Senior eTrading Engineer - Low-Latency Front-Office

Luxoft; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is building a next-generation electronic trading platform and seeks a Senior Electronic Trading Engineer to design high-performance, low-latency systems for real-time pricing, data ingestion, and execution across FX, Rates, and Credit. You will work with traders, quants, and platform teams to deliver STP-ready architecture.

The role requires deep expertise in multithreading, event-driven design, and market data integration, with hands-on experience in Kafka/Solace/JMS and FIX-based

Qualifications

• 10+ years in capital markets technology.
• 7+ years in electronic trading platform development.
• Experience across FX, Rates, and Credit derivatives.
• Cloud-native deployment (AWS/Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Exposure to Smart Order Routing / algorithmic execution.
• Python scripting for integration/tools.
• C# development for latency-critical components; strong concurrency skills.
• Deep knowledge of multithreading and low-latency design.
• Experience with messaging frameworks (Kafka, Solace, JMS) and real-time streaming APIs.
• Familiarity with trading workflows (RFQ, streaming, DMA) and venue connectivity (FIX).
• Integration of market data feeds, pricing libraries, and trade booking systems (Murex or similar).
• Understanding of trade lifecycle, STP, and post-trade flows.
• Experience designing distributed, high-throughput architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and build low-latency, event-driven trading systems.
• Integrate market data, pricing libraries, and execution venues.
• Develop real-time streaming, execution, and risk-aware processing.
• Collaborate with traders, quants, and platform teams.
• Create STP pipelines with accuracy, resilience, and auditability.
• Optimize latency, throughput, and resource utilization.
• Implement order routing logic and trading workflows.
• Ensure integration with trade capture and risk platforms.

Skills

Capital markets tech

Electronic trading

Cross-asset trading

Pricing frameworks

Cloud-native (AWS/Azure)

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Smart Order Routing

Python scripting

C# programming

Multithreading & concurrency

Low-latency system design

Messaging systems (Kafka/Solace/JMS)

REST/WebSocket APIs

Linux/Unix

Trade lifecycle & STP

Tools

Kafka/Solace/JMS

REST/WebSocket

Bloomberg/Refinitiv data feeds

Job description

Luxoft is building a next-generation electronic trading platform and seeks a Senior Electronic Trading Engineer to design high-performance, low-latency systems for real-time pricing, data ingestion, and execution across FX, Rates, and Credit. You will work with traders, quants, and platform teams to deliver STP-ready architecture.

The role requires deep expertise in multithreading, event-driven design, and market data integration, with hands-on experience in Kafka/Solace/JMS and FIX-based