lead the design and development of next-generation trading systems
collaborate across teams, mentor engineers, and drive innovation in a mission-critical environment
architect and develop distributed, event-driven trading systems optimized for low latency and high throughput
design and implement asynchronous processing frameworks and resilient messaging services
lead performance tuning and optimization efforts across the platform
support production and non-production environments, including participation in a weekly on-call rotation

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent
10+ years of hands-on software design and development experience
Expertise in Java, C/C++, Python, and Linux
Deep experience with low latency messaging systems (e.g., 29West, Kafka)
Proficiency in KDB+ or other time-series databases preferred
Strong background in building scalable, distributed, asynchronous, and event-driven applications
Advanced knowledge of low latency design patterns and performance optimization techniques
Experience with Capital Markets or Brokerage systems, especially order management
Solid understanding of the FIX protocol and FIX engines
Familiarity with AI developer assist tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot)
Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy
Hands-on experience deploying applications to AWS or other cloud platforms

comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
market-leading retirement
generous paid time off and parental leave
charitable giving employee match program
educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career

Principal Software Engineer, Java, Trading, FIX Protocol

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