Addepar
Sr. Software Engineer-Trading
$134K–$209K
New York, NY +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Nov 3, 2025
- Location
- New York, NY
Remote - United States - Experience
- 8+ years architecting and building complex backend distributed systems at scale.
- Education
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or similar technical field of study (or equivalent practical experience).
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future visa sponsorship and authorized to begin work in the U.S. on their first day.
About the job
Lead the architecture and development of a high-performance trading order lifecycle system connecting portfolio managers with executing brokers.
What you'll do
- Architect scalable, resilient Java microservices and event-driven systems on AWS using Kafka.
- Design trade order lifecycle logic and broker connectivity across FIX, REST, and file-based interfaces.
- Set engineering standards, mentor teams, and collaborate with cross-functional leaders on technical roadmaps.
What they ask for
- Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, JVM tuning, and concurrency.
- Advanced expertise in AWS cloud-native architectures and messaging platforms such as Kafka.
- Experience with databases, SQL, NoSQL, and data architectures.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Quarkus experience.
- Trading or financial services experience; FIX protocol knowledge; or familiarity with React.
Pay
$134,000 — $209,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Java, Spring Boot, Quarkus, AWS, Kafka, FIX, REST, React
AI focus
Champion adoption of AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering delivery and developer productivity.
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