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Associate Director, Developer Low Latency Trading Systems

RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Jersey City, NJ, United States


Job Summary RBC Capital Markets LLC seeks an

Associate Director, Developer Low Latency Trading Systems

in Jersey City, NJ to support and improve trading platforms such as Order Management, Market Data, Trade workflow, etc. for Equities and Equity derivatives. Develop, enhance, and maintain core server applications for trading across various desks such as Flow Trading, Delta One, and Structured Products. Build new tools to improve Trading and Sales initiatives, increase process efficiency, and decrease operational risk. Implement services for trading including market data, order management, messaging layer, security reference data systems, position keeping systems, and services for user interfaces using C++ and Python. Partner with quants, traders, and other stakeholders to design, implement, and test technology used in trading. Contribute to DevOps by building continuous integration pipelines, code quality tools, and release methodologies. Hybrid remote work permitted.

Responsibilities

Develop, enhance, and maintain core server applications for trading across various desks.

Build new tools to improve Trading and Sales initiatives, process efficiency, and operational risk.

Implement trading services such as market data, order management, messaging, security reference data, position keeping, and UI services using C++ and Python.

Partner with quants, traders, and stakeholders to design, implement, and test trading technology.

Contribute to DevOps by developing continuous integration pipelines, code quality tools, and release methodologies.

Qualifications

Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

5+ years of experience building highly performant, low-latency, distributed systems on Linux platforms, including multithreading, concurrent programming, and performance optimization.

5+ years of experience with C, C++, Python, Shell, and relational databases such as MariaDB, MS SQL, Oracle, or equivalent.

Experience with financial market data feeds (Reuters, Bloomberg, OPRA, CTA/UTP) and trading systems.

Experience with DevOps technologies: CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, containerization, and cloud environments.

Knowledge of trade lifecycle, risk management concepts, regulatory requirements, and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.

Compensation Salary is $225,000 per year. Total compensation includes discretionary bonus, a 401(k) program with company matching, health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, and paid time‑off.

EEO Statement RBC is an equal opportunity employer.

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