Principal SW Engineer Equity Trading Investment Management Java

  • Living Talent
  • New York, New York
  • 06/05/2026
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Job Description


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 endtoend 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 futurestate 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 frontoffice 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)
  • Expertlevel Java (Java 8+) or C#
  • 10+ years fullstack software engineering
  • 4+ years architecture experience (microservices and related patterns)
  • Cloudnative 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