Technical Lead Java - Trading Technology

The Client is currently seeking a Technical Lead - Trading Technology Platform for a hybrid position located in New York, NY.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and develop features on the trading real-time event streaming platform (Java-based)
• Take ownership of trading and compliance workstreams, reducing dependency on the Head of Trading Technology for day-to-day delivery
• Mentor and code-review junior and mid-level developers, elevating the overall team capability
• Collaborate with product stakeholders to define and refine trading workflows including order blotter, pre-trade compliance, and order lifecycle management
• Assist in integrating the event-driven platform with downstream systems including their legacy OMS and compliance tooling
• Help standardize engineering practices and guide adoption of the new platform across additional current trading applications
• Participate in code reviews and architectural discussions, serving as a technical escalation point for the team

Requirements:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience in financial services, within capital markets, trading, or investment management environments
• Strong Java development skills; experience with event-driven or event-sourcing architectures (Kafka, Aeron, custom sequencers, or similar)
• Proven ability to both architect and deliver code as an individual contributor not just a hands-off architect
• Experience in real-time trading systems (OMS, EMS, order blotter, pre-trade compliance, or similar)
• Ability to mentor developers of varying skill levels and communicate technical direction clearly
• Exposure to Python-based microservices and comfort working in a multi-language environment
• Strong understanding of enterprise software design patterns and distributed systems

Desired skills:

• Background in eventing platforms modeled after matching engine architectures (NASDAQ-style)
• Experience with FIX protocol and broker/execution connectivity
• Familiarity with compliance or regulatory workflows in an asset management context
• Cloud infrastructure experience on Azure, including Kubernetes deployments
• Prior work at top-tier financial institutions (bulge bracket banks or major hedge funds/asset managers)