Selby Jennings
VP/SVP - Electronic Trading Technology
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VP/SVP- Electronic Trading Technology
A leading global financial institution is seeking a senior hands-on engineer to join a high-performance front-office technology team supporting electronic trading platforms. This is a technical leadership position where you will remain close to the code while helping drive architecture, engineering standards, and platform strategy across a business-critical trading environment. The role offers significant interaction with trading, quantitative, and engineering teams and is suited to someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver strategic technology solutions across front-office trading platforms.
- Work closely with trading, quantitative, and technology stakeholders to develop scalable and resilient systems.
- Remain hands-on with software development, architecture, and technical implementation.
- Lead major platform builds, strategic enhancements, and legacy modernisation initiatives.
- Drive engineering best practices, software quality, and technical excellence.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship within a team of experienced engineers.
- Influence architectural decisions and long-term technology direction.
- Partner with teams across multiple business areas to deliver high-impact solutions.
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Required Experience
- Strong Java engineering background within a front-office, electronic trading, or real-time systems environment.
- Experience building high-performance, low-latency or ultra-low-latency distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of system design, networking, performance optimisation, and infrastructure.
- Experience working directly with traders, quants, or other front-office stakeholders.
- Proven track record delivering new platforms and modernising existing applications.
- Ability to provide technical leadership while remaining actively involved in engineering delivery.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
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Nice to Have
- FX, Equities, Fixed Income, Futures, Commodities, or broader electronic trading experience.
- Knowledge of pricing, execution, order management, market data, or trading infrastructure.
- Experience working in highly regulated, business-critical environments.
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