Remote System Architect for High-Performance Trading

EXANTE Limited; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & bonus programs

Corporate benefits

Inspiring culture & environment

Ongoing education & training programs

Global career opportunities

Job summary

EXANTE Limited is seeking an experienced System Architect to own the design and evolution of our high-performance trading backend. You will bridge technical depth and business vision, working across engineering, product, and leadership to build resilient, scalable systems that power our trading platform.

Reporting line to the Back-end Director, the role supports Remote/Hybrid/On-site options. You will drive monolith decomposition and microservices adoption while aligning with strategic goals and

Qualifications

• Production experience with Kubernetes and microservices at scale.
• Hands-on background in trading platform development or fintech systems.
• Proven track record migrating monoliths to distributed architectures.
• Experience with real-time stream processing such as Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Design, maintain, and improve high-availability, low-latency trading backend infrastructure with a focus on uptime, throughput, and operational resilience.
• Partner with product owners to gather and interpret business requirements, translate them into clear technical specifications, and lead initiatives from design through production release.
• Collaborate closely with the management team to align architectural direction with long-term product strategy and organisational goals.
• Drive the decomposition of monolithic systems into maintainable, independently deployable microservices, ensuring a smooth transition with minimal disruption.
• Define and champion engineering standards, architecture review processes, and best practices across teams.

Skills

Kubernetes

Microservices

Trading systems

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Redis

ClickHouse

Java/Kotlin/Scala

Forex trading

Job description

EXANTE Limited is seeking an experienced System Architect to own the design and evolution of our high-performance trading backend. You will bridge technical depth and business vision, working across engineering, product, and leadership to build resilient, scalable systems that power our trading platform.

Reporting line to the Back-end Director, the role supports Remote/Hybrid/On-site options. You will drive monolith decomposition and microservices adoption while aligning with strategic goals and