Lead Engineer, Trade Processing Technology

Balyasny Asset Management L.P.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Balyasny Asset Management L.P. in Singapore seeks a Lead Engineer for the Singapore Trade Processing team, owning design, architecture and delivery of platforms supporting the firm’s post-trade lifecycle.

The role is hands-on, combining technical leadership with coding, code reviews and delivery across a small team. You will collaborate with global Operations Technology, extend the platform to new products, and ensure high-throughput, reliable distributed systems across equity, macro,

Qualifications

• Ten or more years in investment management or financial-services tech.
• Ten or more years of professional software engineering leadership and ownership of complex production systems.
• Ten or more years programming in Rust, C#/.NET, Java or Python with high-performance concurrent software.
• Ten or more years building scalable, event-driven distributed systems using Kafka, Kinesis, Solace or RabbitMQ.
• Experience with AI coding assistants or agentic development tools to support delivery and quality.
• At least ten years of modern software delivery practices (Git, CI/CD, automated testing).
• Three or more years guiding technical decisions and leading engineers while staying hands-on.
• Strong communication to translate business needs into technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and delivery of high-throughput, distributed trade-processing systems.
• Spend majority of time on hands-on engineering, including design, coding, reviews and delivery.
• Lead end-to-end trade lifecycle capabilities (capture, allocation, settlement, reconciliation).
• Onboard new products onto the platform with engineers and business stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and guide technical decisions to support delivery.
• Translate business needs into practical technical solutions with global teams.
• Shape the technical roadmap balancing priorities with resilience and maintainability.

Skills

Rust

C#/.NET

Java

Python

Kafka / Messaging

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Git

Jenkins

Octopus Deploy

Architectural leadership

Communication

Full-stack

React / Angular

AWS / Azure

Terraform

Agile / TDD

FIX protocol

Post-trade workflows

Object-oriented

SQL / NoSQL

Tools

Git

Job description

As a Lead Engineer on our Singapore Trade Processing team, you will own the design, architecture and delivery of platforms supporting the firm’s post-trade lifecycle.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You will spend most of your time designing and building production software, while guiding technical direction, mentoring engineers and supporting delivery across a small team.

Working closely with the global Operations Technology group, you will extend the platform to support new products and strengthen the high-volume, distributed systems underpinning the firm’s Equity, Macro, Multi-Asset Arbitrage and Commodities strategies.

We’re looking for an engineer who leads through technical expertise, demonstrated experience designing and delivering production systems, and hands-on delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and delivery of high-throughput, distributed trade-processing systems, ensuring reliability, recoverability and horizontal scalability as volumes and product coverage grow.
• Spend the majority of your time on hands-on engineering, including design, coding, code review and delivery of production software.
• Lead delivery of end-to-end trade lifecycle capabilities, spanning capture, allocation, settlement and reconciliation, alongside lifecycle events such as takedowns, expiries, corporate actions and cashflows.
• Onboard new products onto the platform, working directly with engineers and business stakeholders.
• Guide technical decisions and project delivery, supporting engineers’ growth through mentoring and coaching.
• Translate business needs into practical technical solutions, working with global teams to align architecture and delivery.
• Shape the technical roadmap, balancing near-term priorities with platform resilience, maintainability and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in investment management, trading or other financial-services technology environments.
• At least 10 years of professional software engineering experience, including technical leadership and ownership of complex production systems.
• At least 10 years of professional programming experience in one or more languages, such as Rust, C#/.NET, Java or Python, and experience building concurrent, high-performance software. Willingness to build new capabilities in Rust and enhance existing C#/.NET services is essential.
• At least 10 years of experience designing and building scalable, event-driven distributed systems using messaging or streaming technologies such as Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, Solace or RabbitMQ.
• Demonstrated experience using AI coding assistants or agentic development tools to support software delivery, including coding, testing, review or documentation, together with the ability to validate outputs and apply appropriate safeguards.
• At least 10 years of experience with modern software delivery practices, including version control, automated testing and CI/CD, using tools such as Git, Jenkins or Octopus Deploy.
• At least 3 years of experience in guiding technical decisions, leading engineers to support technical delivery while remaining predominantly hands-on.
• Communication skills sufficient to translate business requirements into technical solutions and explain complex concepts to technical and business audiences.
• Experience building and operating Rust applications in production.
• Object-oriented development experience in C#/.NET or Java.
• Full-stack development experience spanning modern user interfaces, such as React or Angular, server-side services and APIs, and relational or NoSQL databases.
• Experience with AWS or Azure, including cloud-native and serverless architectures.
• Experience provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure using Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Experience with agile delivery and test-driven development.
• Knowledge of the FIX protocol.
• Understanding of post-trade workflows across US and international equity, fixed income and commodity markets.