Trading Systems Senior Engineer

New England Asset Management

$100K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BA/BSDegree in Computer Engineering / Computer Science or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in object-oriented programming (C# or Python) and SQL databases.
  • Strong understanding of trading workflows and compliance operations.
  • Proven ability to support business-critical systems in regulated environments.
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills with an analytical approach to complex issues.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with business and technology teams.
  • Experience with Charles River Trading & Compliance System or similar platforms is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Support and enhance NEAM's Investment Trading & Compliance platform.
  • Ensure stability, resiliency, and regulatory integrity of trading workflows.
  • Monitor system health and batch processing for uninterrupted trading continuity.
  • Remediate legacy customizations by updating to modern APIs and SaaS-native tools.
  • Serve as a technical escalation point for trading and compliance inquiries.
  • Collaborate with Charles River teams to evaluate platform updates and improvements.
  • Assist in root-cause analysis for trading compliance events.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule with remote and in-office options in Farmington, CT.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and methodologies in SaaS migrations.
  • Opportunities to work cross-functionally with various teams.
  • Engagement in significant platform upgrades and enhancements.
Full Job Description
Trading Systems Senior Engineer

Position Description

NEAM has an opening for a Trading Systems Senior Engineerwith 5+ years of experience and responsible for the ongoing support,configuration, and enhancement of NEAM's Investment Trading & Complianceplatform.

The role ensures the stability, resiliency, and regulatory integrityof NEAM's pre-trade and post-trade compliance and trading workflows.

The position works closely with PortfolioManagement, Trading, Operations, Compliance, and Technology teams to supportand enhance the platform.

The position plays a critical role in NEAM's migration froman on-premises Charles River environment to a SaaS platform hosted in Azure,including the reengineering of bespoke automation using modern APIs andsupported extensibility frameworks.

Workwithin a small team to provide day-to-day operational support for NEAM'sCharles River Trading & Compliance platform, ensuring high availability andtimely issue resolution.

Monitorsystem health, batch processing, interfaces, and overnight workflows to supporttrading continuity and compliance obligations.

Remediateand modernize legacy customizations by replacing direct database dependencieswith supported APIs and SaaS-native tools.

Serveas a technical escalation point to vendor for trading, portfolio management,and compliance inquiries related to Charles River functionality.

Partnerwith Charles River product and support teams to evaluate platform releases,manage upgrades, and onboard new functionality.

Ensuresystem behavior aligns with documented compliance procedures and supportsaudit, regulatory, and operational review requirements.

Assistin root-cause analysis for compliance events and trading issues, including "whydid this violation occur" investigations.
Participatein release reviews, change management, and risk assessments related to systemupgrades and enhancements.

Qualifications

BA/BSDegree in Computer Engineering / Computer Science or a related discipline and5+ years of experience.

5+years of experience with object-oriented programming languages (preferably C#or Python) and SQL databases.

Strongunderstanding of trading workflows, pre-trade and post-trade compliance, andsecurity operations.

Provenability to support business-critical systems in a regulated environment.

Strongproblem-solving skills that apply an analytical approach to diagnosing andresolving complex system issues.

Workseffectively across business and technology teams.

Experiencesupporting Charles River Trading & Compliance System, or a comparableinstitutional trading/compliance platform highly preferred.

Hands-onexperience with Charles River SaaS migrations or major platform upgrades highlypreferred.

Experienceworking with APIs, system integrations, and cloud-based platforms highlypreferred.

We currently offer a hybrid schedule with M/F remote and T/W/TR in the officein Farmington, CT.

**NEAM does not offer tax/legal advice.

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