Software Engineer
Company: ION Group
Location: Chicago, IL
Salary: $109,000 - $115,000 a year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-04-02
About this role
The Role:
Backstop Solutions Group, LLC seeks a Software Engineer in Chicago, IL
### Key Responsibilities:
- Writes new software, makes modifications to existing software applications and modules with a focus on reducing latency and improving performance system.
- Translates technical requirements and design documentation into application code and modules.
- Helps maintain code quality, organization and automatization. Identifies bottlenecks and bugs and devise solutions to these problems.
- Makes suggestions for problem solutions or software enhancements.
- Creates and executes unit testing and integration testing ensuring modules meet requirements.
- Contributes to the analysis of development requirements, provides design options and provide work breakdown and estimates of work.
- Provided technical support to operations and other development teams. Interacts with QA to solve issues.
- Creates and maintains technical documentation/manual related to assigned components to ensure supportability.
- Uses disciplined software development processes, adhering to industry standards, software best practice guidelines and security and cybersecurity company policies.
### Required Skills, Experience, and Qualifications:
- Employer will accept a Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
Salary Range:
The estimated salary range is $109,000 - $115,000. Salary is negotiable depending on experience and skills.
Medical/Vision, Dental, & Retirement benefits available.
Applicants who are interested in this position may apply at jobpostingtoday.com Ref #73116.
About us:
We’re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. Founded in 1999, we’ve achieved tremendous growth by bringing together some of the best and most suc...