Senior Technical Business Analyst - Trading Systems

Adaptive; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

23 days vacation

Disability insurance

401K with matching

Gym subsidy

Life insurance

Commuter benefits

HSA/FSA

Job summary

Adaptive Financial Consulting Inc. is seeking a Technical Business Analyst in New York to bridge gap between product vision and delivery in a fast-moving technical environment.

You will work with engineering teams on high‑performance messaging platforms and help define and document requirements across the full software lifecycle. The role emphasizes collaboration with stakeholders and a product‑driven, design‑led approach.

Qualifications

• Strong technical and domain‑driven mindset; work closely with engineering teams.
• Hands‑on experience with high‑performance messaging platforms (Aeron, Kafka, Hydra) including ordering, state machine replication, and fault tolerance.
• Exposure to low‑latency/high‑throughput messaging infrastructure in financial or similar demanding environments.
• Experience in QA, Software Engineering, Technical Business Analysis, or other technical product environments.
• Product‑first mindset with Domain‑Driven Design and understanding of systems and user impact.
• Ability to define and document functional and non‑functional requirements clearly.
• Understanding of performance, scalability, resilience and availability in modern platforms.
• Experience in Agile or Kanban across the full software development lifecycle.
• Ability to contribute to architecture and design discussions; simplify complex challenges into deliverable solutions.
• Ability to create process flows, sequencing diagrams, and documentation aligning technical and operational teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain functional and non‑functional requirements across distributed workflows.
• Translate complex technical solutions into structured backlog items, deliverable stories and testable outcomes.
• Collaborate with engineering, QA and architecture to translate solutions into deliverable items.
• Define acceptance criteria and tests up front as part of a Business‑Driven Development approach.
• Follow up during implementation and testing to ensure delivery satisfies requirements.

Skills

Technical mindset

Domain knowledge

Agile / Kanban

Stakeholder collaboration

Documentation

Tools

Aeron

Kafka

Hydra

Job description

Adaptive Financial Consulting Inc. is seeking a Technical Business Analyst in New York to bridge gap between product vision and delivery in a fast-moving technical environment.

You will work with engineering teams on high‑performance messaging platforms and help define and document requirements across the full software lifecycle. The role emphasizes collaboration with stakeholders and a product‑driven, design‑led approach.