Senior Associate - Trading System Engineer

Overview

Strategic & Leadership Responsibilities

• Define and execute the technical roadmap for trading systems infrastructure, aligning with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical leadership to a team of Trading System Engineers, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Drive system modernization, automation, and performance optimization initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to engineering standards, system governance, and secure operating practices.

Architecture & System Design

• Lead the design and architecture of scalable, secure, and high‑performance trading systems.
• Oversee integration of new components, trading workflows, APIs, market data feeds, and connectivity modules.
• Partner with Platform Engineering, Development, DevOps, and Database teams to ensure cohesive architecture across all trading‑related components.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure stability, reliability, and availability of all trading systems through proactive monitoring and tuning.
• Oversee performance engineering with a focus on low‑latency, deterministic behavior and throughput optimization.
• Lead root‑cause analysis and resolution of complex production issues.
• Ensure all patches, releases, and changes are executed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with change‑management policies.

Trading Platform Support & Incident Management

• Act as escalation owner for high‑severity trading‑system incidents.
• Guide engineers in troubleshooting, investigating system anomalies, and resolving issues impacting trading availability or performance.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Support teams to maintain end‑to‑end monitoring and rapid‑response procedures.

• Automation & Tooling

• Champion automation of routine processes, system checks, deployments, and operational tasks.
• Implement automated alerting, monitoring dashboards, log analytics, and observability tools across critical trading components.
• Ensure consistent CI/CD practices for trading system releases.

Stakeholder & Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Front Office, Risk, Operations, Product, and Compliance teams to understand requirements and deliver system enhancements.
• Communicate platform status, risks, incidents, and technical updates to internal leadership.
• Collaborate with vendors, external partners, and technology providers to optimize trading ecosystem components.

Governance, Compliance & Risk

• Ensure trading systems comply with regulatory standards, audit requirements, and security controls.
• Maintain documentation relating to architecture changes, platform configurations, incidents, and operational procedures.
• Identify and mitigate technology risks; escalate issues where required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• Relevant certifications in low‑latency systems, cloud engineering, networking, or DevOps are advantageous.

Experience

• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2-3 years focused on developing and supporting high-frequency or low-latency trading systems in a financial services environment.
• Proven experience in a leadership or management role, including direct people management, project oversight, and technical mentorship.
• Experience working with FIX engines, pricing engines, APIs, and market‑connectivity gateways is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated expertise in system tuning, performance profiling, and capacity planning for mission-critical applications.

Skills And Competencies

• Strong understanding of trading workflows, order lifecycle, and market‑structure fundamentals.
• Expertise in system monitoring, performance tuning, and low‑latency engineering.
• Proficiency with Linux, networking, messaging systems, and scripting or automation tools.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, deployment frameworks, observability systems, and distributed architectures.