full-time
Staff Software Engineer (Low Latency Trading)
Kforce Inc
- Employer
- Kforce Inc
- Location
- Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
- Working pattern
- on-site
- Salary
- $300,000–$350,000 / year
About the role
Architect and develop a high-throughput electronic trading platform, including strategy orchestration, order lifecycle management, market connectivity, and execution analytics. Implement performant execution algorithms and smart order routing, and build distributed, event-driven components using Java and, where appropriate, AWS. Requires demonstrated expertise designing and developing low-latency trading systems, strong hands-on Java skills, and experience with APIs and distributed systems. Candidates should understand execution algorithms such as TWAP and VWAP, smart order routing, market structure, order workflows, microservices, and cloud deployments, preferably on AWS.