Senior Fixed Income Trader: Strategy & Execution

Peak6 Investments LLC; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Fintech Solutions is seeking a seasoned Fixed Income Agency Trader to own the firm’s fixed income strategy and execution across Treasuries, corporates, municipals, agencies, MBS, and ABS. The role bridges markets, product, engineering, and client service to design scalable workflows and ensure best-in-class execution and compliance.

The candidate will lead onboarding across dealers and electronic platforms, validate new instruments, and manage vendor relationships to optimize execution

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 7+ years in fixed income trading operations with deep knowledge of Treasuries, corporates, municipals, agencies, MBS, and ABS.
• FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses required; Series 52 preferred.
• Experience integrating and managing fixed income data feeds, pricing services, and market data.
• Experience with mentoring junior staff and leading process improvements, with adaptability to changing market and regulatory conditions

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Apex’s fixed income strategy based on market research and intelligence, monitor trends and regulatory changes, and recommend roadmap priorities, market expansion, and client segmentation.
• Design and implement scalable fixed income trading workflows, serve as the business SME with Product and Engineering, define user personas and journey maps, and drive product development and go to market.
• Own end to end connectivity and client onboarding across clients, dealers, and electronic platforms (MarketAxess, Tradeweb, Bloomberg), and streamlining setup and trading.
• Lead user acceptance testing and product validation, develop comprehensive test plans for new instruments and capabilities, and monitor system performance, connectivity health, and SLA compliance.
• Negotiate commercial terms and pricing with vendors and execution partners, structure commission schedules, markup models, and connectivity fees, and manage relationships with dealers and venues to optimize execution quality and cost.
• Oversee integrations with data vendors, pricing services, and regulatory reporting systems (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, ICE), maintain technical specifications and trading protocols with version control, and support regulatory examinations and audits.
• Ensure compliance with SEC, FINRA, and MSRB regulations, collaborate with Sales, Client Onboarding, Compliance, Operations, and Post Trade teams to resolve trade breaks, settlement issues, and client inquiries, and deliver seamless client experience.
• Track and report KPIs including execution quality, settlement rates, and client satisfaction, and use insights to drive continuous improvement

Skills

Fixed income trading

Electronic trading

Vendor negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's in Finance/Economics

Tools

OMS/EMS

Market data feeds

Pricing services

Job description

Apex Fintech Solutions is seeking a seasoned Fixed Income Agency Trader to own the firm’s fixed income strategy and execution across Treasuries, corporates, municipals, agencies, MBS, and ABS. The role bridges markets, product, engineering, and client service to design scalable workflows and ensure best-in-class execution and compliance.

The candidate will lead onboarding across dealers and electronic platforms, validate new instruments, and manage vendor relationships to optimize execution