SW Architect | Systematic Trading | Hybrid 250k+

Principal ArchitectFront Office Investment TechnologyInvestment Management | Equity TradingLead 5 developersSupport Traders, Trade Management, QuantsInfluence architecture and delivery across EMS centric trading workflowsFocus on Equities, Futures, FX, OptionsLocation & CompensationLocation: Battery Park CityHybrid: 4 days in officeCompensation: 200k - 220k base + bonusPTO: UnlimitedBenefits: ExceptionalThe RoleArchitect, design & develop EMS customizations & interfacesOptimize end‐to‐end trade workflowsBalance delivery across:New development: 30%Enhancements: 50%Maintenance: 20%Backend: 70% | Frontend: 30%Partner with: Traders, Quants, Portfolio Managers, Product OwnerProvide architectural direction aligned with future‐state platforms.Drive AI adoption to increase development efficiency & velocity.Troubleshoot & resolve performance & stability issues.Tech Stack - Current StateJava (50%)Java Swing (30% for custom interfaces to EMS platform)SQL Server (10%) | VB.net (10%)Trading Platforms: CRIMS, Portware EMSAWS, Snowflake, KafkaAgile, Microservices,TDD, Unit Testing (Pytest, UnitTest)GIT Co-pilot, Eclipse, VS Code, Jira, Confluence, Docker,Future State to includeJava | JavaScriptAWS, Snowflake, KafkaTrading Platforms: Aladdin, CRIMS, Portware EMSDevSecOpsImplementation of AI toolsSkills & ExperienceDeep front‐office acumenClear communicator with stakeholdersStrong presentation and leadership presenceStrong understanding of trading workflows and EMS architectureAsset class exposure: Equities, Futures, Options, FXEMS (Portware or other)Expert‐level Java (Java 8+)10+ years full‐stack software engineering4+ years architecture experience (microservices and related patterns)Cloud‐native development experience (AWS preferred)Proven ability to diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecksNice to HaveJava SwingBS or MS in Computer Science, Math, or relatedCFAExperience with: Aladdin, CRD / CRIMS