Solution Engineer; Aeron and Capital Markets

Position: Solution Engineer (Aeron and Capital Markets)
Location: New York

This job is with Adaptive Financial Consulting Ltd, an inclusive employer and a member of my Gwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

WE ARE:

At Adaptive, we are a financial consulting firm that partners with capital, commodity, and digital market participants. We value differentiation through technology. Our experienced teams design and deliver complex front-office technology solutions using our proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage.

Our clients include the world’s leading investment banks, investment managers, fintech and capital market service providers. With a global reach with offices in London, New York, Barcelona, Manila and Montreal, we have a proven track record of delivering powerful, elegant and intuitive trading technology solutions.

We are now looking for a Solution Engineer to join our team in New York City.

YOU ARE:

An exceptional technologist who loves to solve complex problems as part of a team

An individual with experience building solutions in the capital markets domain

Able to build strong relationships easily with your team and clients

Can think strategically and communicate concepts clearly to others

An individual who acts with authenticity and integrity through their work and interactions

YOU WILL:

Be an ambassador to Adaptive's clients

Build a strong, long term and trusting relationship with your team

Help others to grow and evolve through coaching, mentorship and feedback

Be accountable for the success and technical excellence of solutions delivered to clients at Adaptive:

Through individual contribution to the codebase on the most challenging aspects of a Delivery

Ensuring the output quality of the team you work meets the standards within Adaptive

Through the application of best practices within design and development (e.g. separation of concerns)

Through the advocacy of testing approaches (e.g. behaviour driven testing)

By helping to define and facilitate the adoption of standards within teams

Through the definition of performant and resilient architecture, and detailed design informed by the domain and client need

Be expected to advocate for technical decisions to your Team, Clients and other Stakeholders

Be able to lead a team in proper adherence to software development lifecycle processes

Be able to work with leadership to ensure that delivered work meets time, budget and possible constraints

Be comfortable escalating and articulating risks to team members, management and clients

YOU HAVE :

Strong communication skills

Experience in providing mentorship and support to team members

Significant, professional experience within capital markets, developing software solutions using Java in a highly performant, low latency manner.

Experience using Aeron in a high-performance scenario within capital markets or digital assets.

Familiarity with appropriate data structures and their usages (e.g. sets, maps and queues)

Relevant experience in building solutions within these domains:

Order Management Systems

Execution Management Systems

Smart Order Routing

Trading Venues & Exchanges

Matching Engines

Algo Containers

Risk Management

FIX Gateways

Experienced in working within an Agile environment and following a mature SDLC

Distributed Systems and Consensus Algorithms

Event-driven architecture

Replicated State Machines

WHY US :

To work on exciting and groundbreaking client projects where you have the opportunity to innovate and drive change at pace

To be immersed in high-standard engineering culture

To work amongst industry-leading experts in technology and capital markets

To be part of the growth and development of a great company

Our teams feel free to speak up, make suggestions and raise concerns

Collaborative team environment: we all work together, respect each other, and pitch in

Great work/life balance (flexible, hybrid working model when clients permit, well-being benefits…). The balance between professional and personal life is extremely important to us

We work hard to provide a positive, collaborative and inclusive culture and to positively impact our staff and local communities through different well-being, diversity and…