Senior Software Engineer - Real-Time Trading Systems

Mojo; New York (NY); On-site; USD 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Total Compensation

Profit Sharing

Equity

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

OneMedical Membership

Health Savings Account

401(k) Retirement Plan

Company-Paid Life Insurance

Parental Leave

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Job summary

Mojo in New York seeks a senior engineer to build and evolve high-performance, low-latency systems for real-time trading and market data. You will shape architecture for scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance, and lead cross-team technical initiatives with business and engineering partners.

You will mentor engineers, participate in the on-call rotation, and influence best practices across the backend stack, including distributed backends and cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• Requires at least 10 years of experience with C++ and/or Java, including proven implementation of low-latency trading systems and large-scale distributed backends in quantitative electronic trading.
• Candidates should have deep knowledge of trading infrastructure and market data, expert distributed-systems skills, leadership experience in architectural initiatives, and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve high-performance, low-latency systems for real-time trading, pricing, and financial data.
• Define architecture for scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance.
• Lead cross-team technical initiatives, collaborate with business and engineering partners, mentor engineers, and participate in the on-call rotation.

Skills

C++

Java

Low-Latency System Design

Electronic Trading

Real-Time Market Data Processing

Distributed Systems Architecture

Backend System Design

Scalability

Fault Tolerance

System Reliability

FIX Protocol

RFQ Workflows

Quantitative Analytics

Public Cloud Technologies

AI-Assisted Software Development

Job description

Mojo in New York seeks a senior engineer to build and evolve high-performance, low-latency systems for real-time trading and market data. You will shape architecture for scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance, and lead cross-team technical initiatives with business and engineering partners.

You will mentor engineers, participate in the on-call rotation, and influence best practices across the backend stack, including distributed backends and cloud technologies.