CareerPlan

Algorithmic Trading Engineer - Executive Director

New York, New York, United States of AmericaFull-time$195k2026-10-13 → 2026-11-10

Core

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

Role type

Executive Director, Algorithmic Trading Technical Lead

Builds

Scalable trading engine infrastructure, trading strategies, analytical tools, and message-driven systems 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 environment, front-office trading environment experience, algo trading/automated market making systems, low-latency messaging middleware (pub/sub), electronic trading knowledge (cash/ETF/futures), full software development lifecycle management, system design and coding.

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; develop new algorithmic strategies and improve execution performance; analyze business and technical requirements; design and deploy changes to high-volume, resilient systems.

Seniority

Executive Director, hands-on technical leadership and team management.