Senior Java Developer - Equities Electronic Trading

Position: Senior Java Developer - Equities Electronic Trading

Location: Jersey City NJ or NYC, NY (Hybrid)

Salary Range: $206,173 - $235,627/ Annum + Benefits

Fulltime (Permanent Position)

Job Description:

We are seeking a visionary and highly accomplished technical leader to join our Equities Electronic Trading team as a Senior Vice President. This senior-level position is responsible for driving the strategy, architecture, and execution of our next-generation low-latency execution platform. The core objective of this role is to own the technical innovation and implementation of our algorithmic trading engines, which are foundational to our electronic trading infrastructure. You will leverage state-of-the-art, high-performance Java and microservices architecture to deliver a best-in-class trading platform.

Responsibilities:

Own and Drive the Architectural Vision: Lead the end-to-end design, development, and optimization of high-performance, ultra-low-latency microservices and applications that define the firm’s algorithmic trading capabilities .

Strategic Implementation: Architect and implement sophisticated trading logic, advanced execution strategies, and novel performance optimizations to guarantee superior execution quality, system resilience, and market leadership.

Qualifications:

10+ years of progressive, hands-on software development experience, with a distinguished track record in building and leading the development of high-performance , ultra-low-latency systems.

Expert-level mastery of Core Java, i ncluding a profound understanding of JVM internals, advanced concurrency models, garbage collection tuning, and memory management in a latency-sensitive environment.

Extensive and proven experience architecting and delivering automated trading systems in Equities or similar domains , including smart order routing, benchmark algorithms , and other sophisticated execution strategies.

Deep expertise in financial market protocols (e.g., FIX) and extensive practical experience designing systems to handle high-volume order and market data.

Demonstrated experience in designing and scaling distributed systems using a microservices architecture.

Proven leadership in implementing modern testing frameworks, Agile methodologies, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) processes.

Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to articulate and influence complex technical and business strategy at a senior level.

Significant experience with messaging and data grid technologies (e.g., Solace, AMPS, Chronicle, KDB+), infrastructure automation (e.g., Ansible), or expertise in other high-performance languages like Rust is highly desirable.

Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience is required; a Master’s degree in a relevant technical field is strongly preferred.

Dexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees and 70 locations worldwide. As one of the largest IT staffing companies and the 2nd largest minority-owned staffing company in the U.S., Dexian was formed in 2023 through the merger of DISYS and Signature Consultants. Combining the best elements of its core companies, Dexian’s platform connects talent, technology, and organizations to produce game-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.

Dexian’s brands include Dexian DISYS, Dexian Signature Consultants, Dexian Government Solutions, Dexian Talent Development and Dexian IT Solutions. Visit https://dexian.com/ to learn more.

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Note: Dexian Canada will, on request, provide accommodations for disabilities to support your participation in all aspects of our Recruitment and Assessment/Selection Processes.