Sr. Developer | Architect | Java | Algo Trading | Equities | Hybrid 250k+

JOB TYPE:

Direct Hire

REMOTE STATUS:

Hybrid

COMPENSATION:

$200,000 - $260,000 / yr

Senior Software Architect & Developer

Front Office Investment Technology

Investment Management | Equity Trading

• Support Traders, Trade Management, Quants

• Influence architecture and delivery across EMS centric trading workflows

• Focus on Equities, Futures, FX, Options

Location & Compensation

• Location: Battery Park City

• Hybrid: 4 days in office

• Compensation: 200k – 220k base + bonus

• PTO: Unlimited

• Benefits: Exceptional

The Role

• Architect, design & develop EMS customizations & interfaces

• Optimize end‑to‑end 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 future‑state platforms.

• Drive AI adoption to increase development efficiency & velocity.

• Troubleshoot & resolve performance & stability issues.

Tech Stack – Current State

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Java (50%)

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Java Swing (30% for custom interfaces to EMS platform)

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SQL Server (10%) | VB.net (10%)

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Trading Platforms: CRIMS, Portware EMS

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AWS, Snowflake, Kafka

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Agile, Microservices,

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TDD, Unit Testing (Pytest, UnitTest)

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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 front‑office 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)

• Expert‑level Java (Java 8+)

• 10+ years full‑stack software engineering

• 4+ years architecture experience (microservices and related patterns)

• Cloud‑native 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