VP Trading Systems Developer
Morgan McKinley has partnered with a premier global leader in digital assets and data center infrastructure. Operating at the high-stakes intersection of institutional finance and cutting-edge tech, our client delivers institutional-grade products across trading, asset management, and high-performance computing.
The Role
This high-impact role sits at the critical intersection of software engineering and low-latency infrastructure. Your primary objective will be minimizing latency, maximizing throughput, and ensuring completely deterministic performance across critical trading workflows. You will design and build high-performance systems supporting market data ingestion, order routing, and execution.
While Java is the primary system language, our client will strongly consider top-tier C++ engineers with equivalent low-latency trading expertise.
What You’ll Do
- Provide cross-cutting solutions supporting multiple core businesses, including OTC, Market Making, Prop, and Systematic Trading.
- Optimize multiple layers of the technology stack, moving fluidly from the application layer down through the OS, network layers, and supporting hardware.
- Work independently, solving highly analytical problems with a strong drive to own issues through to resolution.
- Embrace and champion the thoughtful adoption of AI tools (generative AI, automation, data copilots) to maximize team productivity and output quality.
What We’re Looking For
- Language Expertise: Elite Core Java skills with extensive experience in application and Garbage Collection (GC) optimization—OR—equivalent high-performance trading systems experience in C++.
- Concurrency: Exceptional knowledge of concurrency and multithreaded programming.
- Low Latency & Messaging: Proven experience developing low-latency pricing and trading systems, alongside knowledge of low-latency messaging protocols (e.g., Aeron, 29West).
- Networking & Hardware: Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/UDP, multicast, routing, switching, congestion control) and hands-on use of kernel bypass technologies (e.g., DPDK, Solarflare/OpenOnload, RDMA).
- OS Internals: Deep familiarity with Linux internals, including scheduling, memory management, and performance tuning.
Bonus Points
- eFX development experience in low-latency, zero-GC environments.
- Knowledge of institutional encodings (FIX, SBE) and distributed, high-availability computing.
- Familiarity with modern infrastructure tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.
What’s On Offer
- Highly competitive base salary and discretionary performance bonus.
- Comprehensive, company-paid health and protective benefits for you and your eligible dependents.
- An entrepreneurial, collaborative environment with direct opportunities to learn about the rapidly evolving crypto industry
If interested, please do not hesitate to apply!
