Senior Software Engineer, Risk and Margin (Americas)

Jobgether; Americas; Híbrido; MXN 600,000 - 800,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A technology recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a top-tier trading technology team. The role involves designing critical trading infrastructure and optimizing low-latency systems. Candidates should have over 7 years in software engineering with experience in trading, fintech, or high-performance systems. This fully remote position offers competitive salary and benefits including health coverage and home office stipends.

Servicios

Competitive salary and stock options

Comprehensive health benefits

Home-office setup allowance

Monthly home office expense stipend

Flexible remote work arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Formación

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in trading, fintech, or high-performance systems.
• Deep understanding of operating systems, networking, concurrency, and low-latency optimization.
• Experience building distributed, fault-tolerant systems.

Responsabilidades

• Design, implement, and maintain high-performance trading infrastructure.
• Optimize low-latency systems for throughput and fault tolerance.
• Integrate with global exchanges, ensuring robust connectivity.

Conocimientos

Go

C++

Java

Python

Low-latency optimization

Problem-solving

Educación

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Herramientas

Postgres

Redis

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Kubernetes

Docker

Descripción del empleo

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Risk and Margin in the Americas.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join a high-performance trading technology team. This role involves designing and maintaining critical trading infrastructure, from order execution engines to real-time risk and margin controls. You will work closely with traders, quants, and other engineers to ensure scalable, reliable, and low-latency systems. The position offers exposure to complex distributed systems, high-throughput environments, and cutting-edge financial technology, providing an opportunity to make a direct impact on trading operations. Ideal candidates thrive in fast-paced, high-stakes environments and are passionate about performance optimization and system reliability. This role is fully remote, with collaboration across global teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain high-performance trading infrastructure including order management systems, execution gateways, and market data distribution.
• Optimize low-latency systems for throughput, determinism, and fault tolerance.
• Integrate with global exchanges, brokers, and ECNs, ensuring robust connectivity using protocols such as FIX, OUCH, and ITCH.
• Build and maintain real-time risk checks, margin controls, and compliance-related systems.
• Develop and maintain core libraries, APIs, and frameworks used across trading platforms.
• Collaborate with traders and quantitative analysts to prototype and productionize new strategies.
• Monitor, debug, and optimize production systems for high availability and rapid recovery.
• Mentor junior engineers and establish engineering standards for code quality, testing, and deployment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in trading, fintech, or high-performance systems.
• Strong programming skills in Go, C++, or Java; Python experience is a plus.
• Deep understanding of operating systems, networking, concurrency, and low-latency optimization.
• Experience building distributed, fault-tolerant systems.
• Familiarity with trading protocols such as FIX, OUCH, and ITCH.
• Solid knowledge of databases, caching, and messaging systems (Postgres, Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work under pressure.
• Preferred: experience with equities, derivatives, or FX trading systems, cloud/containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK), or contributions to open-source projects in systems programming.

Benefits and Compensation

• Competitive salary and stock options.
• Comprehensive health benefits.
• New hire home-office setup allowance.
• Monthly stipend for home office expenses.
• Flexible remote work arrangements with a globally distributed team.
• Opportunities for professional development and mentorship.