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Trading Systems Developer – C# / Java | Hedge Fund$30bn+ Global Hedge Fund | Stamford, CTTotal Comp: Base (Advertised) + Competitive Bonus for 2026/Buyout Working Entitlement: Candidates must be hold permanent residency / US Citizenship. A $30bn+ global hedge fund is looking for a Trading Systems Developer to build technology supporting its Equities investment business. This is a hands-on engineering role working directly with Equities Portfolio Managers and investment teams, developing the applications and platforms they rely on for day-to-day trading and portfolio management.
The Role: Build and enhance front-office trading and investment systems supporting Equities Portfolio Managers. Develop production applications using C#/.NET or Java. Work directly with PMs to understand investment workflows and turn requirements into scalable technology. Develop systems handling positions, orders, trades, P&L, market data and portfolio analytics. Build APIs, services and data pipelines connecting the wider trading technology environment. Develop and modernize applications using AWS and cloud-native technologies. Improve the performance, reliability and scalability of business-critical trading systems. Own technology from initial design through deployment and production support.
Requirements:
  • Strong professional C#/.NET or Java development experience.
  • Experience building trading systems, portfolio management technology or front-office financial applications.
  • Strong understanding of software architecture, APIs, distributed systems and data-intensive applications.
  • Professional experience with AWS.Financial markets experience, ideally across Equities, hedge funds, asset management or investment banking.
  • Comfortable working directly with Portfolio Managers, Traders or other front-office investment professionals.
  • Strong Computer Science, Engineering or similarly technical background.
  • The opportunity offers significant ownership and direct exposure to the investment business within a large, sophisticated hedge fund environment.#Trading
  • Systems #CSharp #DotNET #Java #AWS #Software
  • Engineering #Equities #Trading
  • Technology #HedgeFund #FrontOfficeTechnology

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JOB OVERVIEW

Experience level

Lead

Location

Hartford, CT

Occupation

Software Developers

Industry

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice

Posted

3 days ago

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