Trading Architect – Low Latency Execution Systems
A leading global financial technology and digital asset organization is seeking a hands-on Trading Architect to help design and build the next generation of institutional trading infrastructure. This role sits within a high-impact architecture team focused on developing scalable, resilient, and ultra-low latency trading platforms supporting digital asset markets.
The Opportunity
This is a senior-level architecture and engineering position where you will play a key role in shaping the technical direction of a modern trading platform. You will work closely with engineering leadership and architecture teams to design highly performant systems powering execution algorithms, smart order routing, market connectivity, and real-time trading infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Architect and develop low latency trading systems and execution platforms
- Design scalable solutions for:
- Execution algorithms
- Smart Order Routing (SOR)
- Market data platforms
- Exchange connectivity
- Real-time messaging services
- Translate business and technical requirements into scalable service designs
- Drive architecture decisions across distributed systems and cloud-native infrastructure
- Optimize trading applications for latency, throughput, and resiliency
- Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, and product teams in an agile environment
- Mentor engineers and contribute to technical leadership initiatives
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of software engineering and architecture experience
- Strong background designing ultra-low latency trading systems
- Expertise building trading infrastructure, market data systems, or exchange connectivity platforms
- Advanced modern Java development experience, including zero-GC patterns
- Deep understanding of concurrency and performance optimization
- Experience with kernel bypass technologies such as Solarflare OpenOnload
- Strong knowledge of low latency messaging technologies such as Aeron, Solace, or 29West
- Experience with FIX and WebSocket protocols
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and resilient messaging architectures
- Experience designing APIs, asynchronous services, and micro service-based platforms
- Working knowledge of relational and time-series databases
- Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills
Preferred Experience
- Experience within electronic trading, capital markets, or digital assets
- Familiarity with cloud-native deployments and scalable infrastructure design
- Passion for cryptocurrency and emerging financial technologies
- Prior experience mentoring engineers and leading architecture initiatives
What’s Offered
- Competitive compensation package including bonus potential
- Comprehensive healthcare and wellness benefits
- Retirement and long-term financial planning programs
- Generous PTO and parental leave offerings
- Tuition reimbursement and ongoing learning resources
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge digital asset and trading technology
- Collaborative engineering culture with strong technical ownership
