Senior Cloud Software Engineer - Pre-trade (Gas & Power Industry)
Quick facts
- Pay
- USD $130,000 - $170,000
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- Houston
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Skills
- Python, C#, SQL, React, Docker, AWS
- Industry
- Information Technology — 671 open jobs
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
Location: Houston (Hybrid – at least 3 days onsite/week)
Visa Sponsorship: We offer sponsorship under specific treaty-based U.S. work visas, including TN and E-2 (for eligible Canadian, Mexican, and French citizens). We do not support or transfer other visa types (e.g., H-1B).
Talan is looking for a Senior Software Engineer - AWS / Python to support a key client in the energy trading industry.
The role focuses on designing, developing, deploying, and supporting secure, scalable cloud applications and data services supporting pre-trade, market data, pricing, and analytics. AWS is the primary cloud platform and Python the main development language.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and support cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices, and event-driven solutions on AWS.
- Develop backend services and automation in Python.
- Design services handling market data, pricing, analytics, and pre-trade workflows.
- Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
- Build and maintain CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, and observability.
- Apply cloud security and secure software-development best practices.
- Optimize application performance, reliability, scalability, and AWS costs.
- Lead technical discussions, code reviews, and architecture reviews.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
Qualifications
10+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining high-throughput, reliable ETL/ELT data pipelines using Python and SQL.
5+ years of hands-on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including services such as AWS S3, Glue, Redshift, Azure Data Factory, and BigQuery.
Strong experience with CI/CD, Git, production support, observability, and incident management, including AWS Glue environments.
Experience designing and developing APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.
Experience with Docker and container orchestration platforms, including ECS and EKS.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation; AWS certification preferred.
- Bachelor degree in Computer science, Engineering, Finance or Quantitative finance
Nice to Have
- Experience in energy trading, commodities, market data, pricing, or financial markets.
- Microsoft Azure experience (Alternatively AWS)
- Athena, or Redshift.
- C#/.NET or React or Angular.
- Azure certifications
Company’s Benefits
At Talan, we invest in our employees' well-being and empower them with benefits, including:
- 💵 Competitive salary between USD $130,000 - $170,000
- 💸401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- 🌴15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority (annual untaken vacation days are cashed out)
- 📴8 paid holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal days per year
- ❤️🩹Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans + FSA
- 🦺Voluntary STD and LTD
- 🚍 Commuter/transit benefits
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Visa sponsorship record: Talan LLC
Sponsors occasionally| Fiscal year | H-1B LCAs | USCIS approvals | USCIS denials | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — |
| FY2025 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| FY2024 | 1 | — | — | — |
✔ Talan LLC filed 1 H-1B application for this kind of role (Software Developers) in the period above.
Roles they sponsor most
- data engineer1 LCA · median $95k
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- project manager1 LCA · median $87k
- python software engineer1 LCA · median $80k
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Computer Systems Analyst (or Engineer, for engineering-degree holders)” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
- Green card (EB-2 / EB-3 via PERM)
Filed 1 PERM labor certification: they have a track record of sponsoring permanent residence.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Level III (experienced)Software Developers · United States (national median of areas). Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $79,290 | ~15% |
| Level II | $100,152 | ~31% |
| Level III | $120,422 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $141,190 | ~61% |
This job pays $130,000–$170,000 a year — that's Level III (experienced). In the wage-weighted H-1B lottery a Level III registration gets 3 entries; estimated selection chance about 46% — better than average.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.