Job Duties
This role will be a part of the Global Reference Data team, reporting into the Tech Lead. This role will work closely with our high-performance team to deliver scalable, highly available, elastic services. This team is an integral part of supporting client-facing quantitative analytics, mission-critical reference data, order routing systems, trading algorithms, smart order routing tactics and other electronic workflows and services. These analytical data systems and trading system platforms are key areas of investment and of strategic importance to Liquidnet as we expand globally and with new offerings.

About You
The right person for this role has a proven track record of designing and developing quality software in a world-class Fin-Tech organization within a latency-sensitive and data-quality-sensitive electronic trading environment. You will engineer software solutions spanning multiple equity trading systems and related technologies.

Responsibilities
Design and develop high-quality software components for the global trading platform using Java, Scala, and related technologies
Contribute to all areas of the software development lifecycle including planning, design, development, testing, implementation, and support
Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, product development, product quality and technology
Contribute to the overall progress of the team and the firm; ensure timely delivery of quality software
Serve as third-tier support for production issues and related support needs.

Skills and Experience
7+ years of experience in development of equity products in a global financial services company or vendor using Java in latency-sensitive environments
Experience and knowledge of equity products and instruments including FIX protocol and market data
Proficiency with computer technologies including Linux, SQLNoSQL, Messaging Distributed Systems
Strong multi-threading and network programming experience
Knowledge of equity market structure, order handling and electronic trading
Strategic thinking, analytical, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
Expertise in any of the following preferred: Scala, C++, Solace, NoSQL, Functional Programming, Kafka, FlinkSpark, MongoDB
Ability to work as part of a team or independently, communicate effectively at all organizational levels with written and verbal communication skills
Experience using Scala or willingness to learn!
(1.) To be responsible for providing technical guidance to a team of developers, enhancing their technical capabilities and increasing productivity. (2.) To conduct comprehensive code reviews, establish and oversee quality assurance processes, performance optimization , implementation of best practices and coding standards to ensure succeful delivery of complex projects. (3.) To ensure process compliance in the assigned module, and participate in technical discussionsorreview as a technical consultant for feasibility study (technical alternatives, best packages, supporting architecture best practices, technical risks, breakdown into components, estimations). (4.) To collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, deliverables and accordingly prepare and submit status reports for minimizing exposure and closure of escalations.