Senior Architect Fx Ecn Market Data Matching

## About the Role FXswapX is building the electronic matching platform for interdealer FX swaps - a $3.2 trillion daily market that remains largely voice-brokered. Our bank-only dark pool aggregates dealer data anonymously, computes blinded mid-rates, and enables low-impact execution with advanced order types. Founded by fintech veterans, we have 35+ banks engaged and are scaling infrastructure where accuracy, resiliency, and predictability are core operational values. Design, build, and own the architecture for core market data, matching engine, and execution services using C++ and Java. Lead technical decisions prioritising bulletproof reliability from AWS prototyping through to colocation production. ## Key Responsibilities - Architect and build resilient matching engine and blinded market data services. - Ensure unwavering accuracy - clock synchronisation, predictable reference rate calculation, failover, and zero-downtime deployments. - Develop robust messaging, logging, and TEE-secured execution components. - Implement advanced order types for our unique mid-pricing model. - Design disaster recovery and backup systems - multi-site replication, automated failover testing, and immutable snapshots for audit-proof state recovery without trade loss. - Architect data management excellence - blind-price handling, tamper-proof audit trails, regulatory-grade retention, and analytics pipelines that operate without owner access to raw bank inputs. ## Requirements - 10+ years electronic trading development across ECNs, venues, banks, or prop shops (experience across multiple business types strongly preferred). - Expert C++ (core services) and strong Java. - Proven resilient systems design - PTP coordination, fault tolerance as a first principle. - Deep experience with FIX protocol and feed handler / gateway architecture. - Efficient messaging architecture design that ensures core operational values and minimises execution time. ## Desirables - AWS prototyping and colocation deployment experience. - Systems integration, monitoring, and observability at scale. - Knowledge of FX swaps market structure. - TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) experience. - Advanced degree in CS, Mathematics, Computational Finance, or similar. ## Location Remote at present, transitioning to hybrid (3+ days in office, NYC / Jersey City). ## Compensation Competitive salary plus meaningful early-stage equity.