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 electronic trading systems optimized for low latency and high throughput.
Design and implement complex algorithmic trading systems for equities and options.
Collaborate with internal and external teams to deliver robust and resilient systems.
Lead performance tuning and optimization efforts across the platform.
Support production and non-production environments, including off hours or weekend support as needed.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent.
15+ years of hands-on software design and development experience in the electronic trading domain.
5+ years of technical leadership, managing a team, and mentoring software developers
Experience in building algorithmic trading systems for equities and options
Experience with equities and options market data
Series 57 license preferred
Expertise in C/C++, Python, and Linux.
Deep experience with low latency messaging systems (e.g., 29West/Ultra-Messaging, Kafka).
Proficiency in KDB+ or other time-series databases.
Strong background in building scalable, distributed, asynchronous, and event-driven applications.
Advanced knowledge of low latency design patterns and performance optimization techniques.
Experience in Capital Markets or Brokerage systems, especially order management.
Solid understanding of the FIX protocol and FIX engines.
Experienced with using GenAI developer assist tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot).
Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy.
Experience with deploying applications and services in AWS.

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

Director, Software Engineering – Electronic Trading

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