Director of Ultra-Low Latency Trading Systems

Royal Bank of Canada

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 260,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Job summary

Royal Bank of Canada seeks a Senior Technologist to lead the design and implementation of an ultra-low-latency electronic trading platform, targeting microsecond and sub-microsecond latencies.

You will own the technical strategy, establish engineering standards, and drive architecture across protocol design, FPGA acceleration, kernel-bypass networking, and deterministic recovery. This on-site role collaborates with market data, risk, and venue-integration teams to meet aggressive latency goals.

Job description

Royal Bank of Canada seeks a Senior Technologist to lead the design and implementation of an ultra-low-latency electronic trading platform, targeting microsecond and sub-microsecond latencies.

You will own the technical strategy, establish engineering standards, and drive architecture across protocol design, FPGA acceleration, kernel-bypass networking, and deterministic recovery. This on-site role collaborates with market data, risk, and venue-integration teams to meet aggressive latency goals.

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