Trading/Risk Engineer | Top 5 Market Maker | NYC

Delmar Nord; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Delmar Nord in New York City is seeking a hands-on Trading/Risk Engineer to own, support, automate, and extend next-gen order routing and risk infrastructure for a top market maker. You will bridge traders and engineers, taking ownership of production systems and responding to live events with speed and precision.

The role involves writing code, building new solutions, and serving as the first contact for escalated live-system issues, while collaborating with traders across global offices to

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience at a trading firm, bank, or other financial institution.
• Experience querying and analyzing large datasets with SQL.
• Understanding of US equity market structure (venues, smart order routing, order types, trade reporting).
• Experience with Java or C++ a plus.
• Background in statistical analysis a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ship code to production and build new strategy functionality, automation, and monitoring solutions.
• Act as the first line of defense on live automated trading and risk systems: spot and fix issues as they happen, and elevate when needed.
• Design and run retail order routing experiments, then analyze and present the results.
• Work with traders and engineers across global offices to make the platform more resilient as trading coverage grows.
• Build deep expertise in order flow, risk systems, and US equity market structure.

Skills

SQL

US equity market structure

Java

C++

Statistical analysis

Problem solving

Communication

Time management

Job description

Trading/Risk Engineer | Top 5 Market Maker | NYC

A Top 5 global electronic market maker is hiring an Trading/Risk Engineer to join a modernization effort for its order routing systems. You'll step into a role that will own, support, automate, and build out next gen systems for one of the most critical engines across the entire org.

This team owns the framework that routes the firm’s retail equity order flow to market, and it manages risk in real time across regions and trading sessions. The group sits between trading and engineering and works with traders and developers around the world. This is a high-visibility seat with real ownership of production systems and direct collaboration with traders.

We are looking for a hands-on engineer who is comfortable switching between a trader’s mindset when markets are moving and an engineer’s mindset when the platform needs to grow. This person will spend a large share of their time writing code and building new solutions to improve the routing and risk infrastructure, and will also the first point of contact for escalated issues for live systems.

Responsibilities:

• Ship code to production and build new strategy functionality, automation, and monitoring solutions
• Act as the first line of defense on live automated trading and risk systems: spot and fix issues as they happen, and elevate when needed
• Design and run retail order routing experiments, then analyze and present the results
• Work with traders and engineers across global offices to make the platform more resilient as trading coverage grows
• Build deep expertise in order flow, risk systems, and US equity market structure

Skills:

• 3+ years of experience at a trading firm, bank, or other financial institution
• Experience querying and analyzing large datasets with SQL
• Understanding of US equity market structure (venues, smart order routing, order types, trade reporting) a plus
• Experience with Java or C++ a plus
• Background in statistical analysis a plus
• Stays composed and detail-oriented in fast-moving, time-sensitive production environments
• Strong problem solver and communicator, with flexibility on hours when markets require it
• Industry leading compensation and benefits
• Chance to work at the center of trading and engineering, with real ownership of production systems
• Exposure to market structure, order routing, and real-time risk at one of the largest liquidity providers in the world