CareerPlan

Algorithmic Trading Engineer - Executive Director

New York, New York, United States of AmericaFull-time$195k–$300k2026-10-13 → 2026-10-24

Core

Leading and growing global teams to build, deploy, and support high-volume, low-latency equities delta1 algo trading systems and infrastructure.

Role type

Executive Director, Algorithmic Trading Technical Lead

Builds

Scalable trading engine infrastructure, trading strategies, and analytical tools for equities, FX, and liquid rates.

Domain

Financial Services / Algorithmic Trading / Low-latency Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Expert-level core Java, UNIX/Linux, low-latency messaging middleware (pub/sub), electronic trading knowledge (cash/ETF/futures), system design, full software development lifecycle management.

Preferred skills

Agentic AI-led software development, KDB/Q, HTML5/Angular UI development.

Responsibilities

Lead and grow teams in North America and globally; build and enhance trading strategies and engines; work with global trading, quant, and IT teams; advance platform and business performance; generate and analyze trading signals and data.

Seniority

Executive Director, hands-on technical leadership