Senior eTrading Developer

Luxoft; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is seeking a Senior Electronic Trading Engineer to design and build low-latency, event-driven trading systems for real-time streaming, pricing, and execution. You will work closely with traders, quants, and platform teams in a front-office technology role.

The role requires 10+ years in capital markets tech, strong C# and Python skills, and expertise in market data, pricing libraries, and venue connectivity. On-site in Abu Dhabi with a cutting-edge trading platform awaits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in Capital Markets technology.
• 7+ years of electronic trading platform development.
• Experience in cross-asset trading platforms and pricing frameworks.
• Knowledge of cloud-native deployment (AWS/Azure) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Exposure to Smart Order Routing / algorithmic execution.
• Strong programming in C# (latency-critical) and Python.
• Deep understanding of multithreading, concurrency, and low-latency design.
• Experience with messaging frameworks (Kafka, Solace, JMS) and real-time streaming APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-performance, low-latency trading applications.
• Create event-driven architecture for market data, pricing, and streaming.
• Integrate pricing libraries and quant models into real-time flows.
• Develop market data handlers and real-time streaming to clients.
• Implement connectivity to venues and develop order routing & execution workflows.
• Ensure STP pipelines for accurate, auditable trade processing.
• Collaborate with front office, quants, and infra to deliver platform evolution.

Skills

C# programming

Python

Low latency

Multithreading

Event-driven

Kafka

WebSocket API

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

REST/WS

Murex

Job description

Summary

Client is establishing a next-generation electronic trading and market-making platform across assets classes – Rates, Credit, and FX , with capabilities spanning in-house pricing, real-time distribution, and straight-through processing (STP).

We are seeking a Senior Electronic Trading Engineer to design and build low-latency, event-driven trading systems that integrate market data, pricing libraries, and execution venues, enabling real-time streaming, execution, and risk-aware trade processing.

This is a front-office technology role, working closely with traders, quants, and platform teams.

Work model

On-site in Abu Dhabi

Responsibilities

1. Platform Engineering & Architecture

• Design and implement high-performance, low-latency trading applications
• Build event-driven architecture supporting: Market data ingestion, Pricing orchestration, Real-time price streaming
• Develop systems capable of high throughput and deterministic latency performance

2. Pricing & Quant Integration

• Integrate quantitative pricing libraries into real-time trading flows
• Work with quant teams to: Productionize pricing models, Optimize models for latency-sensitive environments
• Implement pricing services / APIs consumable by distribution channels

3. Market Data & Distribution

• Integrate with market data providers (e.g., Bloomberg, Refinitiv)
• Build low-latency market data handlers for: Tick processing, Normalization, Internal distribution
• Enable real-time price streaming to external/internal clients

4. Execution & Venue Connectivity

• Implement connectivity to: Trading venues (ECNs, MTFs, dealers), Internal/external liquidity sources
• Develop: Order routing logic, Execution workflows (RFQ, streaming, DMA),
• Support low-latency order lifecycle management

5. STP & Trade Processing

• Ensure integration with: Trade capture systems (e.g., Murex), Risk and downstream processing platforms,
• Build real-time STP pipelines ensuring accuracy, resilience, auditability

6. Performance Optimization

Continuously optimize latency, throughput, resource utilization

Apply advanced techniques: Concurrency / multithreading, memory optimization, network tuning

Ensure systems meet strict latency SLAs typical of trading environments

7. Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with Front Office (trading, sales), quantitative research teams, infrastructure and production support
• Participate in Full SDLC (design → build → test → deploy → support)
• Contribute to architecture decisions and platform evolution

Requirements

• 10+ years' experience in Capital Markets technology
• Minimum 7+ years of experience in electronic trading platform development
• Experience in: Cross-asset trading platforms, Pricing frameworks (FX, Rates, Credit derivatives)
• Knowledge of: Cloud-native deployment (AWS / Azure), Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Exposure to: Smart Order Routing / algorithmic execution
• Strong programming expertise in C# (preferred for latency-critical components), Python.
• Deep understanding of: Multithreading, concurrency, and event-driven systems, Low-latency system design and optimization.
• Experience with: Messaging frameworks (e.g., Kafka, Solace, JMS), REST / WebSocket APIs for real-time streaming, Strong Linux/Unix development environment experience

Trading / Capital Markets Experience:

• Strong knowledge of: Electronic trading workflows (RFQ, streaming, execution).
• Market microstructure across FX / Rates / Credit
• Experience building: Front-office trading or pricing systems, Venue/exchange connectivity (FIX protocol preferred)

Integration Expertise:

• Proven experience integrating: Market data feeds, Pricing libraries / quant models, Trade booking systems (e.g., Murex or similar platforms)
• Understanding of: Trade lifecycle, STP and post-trade flows
• System Design & Performance
• Experience designing: Distributed, scalable, low-latency architectures
• Knowledge of: Data structures & algorithm optimization, High-throughput systems