Global Trading Tech Director - Low-Latency Platform Lead

Royal Bank of Canada; New York (NY); On-site; USD 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Bank of Canada seeks an experienced technology leader to oversee the global engineering function for our Multi-Asset Agency Solutions platform.

You will direct a team of 30+ engineers and QA professionals responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing mission-critical trading technologies that power equities, futures, rates, and FX algorithmic trading engines, smart order routing, order management systems, and flow internalization infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on software development in Java or C++ on Linux.
• Proficiency with kdb and optimizing high-frequency, data-intensive systems.
• Progression from individual contributor to technical leadership on large-scale trading systems.
• Experience designing or optimizing trading technologies like algo engines, execution systems, or market data infra at a major financial institution.
• Knowledge of North American and European trading markets, market structure and connectivity, MiFID II and data protection.
• Strong understanding of risk management, position monitoring, and control systems for multi-asset trading.
• Ability to align technical decisions with business goals and market microstructure impact.
• Experience managing and scaling engineering teams.
• Experience with real-time systems, low-latency optimization, and DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and day-to-day leadership for all technical aspects of our multi-asset trading platform.
• Oversee architecture and optimization of core trading engines across asset classes; manage the smart order router and OMS.
• Lead the buildout of a new low-latency electronic trading platform for prime brokerage.
• Drive technology selection, infrastructure design, and API standardization for competitive advantage.
• Hire, mentor, and develop engineering talent; set technical standards and foster operational excellence.
• Serve as the primary technical advisor to senior business leaders translating requirements into roadmaps.
• Partner with risk, compliance, and operations to meet regulatory requirements.

Skills

Java

C++

Linux

kdb

Low-latency

DevOps practices

Market knowledge

Job description

Royal Bank of Canada seeks an experienced technology leader to oversee the global engineering function for our Multi-Asset Agency Solutions platform.

You will direct a team of 30+ engineers and QA professionals responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing mission-critical trading technologies that power equities, futures, rates, and FX algorithmic trading engines, smart order routing, order management systems, and flow internalization infrastructure.