Senior Engineer

Role Overview

The Senior Engineer plays a critical role in designing and delivering high-quality technical solutions that align with business objectives. This position requires strong technical expertise, leadership in engineering practices, and the ability to collaborate across teams. The role involves driving innovation, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring adherence to architectural standards and security requirements.

Role Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable software solutions aligned with technical strategy.
• Collaborate with architects and principal engineers to ensure best practices.
• Own key features from design through delivery, ensuring timely and high-quality outcomes.
• Mentor and support junior engineers, fostering technical excellence.
• Partner with QA teams to ensure robust testing and quality assurance.
• Implement and promote engineering best practices, including code reviews and CI/CD.
• Engage in continuous improvement by experimenting with new technologies.
• Communicate effectively on progress, risks, and impediments to stakeholders.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and influence technical decisions.
• Ensure compliance with security, risk management, and regulatory standards.
• Communicate technical details related to proprietary API with external clients.
• Support external clients building applications with our proprietary API providing technical details as well as software samples.
• Build, maintain and update proprietary API for variety of programming languages (e.g. C#, C++ and Java) for Linux and Windows operating systems.

Experience / Competences

• Essential: Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience with one or more programming languages (e.g., C#, Java, C++).
• Solid experience with developing applications on Unix/Linux and Windows.
• Microsoft Visual Studio Office application development experience (e.g. User defined functions and VSTO development).
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases (Oracle, MongoDB).
• Experience with messaging technologies (e.g. Solace, RabbitMQ, Kafka).
• Exposure to real-time event processing (e.g. Messaging, Signals, DB events).
• Experience using feature and bug tracking tools (e.g. Jira).
• Solid understanding of software design principles and secure coding practices.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in Agile teams.
• Excellent communication and attention to detail.

Desired Experience

• Experience with microservices architecture and serverless technologies.
• Exposure to financial markets or trading systems.
• Experience with Python.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and containerization (e.g., AWS, Docker).
• Experience with automated testing frameworks (TDD, BDD).
• Experience with messaging technologies (e.g. Solace, Google Protocol Buffers).
• Understanding of performance optimization and low-latency systems.
• Experience working with modern AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Kiro, Amazon Q, or similar) to improve developer productivity.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and git-based source control.

Role Band & Level

Manager, 6
Salary: $136,000 to $175,000
Commensurate with experience