AUM) as of July 1, 2026
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Institutional clients including pension funds and endowments. CEO Ryan Tolkin was appointed to the board of DUMAC, which manages Duke University’s endowment, in 2024.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Evolved from a US-centric family office to a global firm with offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, São Paulo, and Miami.
  - Over 1,100 employees.
  - Over 140 portfolio manager teams.
  - Active job postings increased by +35.7% monthly and +7.5% quarterly (as of recent LinkedIn data).
  - Strategic expansion into Discretionary Macro, Fixed Income, Delta One, and Emerging Markets since 2022.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Quantitative Roots**: Founded in 1988 as a proprietary trading firm with pioneering statistical trading strategies, some of which are still in use today.
- **Entrepreneurial Platform**: The multi-manager model attracts top-tier portfolio managers by providing significant capital, advanced technology, and rigorous risk management, allowing them to operate with autonomy.
- **Global Infrastructure**: A presence across five continents enables the firm to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities in markets worldwide.
- **Long-Term Track Record**: Over 35 years of operating history and evolution from a family office to an institutional-scale investment firm.

## Strategic Focus
- **Diversification**: Continuing to expand into new investment strategies (Macro, Fixed Income, Delta One, Emerging Markets) to reduce concentration and capture new alpha sources.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring experienced professionals and early-career talent across technology, quantitative research, risk, and investment roles to fuel growth.
- **International Expansion**: Deepening its footprint in existing global hubs (São Paulo, Singapore, Hong Kong, London, Miami) and exploring new markets.
- **Technology & Data**: Investing heavily in data engineering, AI, risk technology, and systematic platforms to maintain a competitive edge.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as entrepreneurial, collaborative, and intellectually rigorous. The firm emphasizes that the best ideas rise to the top and that talent is its core strategy.
- **Impact**: Employees work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry and are given the platform and support to turn ambitious ideas into lasting results.
- **Career Development**: Offers structured programs for students and early career professionals (internships, mentorship) and significant growth opportunities for experienced hires.
- **Work Model**: Hybrid/Office-based. Offices are located in major financial hubs (New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, São Paulo, Miami).
- **Notable Perks**: The firm’s philosophy is "We’ll Invest in You," indicating a strong commitment to employee growth, learning, and providing the resources needed to succeed. Employee-led community groups foster inclusion and purpose.

## Sources
1. [schonfeld.com](https://www.schonfeld.com/)
2. [schonfeld.com/careers](https://www.schonfeld.com/careers/)
3. [schonfeld.com/leadership](https://www.schonfeld.com/our-firm/leadership/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/schonfeld-group](https://www.linkedin.com/company/schonfeld-group)

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