Senior Fixed Income eTrading Platform Engineer - VP

About the role

Drive the strategic evolution and delivery of our global Repo eTrading technology platform. Lead the design, execution, and continuous enhancement of mission-critical eTrading applications while delivering scalable, high-impact technology solutions that support business growth, operational efficiency, and long-term strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Own the technology delivery roadmap for both existing platforms and new eTrading capabilities, ensuring successful implementation of innovative solutions that optimize trading workflows, increase automation, and enhance platform performance, resiliency, and scalability.
• Partner closely with business and technology stakeholders to align trading desk objectives, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive successful engineering execution.
• Define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
• Collaborate with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
• Adhere to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
• Implement effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

Requirements

• Extensive eTrading architecture and design expertise, with a proven ability to define and execute electronic trading and automation strategies while influencing senior business stakeholders across global markets.
• Considerable communication and leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to align trading desk objectives, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive successful engineering execution.
• Deep financial services technology experience, including significant front-office electronic trading expertise within Fixed Income markets.
• Advanced Java engineering capabilities, with extensive hands-on experience in building high-performance, real-time systems, including concurrency, multithreading, and performance optimization.
• Established history of architecting, developing, and delivering enterprise-grade applications leveraging Java, Spring Boot, middleware and messaging technologies, databases, API development, caching frameworks, microservices architectures, and modern CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Preference for candidates with experience in Repo, Fixed Income Financing, and Securities Finance, coupled with an ample understanding of the associated trading workflows and market structure.
• Significant knowledge of current third-party and off-the-shelf trading platforms, with the ability to evaluate and leverage vendor solutions to accelerate eTrading projects and automation strategies.
• Hands-on experience with fixed income market connectivity, including both Dealer-to-Client (D2C) RFQ platforms and Dealer-to-Dealer (D2D) order-driven venues, as well as a solid understanding of relevant market protocols and integration frameworks.

Skills

• Extensive eTrading architecture and design expertise.
• Considerable communication and leadership skills.
• Deep financial services technology experience.
• Advanced Java engineering capabilities.
• Experience in Repo, Fixed Income Financing, and Securities Finance.
• Significant knowledge of current third-party and off-the-shelf trading platforms.
• Hands-on experience with fixed income market connectivity.

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.

Pay

$170,000.00 - $230,000.00

Schedule

Full-time