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Senior Technical Recruiter at The Cypress Group

Senior Java Engineer – Electronic Trading Systems

Location: NYC or Northern NJ (Hybrid: 2 days on-site)

Compensation: Highly competitive + bonus

Visa Sponsorship: Considered for exceptional candidates

A top-tier financial technology group within a global institution is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to help lead the rebuild of its multi-asset electronic trading platform. This is a critical individual contributor role focused on developing ultra-reliable, low-latency systems that drive high-volume trading activity.

What You’ll Work On:

• Architect and develop core Java components for smart order routing, connectivity, and internal matching systems.
• Contribute to the redesign and deconstruction of legacy monolithic infrastructure into modular, high-performance applications.
• Collaborate with algorithmic trading and quant teams to embed trading logic and real-time analytics into the platform.
• Work on a proprietary, globally deployed trading framework, built with a focus on distributed systems, TCP/IP networking, and future-facing multicast technologies.
• Partner with global engineering teams to accelerate platform evolution and ensure high standards in performance and reliability.

Your Background:

• 5–7+ years of professional experience with Core Java in latency-sensitive environments.
• Deep knowledge of multithreading , network programming , and messaging protocols (TCP/IP, multicast, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience building distributed systems —whether single-threaded or multithreaded.
• Prior work in electronic trading , OMS , connectivity systems , or similar domains strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with core pinning , performance tuning, and optimization techniques is a big plus.
• Strong engineering discipline, independent problem-solving, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

Bonus Points For:

• Exposure to front-office trading platforms (equities or fixed income).
• Experience with analytics engines , order matching , or smart order routers .

Why Apply:

• Play a key role in reshaping a global trading infrastructure from the ground up.
• Join a high-impact engineering team with significant technical ownership.
• Work with bleeding-edge performance engineering concepts in a business-critical environment.
• Hybrid work flexibility and strong comp for top-tier engineers.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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