Clear Street

About the Company

Clear Street is modernizing the brokerage ecosystem.

Founded in 2018, Clear Street is a cloud-native financial technology firm replacing the legacy infrastructure used across capital markets. The firm started from scratch by building a completely cloud-native clearing and custody system designed for today's complex, global market. In December 2023, Clear Street received a third tranche of Series B funding from Prysm Capital, increasing its Series B to $685 million and the firm's valuation to $2.1 billion.

Clear Street's proprietary platform adds significant efficiency to the market while focusing on minimizing risk, redundancy, and cost for clients. Clear Street's goal is to create a single platform for every asset class, in every country, and in any currency. For more information, visit https://clearstreet.io.


Products and services are offered by Clear Street LLC as a Broker Dealer member FINRA and SIPC and a Futures Commission Merchant registered with the CFTC and member of NFA. Additional information about Clear Street is available on FINRA BrokerCheck, including its Customer Relationship Summary and NFA BASIC | NFA (futures.org).

Copyright (c) 2024 Clear Street LLC. All rights reserved. Clear Street and the Shield Logo are Registered Trademarks of Clear Street LLC.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Clear Street

Job Title

Algo Research Developer

Job Description

Job Title: Algo Research Developer Role Summary: Design, develop, test, and maintain high‑performance algorithmic trading systems and tools within a cloud‑native brokerage platform. Drive evolution of execution strategies, collaborate with traders, and influence platform architecture. Expectations: • 10+ years developing algorithmic financial applications. • Proficiency in C++, Python, Java on Linux. • Deep understanding of financial markets, multi‑threaded and distributed systems. • Strong performance tuning, networking, and operating system knowledge. • Ability to adapt to fast‑moving priorities and learn continuously. Key Responsibilities: • Enhance existing trading strategies and create new algorithmic models. • Build, test, and deploy strategy libraries, back‑testing frameworks, and execution tools. • Work with traders and sales teams to surface improvement opportunities. • Conduct performance profiling and optimize code for speed and scalability. • Contribute to architectural decisions and platform evolution. • Mentor junior engineers and share best practices. • Participate in code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and documentation efforts. Required Skills: • Advanced C++, Python, and Java programming. • Experience with multi‑threaded programming, concurrent data structures, and distributed computing. • Familiarity with Linux system administration, networking, and performance tuning. • Knowledge of financial market concepts (order types, matching, liquidity). • Modern software practices: unit testing, continuous integration, version control, containerization (Docker). • Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities. • Excellent communication and teamwork in a dynamic environment. Required Education & Certifications: • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related STEM field. • (Preferred) Statistical analysis experience and proficiency with Pandas, NumPy, SciPy. • (Preferred) Docker and container orchestration basics. ---

Chicago, United states

Hybrid

Senior

14-09-2025

Company Name

Clear Street

Job Title

Software Engineer - Market Data

Job Description

**Job Title**: Software Engineer - Market Data **Role Summary**: Architect and optimize high-performance real-time financial data pipelines for equities, options, futures, and other asset classes. Deliver scalable, low-latency solutions to process and integrate market data from exchanges and vendors. **Expectations**: 8+ years of experience in low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems. Proficiency in building resilient data pipelines with data consistency, fault tolerance, and scalability. Deep understanding of financial market data structures and processing. **Key Responsibilities**: - Design, implement, and maintain real-time data pipelines for market data ingestion and processing. - Collaborate with product, trading, and risk teams to align data solutions with business requirements. - Integrate market data feeds from exchanges and external sources into centralized systems. - Troubleshoot pipeline performance, resolve data discrepancies, and ensure data integrity. - Monitor pipeline health, identify bottlenecks, and deploy optimization strategies to minimize latency. **Required Skills**: - Programming: C++, Rust, Go, Java, Python. - Networking: TCP/IP, UDP (Unicast/Multicast). - Systems: Linux/BSD, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Kafka, Kubernetes, gRPC. - Core Competencies: Data pipeline design, distributed systems, financial market data protocols. - Soft Skills: Clear technical communication, team collaboration, problem-solving. **Required Education & Certifications**: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. No certifications required; knowledge of financial markets or experience with exchange data feeds advantageous.

New york, United states

Hybrid

14-09-2025

Company Name

Clear Street

Job Title

Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack Engineer - Trade Processing - Studio

Job Description

New york, United states

Hybrid

Senior

21-09-2025

Company Name

Clear Street

Job Title

Staff Engineer - Java Full Stack - Futures Engineering

Job Description

Job title: Staff Engineer – Java Full Stack – Futures Engineering Role Summary Senior Java Full‑Stack Engineer responsible for developing, enhancing, and maintaining a cloud‑native cleared derivatives back‑office system. Focus on building scalable microservices, event‑driven architectures, and responsive front‑end components, while ensuring performance, security, and high availability in a financial services environment. Expactations - Deliver high‑quality, production‑ready code that meets business timelines. - Act as a technical lead in architecture discussions and design reviews. - Mentor junior developers and promote best practices in coding, testing, and CI/CD. - Communicate effectively with cross‑functional teams to translate requirements into reliable solutions. - Continuously improve system reliability, scalability, and maintainability. Key Responsibilities - Design, develop, and optimize Java‑based RESTful APIs and microservices. - Implement event‑driven architectures using Apache Kafka for real‑time data processing. - Build and maintain NoSQL data models in MongoDB or AWS DocumentDB. - Integrate search and indexing with Apache Solr and manage distributed coordination via ZooKeeper. - Develop front‑end components in ReactJS, ensuring seamless integration with backend services. - Deploy and manage containerized workloads on Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and scalability. - Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and maintain CI/CD pipelines. - Provide technical support and troubleshoot production incidents. - Collaborate with product, operations, and security teams to deliver robust features. Required Skills - 7+ years of professional back‑end development experience in Java. - 3–5 years in a financial institution (FCM, Broker‑Dealer, or similar). - Proven expertise in building and scaling microservices, with strong grasp of design patterns, multithreading, and performance tuning. - Experience with event streaming (Apache Kafka) and real‑time processing. - Hands‑on with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, AWS DocumentDB). - Familiarity with search/indexing (Apache Solr), distributed coordination (ZooKeeper), and secrets management (HashiCorp Vault). - Proficiency in Kubernetes and container orchestration; CI/CD tool knowledge. - Working knowledge of ReactJS or equivalent JavaScript frameworks. - Solid debugging and problem‑solving abilities. - Excellent communication and teamwork skills. - Agile/Scrum methodology experience. - Preferable: AWS cloud‑native development experience. Required Education & Certifications - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience). - Professional certifications such as AWS Certified Developer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, or similar are advantageous.

Chicago, United states

Hybrid

Senior

19-10-2025