Trading System Engineer - Fixed Income Trading Applications

Trading System Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Trading System Engineer to enhance and support our Fixed Income Trading Applications. The ideal candidate will have strong programming expertise in Java and Python, combined with a solid understanding of financial markets—preferably bond markets. This role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing high-performance trading systems in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement core components for our fixed income electronic trading platform, including venue connectivity, market data handlers, execution, and risk management systems.
• Continuously optimize latency and throughput of trading applications through deep performance analysis, profiling, and tuning.
• Build fault-tolerant and resilient systems; participate in the full software lifecycle including deployment, monitoring, and production support.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, testability, and maintainability via code reviews, automated testing, and modern engineering principles.
• (Senior Level) Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering collaboration and growth.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum 7 years in software development with a focus on high-performance trading systems.
• Programming: Proficiency in Java and/or Python, with strong knowledge of multi-threading, concurrency, memory management, and optimization techniques.
• Proven experience building Microservices with Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and WebSocket services.
• Familiarity with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular).
• Strong knowledge of middle-tier applications (Redis/Coherence cache, Message Queues) and RDBMS (PostgreSQL, SQL Server).
• Experience with containerization and cloud technologies (Docker, Kubernetes); AWS expertise is a major plus.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and profiling tools (Prometheus/Grafana, JMC, JFR, JMeter, YourKit).
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and computational complexity.
• Familiarity with SDLC, DevOps (CI/CD), and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in real-time environments.
• Strong communication skills for collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and capable of owning projects end-to-end.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of market microstructure and various asset classes (bonds, equities, options, futures).
• Experience with AWS Cloud and advanced Kubernetes deployments.

S​YNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Experience Level

Senior Level