Vice President, Algo Trading / Smart Order Router Developer
Job Description
Vice President, Algo Trading / Smart Order Router Developer
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New York City | 3–4 days per week onsite
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$250K base | $350K–$400K total compensation
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81 North is partnering with a leading digital-assets firm seeking a senior, hands-on engineer to help build its next-generation algorithmic trading and smart-order-routing platform.
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This is a greenfield development opportunity for someone who has personally built execution algorithms, routing logic or low-latency electronic-trading systems. You will work closely with traders and product stakeholders while remaining deeply involved in the architecture and code.
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What you’ll work on:
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- Low-latency, high-throughput EMS and Smart Order Router development
- Intelligent routing based on liquidity, execution quality, latency and cost
- Order-management and execution workflows
- Exchange and venue connectivity
- Real-time market-data processing
- System performance, resiliency and production support
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What we’re looking for:
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- 8+ years of electronic or algorithmic trading technology experience
- Strong hands-on Java development
- Direct SOR, execution-algorithm, OMS or EMS experience
- Low-latency systems, concurrency, networking and memory management
- FIX, market gateways and real-time market-data feeds
- Linux and performance-profiling experience
- Experience partnering directly with traders and business stakeholders
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Experience with institutional crypto, FX, market making, internalization or crossing networks is especially valuable.
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This is not a general blockchain-engineering position. The core requirement is hands-on ownership of institutional execution, routing or electronic-trading technology.