Equity Trading | Sr. SW Developer | Investment Management | Hybrid in NYC
Senior Software Architect & Developer
Front Office Investment Technology
Investment Management | Equity Trading
• Support Traders, Trade Management, Quants
• Influence architecture and delivery across EMS centric trading workflows
• Focus on Equities, Futures, FX, Options
Location & Compensation
• Location: Battery Park City (Relocation Available)
• Hybrid: 4 days in office
• Compensation: 200k - 220k base + bonus
• PTO: Unlimited
• Benefits: Exceptional
The Role
• Architect, design & develop EMS customizations & interfaces
• Optimize end-to-end trade workflows
• Balance delivery across:
• New development: 30%
• Enhancements: 50%
• Maintenance: 20%
• Backend: 70% | Frontend: 30%
• Partner with: Traders, Quants, Portfolio Managers, Product Owner
• Provide architectural direction aligned with future-state platforms.
• Drive AI adoption to increase development efficiency & velocity.
• Troubleshoot & resolve performance & stability issues.
Tech Stack - Current State
• Java (50%)
• Java Swing (30% for custom interfaces to EMS platform)
• SQL Server (10%) | VB.net (10%)
• Trading Platforms: CRIMS, Portware EMS
• AWS, Snowflake, Kafka
• Agile, Microservices,
• TDD, Unit Testing (Pytest, UnitTest)
• GIT Co-pilot, Eclipse, VS Code, Jira, Confluence, Docker,
Future State to include
• Java | JavaScript
• AWS, Snowflake, Kafka
• Trading Platforms: Aladdin, CRIMS, Portware EMS
• DevSecOps
• Implementation of AI tools
Skills & Experience
• Deep front-office acumen
• Clear communicator with stakeholders
• Strong presentation and leadership presence
• Strong understanding of trading workflows and EMS architecture
• Asset class exposure: Equities, Futures, Options, FX
• EMS (Portware or other)
• Expert-level Java (Java 8+)
• 10+ years full-stack software engineering
• 4+ years architecture experience (microservices and related patterns)
• Cloud-native development experience (AWS preferred)
• Proven ability to diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks
Nice to Have
• Java Swing
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Math, or related
• CFA
• Experience with: Aladdin, CRD / CRIMS
Front Office Investment Technology
Investment Management | Equity Trading
• Support Traders, Trade Management, Quants
• Influence architecture and delivery across EMS centric trading workflows
• Focus on Equities, Futures, FX, Options
Location & Compensation
• Location: Battery Park City (Relocation Available)
• Hybrid: 4 days in office
• Compensation: 200k - 220k base + bonus
• PTO: Unlimited
• Benefits: Exceptional
The Role
• Architect, design & develop EMS customizations & interfaces
• Optimize end-to-end trade workflows
• Balance delivery across:
• New development: 30%
• Enhancements: 50%
• Maintenance: 20%
• Backend: 70% | Frontend: 30%
• Partner with: Traders, Quants, Portfolio Managers, Product Owner
• Provide architectural direction aligned with future-state platforms.
• Drive AI adoption to increase development efficiency & velocity.
• Troubleshoot & resolve performance & stability issues.
Tech Stack - Current State
• Java (50%)
• Java Swing (30% for custom interfaces to EMS platform)
• SQL Server (10%) | VB.net (10%)
• Trading Platforms: CRIMS, Portware EMS
• AWS, Snowflake, Kafka
• Agile, Microservices,
• TDD, Unit Testing (Pytest, UnitTest)
• GIT Co-pilot, Eclipse, VS Code, Jira, Confluence, Docker,
Future State to include
• Java | JavaScript
• AWS, Snowflake, Kafka
• Trading Platforms: Aladdin, CRIMS, Portware EMS
• DevSecOps
• Implementation of AI tools
Skills & Experience
• Deep front-office acumen
• Clear communicator with stakeholders
• Strong presentation and leadership presence
• Strong understanding of trading workflows and EMS architecture
• Asset class exposure: Equities, Futures, Options, FX
• EMS (Portware or other)
• Expert-level Java (Java 8+)
• 10+ years full-stack software engineering
• 4+ years architecture experience (microservices and related patterns)
• Cloud-native development experience (AWS preferred)
• Proven ability to diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks
Nice to Have
• Java Swing
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Math, or related
• CFA
• Experience with: Aladdin, CRD / CRIMS