Location: Charlotte, NC
Salary: $69.00 USD Hourly - $74.00 USD Hourly
Description: Software Engineer - Trade SurveillanceLocation: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid - 3 days onsite per week at 300 S Brevard)
Employment Type: Contract (9 months with intent to extend and potential conversion)
Start Date: April 27, 2026 or ASAP
OverviewWe are seeking a
Senior Software Engineer - Trade Surveillance to support the planning, implementation, and integration of a third-party Trade Surveillance platform across the US and EMEA regions. This role requires deep software engineering expertise, experience working with enterprise-scale financial systems, and strong knowledge of regulatory-driven technology solutions.
You will partner with global Engineering, Compliance, and vendor teams to deliver secure, scalable, and compliant surveillance solutions within an Agile delivery environment.
Responsibilities- Contribute to technology strategy, design, and delivery of a third-party Trade Surveillance platform
- Lead and consult on complex, large-scale software engineering initiatives with broad impact
- Design, build, and integrate enterprise-grade applications and services
- Translate business and regulatory requirements into robust technical designs and solutions
- Support both strategic platform initiatives and tactical system enhancements
- Modernize and rationalize existing surveillance technology platforms
- Collaborate with Compliance stakeholders and global technology teams across the US and EMEA
- Participate in vendor management and work closely with vendor engineering teams (US and UK)
- Ensure all development and integration work complies with:
- Third-party risk management standards
- Information security requirements
- Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) policies
- Operate effectively within an Agile/Scrum delivery model
Required Qualifications- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience or equivalent demonstrated through work, consulting, education, military, or training experience
- Strong experience building enterprise-scale applications
- Proficiency in object-oriented and/or functional programming languages such as Java, Python, or Scala
- Experience designing and consuming APIs and integrating distributed systems
- Broad experience delivering technology solutions within complex financial environments
- Knowledge of capital markets, banking systems, compliance, and trade lifecycle concepts
- Familiarity with international regulatory frameworks such as MAD/MAR
- Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Experience working in secure, controlled enterprise environments
- Excellent collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills
Preferred Qualifications- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Prior experience developing or supporting Trade Surveillance systems
- Strong hands-on development experience with Python or Scala
- Experience building regulatory-driven or compliance-related applications
- Experience integrating and enhancing vendor-based platforms
- Exposure to cloud platforms and cloud-hosted third-party solutions
- Experience with test automation and testing frameworks (e.g., Selenium)
- Knowledge of event-driven systems, messaging, or distributed architectures
- DevOps or CI/CD pipeline experience
Work Environment- Hybrid schedule: 3 days onsite per week in Charlotte, NC
- Global collaboration with teams across the US and EMEA
- Agile delivery environment focused on secure, compliant, and scalable solutions
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