Working At Selerity

Fun, Challenging, and Fast Paced

Influence the future of how financial professionals consume and use market-moving news and events in their investment strategies. Imagine and implement the new model for aggregating and delivering real-time content.

We nurture an innovative, results oriented, fun atmosphere and look for quality candidates who embrace our values:

High caliber, hardworking, team oriented.
Passionate problem solvers that like to be challenged.
People that want to work on things that directly impact our success.
Customer centric and professional.
Self-motivated individuals that thrive in agile, fast-moving environments.
"Good people" who are respectful of diverse backgrounds and expriences.

Selerity at its core is a technology company that differentiates itself by constantly pushing the envelope - we work with the latest technologies in the areas of machine-learning, big data, low latency high-performance computing and networking, industrial grade user interfaces (UI) to develop products that meet the needs of an industry that requires data excellence and ultra-low latency delivery. Our clients consist of the most talented and sophisticated investors in the world.

Life at Selerity

Colleagues should be more than just the people you work with: we believe in a work hard, play hard mentality. We enjoy pub nights, company picnics, team dinners, and the occasional go-cart race and New York Redbulls MLS game.

Something about us ...

Our Real-time Event Data Moves
Global Financial Markets

Selerity Named One of Top 10
Companies to Watch in Financial
Information in 2012

We Encourage our Engineers to
Explore and Apply the Latest
Cutting Edge Technologies

Current Openings

Junior Network Engineer

We are looking for an enthusiastic network engineer for our TechOps team. Our team deals with the day-to-day operations of a global network that includes a interesting mix of cloud computing with physical presence in datacenters worldwide. Candidate would be level 1 support for our clients and some internal support as well as documentation and monitoring.

Employment Type Full Time Location Jersey City Job Description <div>We are looking for an enthusiastic network engineer for our TechOps team. Our team deals with the day to day operations of a global network that includes a interesting mix of cloud computing with physical presence in datacenters worldwide.Candidate would be level 1 support for our clients and some internal support as well as documentation and monitoring.</div> <div>As a member of our team, you will be exposed to cutting edge network technology used by many financial firms, introducted to many datacenter operations, and be able to make an immediate difference in our organization. Our fast paced environment gives you the freedom to explore new technologies and implement them into production after proof of concept.</div> Required Qualifications (candidate must possess all of these) <ul> <li>Demonstrated effectiveness and professionalism in interacting with clients.</li> <li>Experience with Amazon Cloud Computing (EC2, VPC, Elastic IP's, etc).</li> <li>Knowledge of Layer 2/3 switching and troubleshooting.</li> <li>Familiarity with general networking systems such as Cisco, Juniper, and Blade devices.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Self-starter capable of working effectively with minimal supervision.</li> <li>Experience with hardware assembly and support.</li> <li>Creative problem-solving skills, demonstrated in highly quantitative domains.</li> <li>Effective communication skills with both technical and non-technical peers.</li> <li>Understanding of Linux server administration (CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu).</li> </ul> Desired Qualifications (candidate should possess some of these) <ul> <li>Experience in Datacenter Operations (racking servers and devices, cable management).</li> <li>Multicast troubleshooting.</li> <li>Understanding of Virtual Private Servers.</li> <li>Experience documenting networks and systems.</li> <li>Knowledge of fiber optic standards (Multi-Mode and Single Mode).</li> <li>Knowledge of NTP/PTP and precision time distribution (including GPS/CDMA understanding).</li> </ul> How to Apply <li>Send your resume to <a href="mailto:careers@seleritycorp.com">careers@seleritycorp.com</a>, with your name and job title "Junior Network Engineer" as the subject line.</li> <li>Preference will be given to candidates who submit a copy of their work (either directly or by reference to a github account, personal website or blog) along with their application.</li> Recruiters: This position is not open to recruiters.

Senior Software Engineer - Advanced Algorithms

Selerity seeks an exceptional senior software engineer to rapidly scale up our innovative machine learning and natural language processing platform. The current platform leads the market in low-latency processing of financial news and is now evolving and expanding to address new markets.

Employment Type Full Time Location Jersey City Job Description Selerity seeks an exceptional senior software engineer to rapidly scale up our innovative machine learning and natural language processing platform. The current platform leads the market in low-latency processing of financial news and is now evolving and expanding to address new markets. The ideal candidate will combine expertise in high-volume unstructured data (especially social media) combined with the application of complex algorithms such as machine learning, natural language processing, predictive analytics, semantic analysis or machine translation. The challenges of this project require deep, hands-on technical knowledge at all layers of the stack combined with creative problem solving ability and outstanding interpersonal skills. This position offers a great opportunity to work with advanced technologies, collaborate with a top-notch, global team and disrupt a multi-billion-dollar market. Required Qualifications (candidate must possess all of these) <ul> <li>BS in Computer Science (or closely related 4-year degree).</li> <li>At least 5 years commercial development experience and a track record for delivering systems at scale.</li> <li>Advanced understanding of Java, C++ or other language appropriate to large-scale software engineering.</li> <li>Real-world experience applying machine learning, NLP or other advanced algorithms to large (TB scale) data sets.</li> <li>Effective communication skills with both technical and non-technical peers.</li> <li>Self-starter capable of working effectively with minimal supervision.</li> <li>Authorization to work in the United States. Sponsorship will be considered for exceptional candidates.</li> </ul> Desired Qualifications (candidate should possess some of these) <ul> <li>Detailed understanding of common Internet protocols (TCP, HTTP, DNS, etc.) applied to large scale distributed systems.</li> <li>Experience implementing applications on open source stacks in the data center or on the cloud.</li> <li>Understanding of performance optimization, especially in latency-sensitive (millisecond scale) environments.</li> <li>Experience working with image or video data, especially in a social media context.</li> <li>Solid understanding of both relational (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL) and non-relational database (e.g. MongoDB, HBase, Cassandra, etc.).</li> <li>Significant working knowledge of application development, deployment and management on Linux.</li> </ul>

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Recruiters!

We love working with recruiters and look forward to working with you - but before you call us or submit resumes please do the following:

First, request, read, and sign a copy of our recruiter agreement by contacting careers@seleritycorp.com. We can't accept any resumes or discuss any open positions until this step has been completed.

Then, please read the job descriptions including required and nice-to-have qualifications. This should answer most questions about the kind of candidate we're looking for.

Finally, please don't submit candidates who aren't qualified. We are very selective and closely track the quality of submissions by recruiters.