Senior Engineer, Execution Technology

A global institutional investment firm with over 500 professionals worldwide is seeking a Senior Engineer for their Execution Technology team. This role focuses on developing high-performance trading platforms that support large-scale transaction flows with microsecond latency.

• Design and build high-performance trading algorithms and distributed system components
• Lead the delivery of strategic engineering initiatives from concept through implementation and support
• Take ownership of complex technical projects, coordinating across engineering, trading, and business stakeholders
• Provide technical leadership, shaping architecture, engineering standards, and development practices
• Mentor and up-skill engineers through coaching and design collaboration
• Conduct rigorous design and code reviews
• Optimize systems for efficiency, scalability, latency, and stability
• Collaborate with traders, portfolio managers, and risk teams to bridge technology and business
• Identify opportunities to simplify, modernize, and strengthen the execution platform

• 10-15+ years of experience building financial or trading systems in Java
• Extensive experience with multithreaded/concurrent programming, including lock-free algorithms
• Strong experience designing and developing distributed systems
• Proven track record of leading complex technical projects
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and contribute to team development
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools
• Comfortable reading and maintaining systems built in C#

Salary: $200,000 - $300,000, Plus Bonus