Director of Engineering, Core Trading Systems

New York, NY (Hybrid)

Our client is a global B2B FinTech company building modern infrastructure that powers investing and trading experiences worldwide. Through an API-first platform, they enable partners to deliver seamless, mobile-first financial products to end users across global markets.

They value accountability, collaboration, and building systems that scale — while fostering a culture that encourages experimentation, diverse perspectives, and continuous improvement.

About the Role

Our client is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the Core Trading Systems team. This group owns the mission-critical API layer that feeds trading infrastructure and underpins order flow, execution workflows, and real-time system interactions.

This role requires deep experience building low-latency, high-throughput, highly available distributed systems, along with strong leadership capabilities. You will work on re-engineering and scaling a mission-critical trading stack to institutional-grade standards, with a focus on resiliency, performance, and operational excellence.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of mission-critical API endpoints

• Architect and evolve systems to meet standards for scale, redundancy, resiliency, and reliability

• Collaborate with Product, Risk, Compliance, Architecture, DevOps, and other cross-functional teams to translate complex business requirements into robust technical solutions

• Develop enhancements to existing Java applications and build new services from the ground up

• Monitor production systems, troubleshoot issues, and support incident remediation

• Partner with trading operations teams to support and enhance core trading infrastructure

• Produce clear technical documentation for complex, business-critical initiatives

• Ensure adherence to engineering and architectural best practices

• Manage and mentor a team of engineers, allocating resources to meet delivery timelines

• Own delivery of small-to-medium sized projects and services

• Coordinate priorities and deliverables across multiple engineering teams

What You’ll Need

• Experience building low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems

• Strong background in multithreading and concurrency in Java

• Deep expertise with the FIX protocol and trading system integrations

• Strong knowledge of Java fundamentals, data structures, and modern software engineering best practices

• Experience writing effective unit and integration tests

• Experience working in 24x7, highly available production environments

• Strong technical writing and documentation skills

• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills

• Experience with Python scripting for task automation

• Experience supporting complex trading stacks and financial system integrations
  Strong engineering judgment and a clear understanding of high-quality system design

Nice to Have

• Experience with React and TypeScript

• Knowledge of JMS and message brokers such as Kafka or ActiveMQ

• Experience with Aeron or other high-performance networking frameworks

• Experience with PostgreSQL environments

• Experience with AWS infrastructure and cloud-native architectures

Compensation

Compensation is based on experience and technical qualifications as they relate to the role.

New York Pay Range:
$270,000 – $310,000 USD

Work Authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Sponsorship is not available for this role.

Work Model

This is a hybrid/on-site role based in New York. In-office expectations are determined by the hiring team to support collaboration, delivery velocity, and stakeholder engagement.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Mental health resources

• Generous paid time off and observed holidays

• Paid parental leave

• Annual budget for professional development and continued education

• Annual fitness and wellness reimbursement

• Pre-tax commuter benefits (U.S.)

• Employer 401(k) match (U.S.)

Benefit offerings may vary by location and are subject to change.

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