Vice President, Algo Trading / SOR – Developer
You will design and develop a low-latency, high-throughput EMS/Smart Order Router system and implement intelligent routing algorithms that weigh execution quality, liquidity, latency, and cost. You will collaborate with traders and product managers to refine routing logic, monitor and optimize system performance in real-world trading conditions, contribute to system resilience and business continuity, support production trading issues, and adopt AI tools to improve productivity and decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop a low-latency high-throughput EMS/Smart Order Router system
- Implement intelligent routing algorithms based on execution quality liquidity latency and cost
- Collaborate with traders and product managers to refine routing logic and build algorithmic capabilities
- Monitor and optimize system performance under real-world trading conditions
- Contribute to system resilience and business continuity
- Provide support for production trading issues
- Champion and apply AI tools to improve productivity decision-making and output quality
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience developing routing strategies for specific markets (e.g. FX Markets crypto exchanges) in Java
- Knowledge of tick data analytics and real-time market data processing
- Familiarity with cloud-based market access or hybrid deployments
- Experience in high-frequency or algorithmic trading environments
- Experience building low-latency systems and working with multicast and unicast market data feeds
- Understanding of the application and infrastructure stack associated with electronic and algorithmic trading
- Proficiency with trading system architecture including OMS EMS and market gateways
- Strong understanding of concurrency networking and memory management
- Experience with Linux systems and performance profiling tools
- Proactive problem-solving mindset and ability to thrive in a fast-paced collaborative environment
- Bonus: Experience in DeFi or crypto
- Bonus: Experience with trade internalization and crossing networks
- Bonus: Exposure to regulatory or compliance-driven environments
- Bonus: Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS GCP) or DevOps processes
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
- Competitive paid time off
- Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees and their eligible dependents
- Free virtual coaching sessions through Headspace
- Free daily snacks in-office