Technical Lead - FIX

Position Purpose: Within our strategic data group’s trade processing services we are looking for a Technical Lead member to help advance our FIX and Cloud Infrastructure. As a Technical Lead you will assist in architecting, designing and implementing a new, cutting edge, cloud APIs and FIX Protocol services centered around Trade Lifecycle needs.

• Create cloud API and FIX Gateway Solutions developing and integrating this software and system technologies – per written specifications; test, evaluate, engineer, implement and support said technologies.
• Establish connectivity to multiple exchanges and client integrations with FIX Protocol. Provide L2 support to those FIX services.
• Review, influence and contribute to new and evolving design, architecture, standards, and methods for operating and contributing to services within our cloud and trading ecosystem.
• Add to our existing infrastructure. Reviews existing designs and processes to highlight more efficient ways to complete existing workload more effectively through industry perspectives.
• Drive technical innovation and efficiency in infrastructure operations through automation by assisting in improvements to continuous integration, continuous deployment and general DevOps practices.
• Collaborates with technical teams and utilizes system expertise to deliver technical solutions, continuously learning and evolving our cloud and trading system infrastructure.
• Monitors and evaluates overall strategic data infrastructure; tracks system efficiency and reliability; identifies and recommends efficiency improvements and mitigates operational vulnerabilities. Respond to and resolve emergent service problems. Design solutions using automation and self-repair rather than relying on alarming and human intervention

• 5-10 years of work experience post completion of bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering or related majors.
• At least 5-10 years of experience with the FIX protocol and developing solutions utilizing QuickFix or other popular FIX engines.
• Knowledge of the financial markets and electronic trading life cycle.
• Hands-on experience in programing in C# or Java (Python and/or C++ a plus)
• Professional experience with Messaging and\or Event driven technologies (MQ based, Kafka, Red Panda).
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and various design patterns.
• Strong understanding of core principles of OO design and their application within a highly scaled distributed architecture.
• General Linux knowledge and experience.
• Knowledge of OS and networking protocols (TCP, UDP, etc) particularly in the context of FIX communication.
• Critical thinking: the ability to track down complex engineering issues, evaluate different algorithmic approaches to solve problems.
• Good Communication skills and willing to learn new tools and technologies
• Strong work ethic and emphasis on attention to details
• Knowledge of the financial markets and electronic trading life cycle.