Lead Software Engineer – Equities – VP

Overview

In this Lead Software Engineering role, you will design and deliver Java-based trading solutions for automated equities platforms. You’ll collaborate with global trading, quant, and IT teams to advance the platform, optimize trading engines, and build data-driven tools. You’ll work through the full software lifecycle in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, shaping scalable, low-latency systems that support core business initiatives.

Pay / Benefits

• attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks
• flexible working arrangements
• diversity and inclusion
• global collaboration opportunities
• supportive and empowered culture
• career mobility across the business

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product leads to identify improvements for existing and future tech solutions
• Develop and enhance trading strategies and engines using core Java
• Coordinate with global trading, quant and IT teams to advance the platform and business goals
• Work across the project portfolio on algorithm development, performance improvements, trading signals, and data analysis
• Participate in the full SDLC from requirements to design, development, testing and deployment
• Build high-volume, low-latency, resilient, scalable, and message-driven systems using cutting-edge Java and modern hardware

Key requirements

• Core Java knowledge in a UNIX/Linux environment
• Experience with Git/Stash and Jenkins
• Experience with unit testing frameworks such as JUnit
• Ability to translate business and technical requirements into well-designed solutions
• Strong analytical and logical problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and ability to work in a global team
• Knowledge of web services (REST) and TypeScript with Angular preferred
• Experience with low-latency pub/sub messaging
• Experience with time-series data analysis (KDB/q)
• Interest in automated market making, DMA or algo trading in liquid markets (equities, FX, etc.) using FIX protocol
• Good Linux fundamentals

• strong communication
• global collaboration
• multi-tasking and prioritization
• Core Java
• UNIX/Linux
• Git/Stash

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