Solution Engineer (Aeron and Capital Markets)

WE ARE: At Adaptive, we are a financial consulting firm that partners with capital, commodity, and digital market participants. We value differentiation through technology. Our experienced teams design and deliver complex front-office technology solutions using our proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage. Our clients include the world’s leading investment banks, investment managers, fintech and capital market service providers. With a global reach with offices in London, New York, Barcelona, Manila and Montreal, we have a proven track record of delivering powerful, elegant and intuitive trading technology solutions. We are now looking for a Solution Engineer to join our team in New York City. YOU ARE: • An exceptional technologist who loves to solve complex problems as part of a team • An individual with experience building solutions in the capital markets domain • Able to build strong relationships easily with your team and clients • Can think strategically and communicate concepts clearly to others • An individual who acts with authenticity and integrity through their work and interactions YOU WILL: • Be an ambassador to Adaptive's clients • Build a strong, long term and trusting relationship with your team • Help others to grow and evolve through coaching, mentorship and feedback • Be accountable for the success and technical excellence of solutions delivered to clients at Adaptive: • Through individual contribution to the codebase on the most challenging aspects of a Delivery • Ensuring the output quality of the team you work meets the standards within Adaptive • Through the application of best practices within design and development (e.g. separation of concerns) • Through the advocacy of testing approaches (e.g. behaviour driven testing) • By helping to define and facilitate the adoption of standards within teams • Through the definition of performant and resilient architecture, and detailed design informed by the domain and client need • Be expected to advocate for technical decisions to your Team, Clients and other Stakeholders • Be able to lead a team in proper adherence to software development lifecycle processes • Be able to work with leadership to ensure that delivered work meets time, budget and possible constraints • Be comfortable escalating and articulating risks to team members, management and clients YOU HAVE : • Strong communication skills • Experience in providing mentorship and support to team members • Significant, professional experience within capital markets, developing software solutions using Java in a highly performant, low latency manner. • Experience using Aeron in a high-performance scenario within capital markets or digital assets. • Familiarity with appropriate data structures and their usages (e.g. sets, maps and queues) • Relevant experience in building solutions within these domains: • Order Management Systems • Execution Management Systems • Smart Order Routing • Trading Venues & Exchanges • Matching Engines • Algo Containers • Risk Management • FIX Gateways • Experienced in working within an Agile environment and following a mature SDLC • Experience with Distributed Systems and Consensus Algorithms • Experience with Event-driven architecture • Experience with Replicated State Machines WHY US : • To work on exciting and groundbreaking client projects where you have the opportunity to innovate and drive change at pace • To be immersed in high-standard engineering culture • To work amongst industry-leading experts in technology and capital markets • To be part of the growth and development of a great company • Our teams feel free to speak up, make suggestions and raise concerns • Collaborative team environment: we all work tog