Systems Architect, Nucleus - MarketAxess : Job Details

About Us

MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world's largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed-income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one's ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we're going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There.

The Role

Pragma, a MarketAxess company, is looking for an additional member of its Trading Systems Engineering team to focus on the development of Pragma's next generation, flexible, low-latency trading platform. Trading Systems Engineers are designing and developing new functionality for Pragma's trading platform.

How You'll Help Take Us There

• Design and develop major new functionality for Pragma's next generation trading platform
• Author and edit documentation, present on technical topics
• Contribute to software design, code reviews, technical meetings
• Interact with the business helping to define and enhance the system

What We're Looking for

• 10+ years of experience writing trading platforms including order management systems, order gateways, and market data systems
• Prior experience designing important functionality that required at least a man year to execute
• Deep knowledge of Java 17+ and preferably Java 21+
• Still devoting 75% of your time to hands on development
• Development experience on a sequencer-based system
• Able to design and deliver long-term sustainable and product-focused software
• Have broad areas of interest within technology and the trading business and keep up with current software engineering trends
• A team player that can articulate technical viewpoints and engage in healthy debate with others
• Strong attention to detail in both written and verbal communication.
• BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related degree

What You Can Expect from Us

• Free Food: We provide free lunch for employees when they are working in the office. Plus, our offices are stocked with snacks.
• Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation and personal days, sick leave and charity days
• Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave
• 401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $17,500
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount
• Wellness Stipend: We provide employees with up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more
• Onsite Healthcare: We offer convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our Hudson Yards location
• Tuition Assistance and Professional Development: Benefit from live and on-demand learning, role-specific training, employee-led Lunch and Learns and guest speakers
• Core benefits: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs

For job positions in NYC, NY, and other locations where required, the estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $250,000 USD to $300,000 USD. Actual salary may vary depending on job-related factors, which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. You may also be eligible for annual cash incentives, equity, and other benefit programs.

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