Trade Engineer, Brooklyn

Trading Engineer, Brooklyn Direct Indexing

Design, build, and operate the systems at the heart of our trading platform. Build highly robust and efficient execution systems, reconciliation pipelines, and data infrastructure that connects portfolio rebalancing, order routing, and post-trade workflows. Write production code, partner closely with portfolio managers, quants, and trading operations, with accountability for the performance and correctness of the systems.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Design, build, and maintain trading systems across C#, Python, and Rust

• Develop low-latency order management and execution services, including pre- and post-trade checks, order generation, and algo selection

• Build and optimize reconciliation pipelines that certify account status and surface breaks against custodial and internal data

• Integrate with execution venues, custodians, and market data providers via FIX and APIs

• Build and optimize data pipelines connecting custodial data, security master databases, and real-time market data feeds

• Contribute to systems for monitoring, alerting, and observability to track execution quality and system health, and act on what the data reveals

• Investigate and remediate issues across trade execution, allocation, and account positions, often under time pressure during market hours

• Build internal services and assist in building UI components for managing trading workflow.

• Write comprehensive unit and integration tests, and uphold engineering best practices around code review, CI/CD, and deployment safety

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 2+ Years Required; 3+ Years Preferred

Career Level
6IC

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2+ years of software engineering experience building reliable and efficient trading systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of software engineering experience

• Strong proficiency in C#, Python, and optionally Rust or C++

• Solid grasp of concurrency, memory management, and performance profiling

• Experience building and operating production backend services and APIs (REST and/or streaming)

• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL and SQL for trading and market data

• Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues

• Experience with AWS, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines

• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (CDK/Terraform) and observability tooling (Datadog)

• Strong software engineering fundamentals: version control, code review, testing, and Unix/Linux systems

• Experience in equities trading, algorithmic execution, and transaction cost analysis

• Familiarity with real-time market data APIs (Polygon, Bloomberg, Reuters)

• Understanding of portfolio management, trade reconciliation, and custodial operations

• Meticulous attention to detail when operating systems that handle real capital

• Background in fintech, asset management, or a quantitative trading environment

Anticipated Posting End Date:

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.  In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans). 

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Company Overview

Nuveen is a global investment leader, managing public and private assets for clients around the world and on behalf of TIAA, our parent company and one of the world’s largest institutional investors. We invest in the growth of businesses, real estate, infrastructure and natural capital, providing clients with the reliability, access and foresight unique to our heritage. Our prevailing perspective on the future drives our ambition to innovate and adapt our business to the changing needs of investors - all to pursue lasting performance for our clients, our communities and our global economy. Visit www.nuveen.com to learn more about us.

Our Culture of Impact

At TIAA, we're on a mission to build on our 100+ year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrow's challenges. We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission. Together, we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. We are guided by our values: Champion Our People, Be Client Obsessed, Lead with Integrity, Own It, and Win As One. They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day. We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose, accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results. Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveen's entrepreneurial spirit, where we work hard and work together to create lasting impact. Here, every associate can grow through meaningful learning experiences and development pathways—because when our people succeed, our impact on clients' lives grows stronger.

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The organization is committed to making financial well-being possible for its clients, and is equally committed to the well-being of our associates. That’s why we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to make a positive difference in the lives of our associates and their loved ones. Our benefits include a superior retirement program and highly competitive health, wellness and work life offerings that can help you achieve and maintain your best possible physical, emotional and financial well-being. To learn more about your benefits, please review our Benefits Summary.

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