Senior Engineer - Trade Booking Technology
An elite hedge fund is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its Systematic Technology team in New York. This role centers on building and evolving a robust trade processing, reconciliation, and reporting platform that supports the firm's global trading operations. Engineers in this group work closely with stakeholders across technology, operations, and trading to deliver scalable, cloud-native solutions that ensure accuracy, transparency, and performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement highly scalable and reliable trade processing and reporting systems.
- Build cloud-native infrastructure using AWS services such as EKS and S3.
- Develop and maintain Kafka-based messaging pipelines for real-time data flow.
- Work with relational databases including SQL Server and Postgres to support data integrity and reporting.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready solutions.
- Support CI/CD workflows using GitHub and container-based deployment strategies.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of professional Java development experience.
- Strong experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and Kafka messaging systems.
- Proficiency with relational databases and Spring Boot framework.
- Familiarity with Agile, TDD, and automated test coverage practices.
- Experience designing and building trade processing and reconciliation platforms.
- Solid understanding of financial products including equities, swaps, futures, and FX.
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