Senior Lead Software Engineer

About

A top-tier global financial institution is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join its Equities Electronic Trading technology team. The group builds high-performance platforms supporting ETF and Program Trading, including the next generation of the firm's core Order Management and execution systems—mission-critical components that drive real-time, high-volume electronic trading.

What You'll Do

• Architect and evolve large-scale trading platforms, shaping the technical direction of next-generation systems
• Build scalable, resilient, low-latency services that support real-time, high-throughput trading workflows
• Lead design sessions, drive architectural decisions, oversee code reviews, and mentor engineers
• Work hands-on across Core Java, Spring Boot, Linux, distributed systems, and messaging technologies
• Partner directly with traders, quants, and product teams to deliver strategic, high-impact features
• Promote engineering excellence in performance optimization, testing, reliability, and system design
• Serve as a subject-matter expert and provide Level 3 production support for business-critical applications

What They're Looking For

• Deep expertise in Core Java, OOP, data structures, multithreading, and JVM/GC tuning
• Proven experience building distributed, real-time, or high-throughput systems
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, SQL, messaging (JMS), CI/CD pipelines, and TDD
• Familiarity with AWS, FIX Protocol, or trade lifecycle concepts (a plus, not a requirement)
• A passion for building high-performance, mission-critical systems in fast-paced environments
• The ability to lead engineering initiatives while staying hands-on with complex codebases