Solution Engineer (Aeron and Capital Markets)

Adaptive; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working model

Medical insurance

Dental and vision plans

23 days vacation plus 11 holidays

401K matching

Gym subsidy

Life insurance

Commuter benefits

Mental health support

Job summary

Adaptive is seeking a Solution Engineer in New York City. The role involves problem-solving in a collaborative team environment, building strong relationships with clients, and ensuring technical excellence in solution delivery. Candidates should have substantial experience in capital markets and software development, particularly with Java and Agile methodologies. The position offers a flexible hybrid work model, comprehensive benefits, and a competitive salary ranging from $240,000 to $300,000, based on skills and experience.

Qualifications

• Experience within capital markets, developing software solutions using Java in a high-performance manner.
• Familiarity with appropriate data structures like sets, maps, and queues.
• Experienced in building solutions for Order Management Systems, Execution Management Systems, and more.

Responsibilities

• Be an ambassador to Adaptive’s clients.
• Build strong relationships with your team and clients.
• Contribute to the codebase and ensure output quality meets standards.
• Define and facilitate the adoption of standards within teams.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Mentorship and support

Java programming

Aeron experience

Data structures knowledge

Agile environment experience

Distributed Systems knowledge

Event-driven architecture

Job description

We are Adaptive, a financial consulting firm partnering with capital, commodity, and digital market participants. We value differentiation through technology. Our experienced teams design and deliver complex front‑office technology solutions using our proven accelerators to create long‑term competitive advantage. Our clients include the world’s leading investment banks, investment managers, fintech and capital market service providers. With a global reach and offices in London, New York, Barcelona, Manila and Montreal, we have a proven track record of delivering powerful, elegant and intuitive trading technology solutions.

We are now looking for a Solution Engineer to join our team in New York City.

YOU ARE:

• An exceptional technologist who loves to solve complex problems as part of a team
• An individual with experience building solutions in the capital markets domain
• Able to build strong relationships easily with your team and clients
• Can think strategically and communicate concepts clearly to others
• An individual who acts with authenticity and integrity through their work and interactions

YOU WILL:

• Be an ambassador to Adaptive’s clients
• Build a strong, long term and trusting relationship with your team
• Help others to grow and evolve through coaching, mentorship and feedback
• Be accountable for the success and technical excellence of solutions delivered to clients at Adaptive:
  • Through individual contribution to the codebase on the most challenging aspects of a Delivery
  • Ensuring the output quality of the team you work meets the standards within Adaptive
  • Through the application of best practices within design and development (e.g. separation of concerns)
  • Through the advocacy of testing approaches (e.g. behaviour driven testing)
  • By helping to define and facilitate the adoption of standards within teams
  • Through the definition of performant and resilient architecture, and detailed design informed by the domain and client need
• Be expected to advocate for technical decisions to your Team, Clients and other Stakeholders
• Be able to lead a team in proper adherence to software development lifecycle processes
• Be able to work with leadership to ensure that delivered work meets time, budget and possible constraints
• Be comfortable escalating and articulating risks to team members, management and clients

YOU HAVE:

• Strong communication skills
• Experience in providing mentorship and support to team members
• Significant, professional experience within capital markets, developing software solutions using Java in a highly performant, low latency manner.
• Experience using Aeron in a high-performance scenario within capital markets or digital assets.
• Familiarity with appropriate data structures and their usages (e.g. sets, maps and queues)
• Relevant experience in building solutions within these domains:
  • Order Management Systems
  • Execution Management Systems
  • Smart Order Routing
  • Trading Venues & Exchanges
  • Matching Engines
  • Algo Containers
  • Risk Management
  • FIX Gateways
• Experienced in working within an Agile environment and following a mature SDLC
• Distributed Systems and Consensus Algorithms
• Event-driven architecture
• Replicated State Machines

WHY US:

• To work on exciting and groundbreaking client projects where you have the opportunity to innovate and drive change at pace
• To be immersed in high‑standard engineering culture
• To work amongst industry‑leading experts in technology and capital markets
• To be part of the growth and development of a great company
• Our teams feel free to speak up, make suggestions and raise concerns
• Collaborative team environment: we all work together, respect each other, and pitch in
• Great work/life balance (flexible, hybrid working model when clients permit, well‑being benefits). The balance between professional and personal life is extremely important to us
• We work hard to provide a positive, collaborative and inclusive culture and to positively impact our staff and local communities through different well‑being, diversity and inclusion programmes

BENEFITS:

• Flexible hybrid working model
• Medical from the 1st of the following month of your start date (i.e. if you join on the 24th of July, it starts on the 1st of August). We have 6 Aetna plans to choose from as provided by our PEO, Justworks. We make a flat monthly contribution to your healthcare costs
• Dental and vision from the 1st of the month following your start date - we have 3 dental and 2 vision plans to choose from. We make fixed contributions to each
• 23 days of vacation per calendar year plus 11 public holidays
• Group disability insurance: short‑term and long‑term (60% and taxable)
• 401K safe harbor plan where we match contributions up to 5% of base pay on a paycheck‑to‑paycheck basis (you can opt‑in after 90 days of service)
• Gym subsidy of up to $50 per month (and we pay the taxes on that so it’s a real $50) post probation
• Life insurance at 2 x salary
• Commuter benefits
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Mental Health First Aiders

Background check:

The employment/engagement is subject to an acceptable background check that will be run by Adaptive.

E-Verify

Adaptive Financial Consulting Inc. makes use of E-Verify to validate someone’s right to work in the US. We will provide the Social Security Administration, and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each new employee’s Form I‑9 to confirm work authorization. Please note that we do not use this information to pre‑screen job applicants.

Base pay will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package. Pay is based on candidate skills and experience.

New York pay range

$240,000—$300,000 USD