Software Engineer, Data

The Company

YCharts empowers wealth managers to make smarter investment decisions and communicate with confidence. Our SaaS platform combines powerful research, proposal generation, and client communication tools that transform complex financial data into clear visuals and actionable insights.

For nearly a decade, YCharts has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list — a testament to our sustained growth, strong culture, and industry-wide impact. Thousands of leading RIAs, asset managers, and broker-dealers use YCharts to turn data into decisions, insights into action, and client conversations into growth.

The Position:

Work with technologies that ensure our data pipeline efficiently maintains and calculates data for the 7 million+ securities in our universe. Work on features that ensure financial data is consistent, reliable, timely and accurate by importing data from third party data providers and performing custom calculations on this imported data, with day-to-day emphasis on database load management, caching strategies, memory efficiency, and query optimization.

Key Responsibilities

• Write code (and unit tests!) in Python and the Django framework to implement complex backend features.
• Use tools like Airflow to build / enhance financial data pipelines for over 7 million securities.
• Make use of pandas and asynchronous task tools like celery to efficiently calculate 4,000+ unique data points for each security.
• Profile and optimize database queries — analyze query plans, design effective indexes, and eliminate N+1s and slow paths that don't hold up under production load.
• Manage database load — reason about read/write patterns, connection usage, replica strategy, and batching to keep the data tier healthy as volume grows.
• Design and tune caching layers to reduce redundant computation and database pressure while keeping data fresh and correct.
• Design robust, scalable data models that account for the structure, type, and volume of data to store, and how it will be queried.
• Investigate and resolve performance regressions and incidents — using metrics, profiling, and monitoring to find root causes.
• Design, plan, estimate, and ticket features that are scoped by our product team.
• Perform code reviews for other engineers on the team.
• Document the work you have done both in repo as well as outside of the repo for future engineers.
• Collaborate with other engineers both verbally and in writing to plan, design, and build a world-class financial research platform.

Qualifications and Experience

• 2+ years of relevant industry or academic experience
• Experience developing in Python (knowledge of the Django framework a plus)
• Experience designing, building and maintaining application features on the backend
• Experience working with relational databases, including writing and optimizing queries and reasoning about indexing and query performance
• Experience participating in multi-month projects from conception to maintenance with multiple team members
• Familiarity with caching, and strategies for managing database and memory load at scale a plus
• Experience working with large datasets and an interest in the performance and efficiency challenges that come with them
• Desire to take ownership and responsibility when a problem or opportunity arises
• Experience working with non-technical teams (product, business, etc) where explaining technical concepts is needed
• Self-organized and able to work independently

Benefits & Perks

• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) match to support your financial future.
• Opportunities for internal mobility and cross-functional collaboration.
• Flexible time off, vacation days, sick days, and a celebration day.
• Paid parental leave to support work-life balance.
• Professional development stipend to help you grow in your career.
• Hybrid work schedule with flexibility to work both in-office and remotely.
• Summer hours so you can enjoy more sunshine.
• Recognition programs to celebrate contributions and milestones.
• Modern, centrally located offices stocked with premium snacks, coffee, beverages and weekly lunch credits to fuel your day.
• Regular team events, celebrations, and company-wide gatherings that keep our culture connected and collaborative.

Compensation

At YCharts, we are committed to pay equity and transparency in all locations, including compliance with local pay disclosure requirements: the base salary range is $120,000 - $160,000 USD, with starting salary based on skills and experience.

Why Join YCharts

YCharts is more than a fintech company—we’re a team driven by curiosity, collaboration, and people-first leadership. We believe innovation thrives in an environment where ideas are heard, growth is supported, and impact is measurable.

Our award-winning culture reflects that commitment:

• Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies (nearly a decade running)
• Crain’s Best Places to Work in Chicago
• Inc. Best Places to Work
• Built In Chicago Best Places to Work
• American Banker Best Fintechs to Work For

At YCharts, you’ll do meaningful work, grow alongside a talented team, and see the results of your impact every day.

YCharts is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable environment for all employees.

Be part of the team transforming how the wealth management industry makes and communicates investment decisions.