Front Office SW Architect | Trading EMS | Hybrid NYC | 250k+

Senior Software Architect & Developer

Front Office Investment Technology

Investment Management | Equity Trading

Support Traders and Quants
Hands on Architecture, Design and Development
Influence architecture and delivery across EMS centric trading workflows
Focus on Equities, Futures, FX, Options
Location & Compensation

Location: Battery Park City
Hybrid: 4 days in office
Compensation: 200k - 225k base + bonus
PTO: Unlimited
Benefits: Exceptional
The Role

Architect, design & develop EMS customizations & interfaces
Optimize end-to-end trade workflows
Balance delivery across:

New development: 30%
Enhancements: 50%
Maintenance: 20%

Backend: 70% | Frontend: 30%
Partner with: Traders, Quants, Portfolio Managers, Product Owner
Provide architectural direction aligned with future-state platforms.
Drive AI adoption to increase development efficiency & velocity.
Troubleshoot & resolve performance & stability issues.
Tech Stack - Current State

Java (50%)
React, Java Swing (30% for custom interfaces to EMS platform)
C#, .Net, SQL Server (10%)
Trading Platforms: CRD, FactsetPortware
AWS, Snowflake, Kafka
Agile, Microservices,
TDD, Unit Testing (Pytest, UnitTest)
GIT Co-pilot, Eclipse, VS Code, Jira, Confluence, Docker,
Skills & Experience

Deep front-office acumen
Clear communicator with stakeholders
Strong presentation and leadership presence
Strong understanding of trading workflows and EMS architecture
Asset class exposure: Equities, Futures, Options, FX
Trade Execution (EMS)
Expert-level Java (Java 8+) or C#
10+ years full-stack software engineering
4+ years architecture experience (microservices and related patterns)
Cloud-native development experience (AWS preferred)
Proven ability to diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks
Nice to Have

BS or MS in Computer Science, Math, or related
CFA
Experience with: Aladdin, CRD / CRIMS