Senior Architect

About the Role:

Our Brokerage Platform is at the core of powering brokerage operations, managing everything from incoming order traffic to post-trade processing. As a Senior Software Architect, you will be responsible for designing and delivering highly scalable, robust, and high-performance systems that meet both functional and non-functional requirements. You will play a key role in leading the architectural evolution of our platform, focusing on high availability, resiliency, and continuous improvement in all aspects of software delivery. This role requires a deep understanding of software architecture principles, systems design, cloud technologies, and operational excellence in the context of a mission-critical financial environment.

As a Senior Architect, you’ll be at the forefront of designing and shaping the future of our brokerage platform. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, craft highly available and resilient systems, and mentor a team of engineers to build world-class solutions. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a leadership role and is passionate about building scalable, high-performance systems that power a complex financial platform.

What You'll Do:

• Architect and lead the design of scalable and resilient back office and front office systems that support high throughput, low-latency transactions, and 24x7 availability
• Define and enforce non-functional requirements such as performance, scalability, security, and reliability
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that the platform meets both functional and operational requirements in a cloud-native environment
• Drive high availability and disaster recovery initiatives to ensure business continuity and minimize downtime in mission-critical systems
• Lead the development of common libraries and frameworks to standardize internal practices and improve efficiency across teams
• Establish and mature testing automation frameworks, including performance, integration, and regression testing, to ensure high-quality releases
• Mentor and lead engineering teams, guiding them through the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and ensuring best practices are followed in architecture, code quality, and design
• Oversee production environments, manage operational health, and design systems to be fault-tolerant and self-healing
• Ensure that all systems adhere to industry standards for security, compliance, and privacy, especially in highly regulated financial services

What You'll Need:

• 15+ years of experience in software architecture, systems design, and leading engineering teams in enterprise-scale environments, preferably in brokerage services or similar financial domains
• Expertise in high-availability architecture and building systems with disaster recovery, fault tolerance, and self-healing capabilities
• Strong understanding of non-functional requirements including disaster recovery, scalability, performance, security, resiliency, and operational excellence
• Proven ability to design and implement robust testing automation frameworks across unit, integration, and performance testing
• Hands-on experience with containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration platforms
• Familiarity with message queuing, event-driven architecture, and streaming data platforms like Kafka
• Expertise in cloud-native architectures using platforms like AWS, including services like EKS, ElastiCache, S3, RDS, Lambda, and Kinesis
• Advanced experience with microservices architecture and developing API-driven systems that are both scalable and maintainable
• Proficiency in message-driven systems using tools like Kafka, ActiveMQ, or similar technologies
• Strong knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (Cassandra, DynamoDB) databases, with a deep understanding of database scaling and performance optimization
• Experience with building and maintaining common libraries and frameworks that support software development standards across teams
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and inspire a team of engineers, driving them to meet both technical and business goals
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex architectural concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to Have, But Not Required:

• Experience working in high-frequency trading or brokerage platforms, with a deep understanding of the unique challenges of such environments
• Knowledge of Linux and scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) for automating workflows and extracting data
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, CQRS, and event sourcing
• Extensive experience with designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines for automation and continuous delivery of software

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