Real-Time Trading & Risk Engineer

Delmar Nord; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Delmar Nord in New York City is seeking a hands-on Trading/Risk Engineer to own, support, automate, and extend next-gen order routing and risk infrastructure for a top market maker. You will bridge traders and engineers, taking ownership of production systems and responding to live events with speed and precision.

The role involves writing code, building new solutions, and serving as the first contact for escalated live-system issues, while collaborating with traders across global offices to

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience at a trading firm, bank, or other financial institution.
• Experience querying and analyzing large datasets with SQL.
• Understanding of US equity market structure (venues, smart order routing, order types, trade reporting).
• Experience with Java or C++ a plus.
• Background in statistical analysis a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ship code to production and build new strategy functionality, automation, and monitoring solutions.
• Act as the first line of defense on live automated trading and risk systems: spot and fix issues as they happen, and elevate when needed.
• Design and run retail order routing experiments, then analyze and present the results.
• Work with traders and engineers across global offices to make the platform more resilient as trading coverage grows.
• Build deep expertise in order flow, risk systems, and US equity market structure.

Skills

SQL

US equity market structure

Java

C++

Statistical analysis

Problem solving

Communication

Time management

Job description

Delmar Nord in New York City is seeking a hands-on Trading/Risk Engineer to own, support, automate, and extend next-gen order routing and risk infrastructure for a top market maker. You will bridge traders and engineers, taking ownership of production systems and responding to live events with speed and precision.

The role involves writing code, building new solutions, and serving as the first contact for escalated live-system issues, while collaborating with traders across global offices to