SW Architect Quant Equities Trading 250k+ Hybrid
Principal SW Architect Algo Trading Investment Management Equities Futures Options FX Lead 5 developers Support Traders, Trade Management, Quants Influence architecture and delivery across EMS centric trading workflows Location & Compensation Location: Battery Park City - NYC Hybrid: 4 days in office Compensation: 200k - 220k base + bonus PTO: Unlimited Benefits: Exceptional The Role Architect, design & develop EMS customizations & interfaces Optimize endtoend trade workflows Balance delivery across: New development: 30% Enhancements: 50% Maintenance: 20% Backend: 70% Frontend: 30% Partner with: Traders, Quants, Portfolio Managers, Product Owner Provide architectural direction aligned with futurestate platforms. Drive AI adoption to increase development efficiency & velocity. Troubleshoot & resolve performance & stability issues. Tech Stack - Current State Java (50%) Java Swing (30% for custom interfaces to EMS platform) SQL Server (10%) VB.net (10%) Trading Platforms: CRIMS, Portware EMS AWS, Snowflake, Kafka Agile, Microservices, TDD, Unit Testing (Pytest, UnitTest) GIT Co-pilot, Eclipse, VS Code, Jira, Confluence, Docker, Future State to include Java JavaScript AWS, Snowflake, Kafka Trading Platforms: Aladdin, CRIMS, Portware EMS DevSecOps Implementation of AI tools Skills & Experience Deep frontoffice acumen Clear communicator with stakeholders Strong presentation and leadership presence Strong understanding of trading workflows and EMS architecture Asset class exposure: Equities, Futures, Options, FX EMS (Portware or other) Expertlevel Java (Java 8+) 10+ years fullstack software engineering 4+ years architecture experience (microservices and related patterns) Cloudnative development experience (AWS preferred) Proven ability to diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks
Nice to Have
Java Swing BS or MS in Computer Science, Math, or related CFA Experience with: Aladdin, CRD / CRIMS