This is a remote position.
The RoleWe are seeking a highly experienced software engineer to lead the design and development of next-generation trading systems. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on building scalable, resilient, and high-performance trading infrastructure. You’ll collaborate across teams, mentor engineers, and drive innovation in a mission-critical environment.
- Architect and develop distributed, event-driven trading systems optimized for low latency and high throughput.
- Design and implement asynchronous processing frameworks and resilient messaging services.
- Collaborate with internal and external teams to deliver robust, end-to-end trading workflows.
- Lead performance tuning and optimization efforts across the platform.
- Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering best practices.
- Support production and non-production environments, including participation in a weekly on-call rotation.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent.
- 10+ years of hands-on software design and development experience.
- Expertise in Java, Python, and Linux.
- Deep experience with low latency messaging systems (e.g., 29West, Kafka).
- Proficiency in KDB+ or other time-series databases.
- Strong background in building scalable, distributed, asynchronous, and event-driven applications.
- Advanced knowledge of low latency design patterns and performance optimization techniques.
- Experience with Capital Markets or Brokerage systems, especially order management.
- Solid understanding of the FIX protocol and FIX engines.
- Worked with AI developer assist tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot).
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy.
- Hands-on experience deploying applications to AWS or other cloud platforms.
- Ability to understand complex, end-to-end systems and identify performance, scalability, or resilience bottlenecks.
- Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and thrive in a collaborative team environment.
- Self-driven innovation and ability to work with leadership.
- Willingness to support production systems and participate in on-call rotations, including occasional weekend support.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent
- 10+ years of hands-on software design and development experience
- Expertise in Java, Python, and Linux
- Experience with low-latency messaging systems such as 29West or Kafka
- Proficiency with KDB+ or other time-series databases
- Experience building scalable, distributed, asynchronous, and event-driven applications
- Knowledge of low-latency design patterns and performance optimization techniques
- Experience with capital markets or brokerage systems, especially order management
- Understanding of the FIX protocol and FIX engines
- Experience with AI developer assistance tools such as GitHub Copilot
- Experience with GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy
- Hands-on experience deploying applications to AWS or other cloud platforms
- Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills
- Ability to support production systems and participate in on-call rotations, including occasional weekend support
What We Do
CTI Consulting is a South Florida technology solutions and staffing firm founded in 1998. It provides IT staffing and nearshore staffing services for startups through Fortune 100 companies, alongside digital-product work such as designing, testing, deploying, improving, and updating mobile applications. The company emphasizes close client collaboration, comprehensive candidate evaluation, continuing education, and innovative, scalable software solutions that improve operational efficiency.







