Principal Software Engineer

Bracebridge Capital seeks an experienced Principal Software Engineer with strong full-stack expertise and proven track record, overseeing design and development of complex data-driven systems. This is a senior, production-focused engineer/manager role requiring deep familiarity with backend systems, C#.NET APIs, frontend frameworks and complex system architecture and design.
Candidates without direct, professional experience managing, developing and maintaining fixed-income analytics in production environments will not be considered.

The Principal Software Engineer will report to the Head of R&D and Infrastructure and will own all aspects of the firm’s applications development process, collaborating with quantitative researchers, portfolio managers/analysts across multiple desks.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Stakeholder Engagement
  • Serve as the primary engineering contact for trading desks and internal teams
  • Translate business requirements into clear, actionable engineering work
  • Drive alignment on scope, priorities, and timelines
• Delivery Ownership
  • Own end-to-end delivery across enhancements, support requests, and tactical solutions
  • Define scope, and coordinate execution across multiple projects
  • Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery with clear accountability
• Technical Leadership
  • Drive architecture and design decisions for scalable, maintainable platforms
  • Contribute across the full stack (frontend, backend, APIs) when needed
  • Ensure systems are built with strong attention to performance, reliability, and extensibility
• Data & Platform Expertise
  • Design and work with complex data models and relational databases
  • Identify and resolve data inconsistencies, gaps, and quality issues
  • Understand how data flows across systems and ensure integrity across the platform
  • Contribute to building and evolving custom internal platforms and tools
• Process & Execution Excellence
  • Establish and enforce structured workflows, prioritization, and sprint discipline
  • Bring clarity and organization to incoming work across multiple stakeholders
  • Continuously improve team efficiency, visibility, and delivery predictability
• Production & Support Oversight
  • Lead triage and prioritization of production issues
  • Ensure timely resolution, root cause analysis, and implementation of long-term fixes
• Cross-Team Coordination
  • Partner with engineering, data, and platform teams to manage dependencies
  • Proactively identify risks and ensure alignment across workstreams

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with strong full-stack expertise
• Proven experience building, contributing and managing custom platforms
• Strong proficiency in backend systems, APIs (preferable C#. NET)
• Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks and tooling (react, node, typescript)
• Strong system design and architecture skills in complex, data-driven environments
• Deep understanding of relational databases, data modeling, and data integrity challenges
• Ability to analyze and resolve data inconsistencies and system-level issues.
• Experience working closely with business stakeholders, ideally in trading or financial domains.
• Demonstrated ability to own and drive delivery across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Current anticipated annual base salary range: $175,000 - $195,000

Base salary within the range will be determined by various factors including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills and qualifications