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The company is seeking a Senior Electronic Trading Engineer to design and build low-latency, event-driven trading systems that integrate market data, pricing libraries, and execution venues. This role is critical in establishing next-generation electronic trading and market-making platforms across asset classes, including Rates, Credit, and FX, with features such as in-house pricing, real-time distribution, and straight-through processing (STP).
The position involves close collaboration with traders, quantitative analysts, and platform teams in a front-office technology setting.
Responsibilities:
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Platform Engineering & Architecture
- Design and implement high-performance, low-latency trading applications.
- Build event-driven architecture for market data ingestion, pricing orchestration, and real-time price streaming.
- Develop systems capable of high throughput and deterministic latency performance.
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Pricing & Quant Integration
- Integrate quantitative pricing libraries into real-time trading flows.
- Collaborate with quantitative teams to productionize and optimize pricing models for latency-sensitive environments.
- Implement pricing services/APIs for distribution channels.
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Market Data & Distribution
- Work with market data providers (e.g., Bloomberg, Refinitiv).
- Build low-latency market data handlers for tick processing, normalization, and internal distribution.
- Enable real-time price streaming for external/internal clients.
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Execution & Venue Connectivity
- Establish connectivity with various trading venues and liquidity sources.
- Develop order routing logic and execution workflows (e.g., RFQ, streaming, DMA).
- Support low-latency order lifecycle management.
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STP & Trade Processing
- Ensure integration with trade capture systems and risk processing platforms.
- Build real-time STP pipelines that maintain accuracy and auditability.
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Performance Optimization
- Continuously optimize systems for latency, throughput, and resource utilization.
- Apply advanced techniques such as concurrency, multithreading, and network tuning.
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Collaboration & Delivery
- Work closely with Front Office trading and sales teams, as well as quantitative research personnel.
- Participate in the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including design, build, testing, deployment, and support.
- Contribute to architecture decisions and platform evolution.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience in Capital Markets technology.
- 7+ years in electronic trading platform development.
- Experience with cross-asset trading platforms and pricing frameworks (FX, Rates, Credit derivatives).
- Knowledge in cloud-native deployment (AWS/Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong programming skills in C# (preferred for latency-critical components) and Python.
- Deep understanding of multithreading, concurrency, event-driven systems, and low-latency system design.
- Familiarity with messaging frameworks (e.g., Kafka), REST/WebSocket APIs, and strong Linux/Unix development practices.
Work Conditions: On-site, Full-time
Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Language Requirements: Not specified.
