Principal Software Development Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Engineer to join our Engineering team. As a Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the design, development, and implementation of our brokerage systems. You will work closely with our engineering team and other stakeholders to create scalable, low latency, and highly available trading systems.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the technical architecture, design and delivery of high performance, low-latency brokerage systems using Java/Golang
• Assesses the health and performance of software applications and databases and provides software and technology solutions
• Develops and maintains REST APIs and microservices
• Works with the Broker Dealer Operations teams to support and enhance the trading and backend system for multiple asset classes like Equities, Options, Mutual Funds etc.
• Defines specifications and develops components, modifies existing software stack, prepare test data, and prepares functional specifications
• Analyzes Service and application performance using various programming languages, tools and techniques
• Develops and maintains automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines
• Provides technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team
• Provides guidance to non-technical staff in using software and hardware systems most effectively and efficiently
• Supports applications with an understanding of system integration, test planning, scripting, and troubleshooting

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
• At least 10 years of experience in Software Engineering with expertise in Java
• Must understand Test Driven Development and how to write effective unit/integration tests
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and automated testing frameworks
• Proficient in developing and maintaining robust REST APIs and implementing sophisticated event-driven architectures with Kafka and Kubernetes
• Background in financial technology or capital markets is required
• Proficient in No SQL, SQL and Stored Procedures such as in Postgres, MySQL
• Knowledge of Jira, Git, Jenkins
• Experience with Unix, Linux Operating Systems
• Experience with a 24x7, highly-available architecture
• Experience with Amazon Web Services
• Experience with Scrum and other Agile processes
• Strong communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Special Knowledge (Nice to Have, But Not Required)

• Experience with Amazon Web Services
• Experience with Linux and writing scripts to extract and transform data
• Multiple years experience in fin-tech specifically Post Trade, Payment or SaaS