Senior Java Architect — Real-Time FX Trading

Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland Ltd; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Cantor Fitzgerald Technology Markets LLC seeks a seasoned Senior Software Engineer to lead development of a latency‑sensitive FX trading platform in New York. You will guide architecture, mentor engineers, and resolve critical production issues while collaborating with business and operations stakeholders.

The role requires 15+ years in software engineering, expert Java, multithreaded distributed systems, and architectural leadership with a focus on low latency, reliability, and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• 15+ years of software engineering experience, including high‑performance Java development.
• Hands‑on experience building and supporting multithreaded, distributed, real‑time trading systems.
• Proven track record leading technical design and architectural decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and influence engineering standards.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and distributed‑system design.
• Expertise optimizing applications for performance, scalability, reliability, and latency.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Experience with Linux environments, scripting, network programming, and relational databases (e.g., Oracle).
• Background in electronic order handling, FIX protocol, and market‑data processing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and document reliable, high‑performance Java applications for a real‑time FX trading platform.
• Translate business and product requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Lead architecture and design of complex, distributed, latency‑sensitive trading systems.
• Establish technical direction and mentor engineers on design, code quality, testing, and best practices.
• Partner with technology and business stakeholders to shape the engineering roadmap.
• Diagnose and resolve critical production incidents, performing root‑cause analysis and preventive improvements.
• Evaluate and promote emerging technologies, including AI‑assisted tools, to enhance engineering efficiency.
• Ensure systems are resilient, highly available, and fault‑tolerant.
• Support 24/7 production environments with minimal downtime.
• Drive performance optimization for scalability, reliability, and low latency.

Skills

Leadership

Architecture

Java

Mentoring

Low latency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/IT or related field

Tools

Java

Linux

Oracle

FIX protocol

Job description

Cantor Fitzgerald Technology Markets LLC seeks a seasoned Senior Software Engineer to lead development of a latency‑sensitive FX trading platform in New York. You will guide architecture, mentor engineers, and resolve critical production issues while collaborating with business and operations stakeholders.

The role requires 15+ years in software engineering, expert Java, multithreaded distributed systems, and architectural leadership with a focus on low latency, reliability, and performance.