Senior Backend Engineer- Real Time Trading

Company Overview:

Business Integration Partners (BIP) is Europe’s fastest growing digital consulting company and are on track to reach the Top 20 by 2030, with an expanding global footprint in the US (New York, Charlotte, Chicago, and Houston). Operating at the intersection of business and technology we design, develop, and deliver sustainable solutions at pace and scale creating greater value for our customers, employees, shareholders, and society.

BIP specializes in high-impact consulting services across multiple industries with 6,000 employees worldwide. Our domains include Financial Services business serves Capital Markets, Insurance and Payments verticals, supplemented with Data & AI, Cybersecurity, Risk & Compliance, Change Management and Digital Transformation practices. We integrate deep industry expertise with business, technology, and quantitative disciplines to deliver high-impact results for our clients.

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Scala Developer to join our technology team supporting trading platforms for a leading capital markets institution. You will play a key role in designing and building scalable, high-performance backend systems that support real-time trading, order routing, settlements, and market data processing. This is a critical role within a fast-paced, front-office environment where performance, reliability, and low latency are essential.

You must have valid US work authorization and must physically reside around the posted city, within a 50-mile commute. We are unable to support relocation costs.

Please do not apply for this position unless you meet the criteria outlined above.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, low-latency trading applications in Scala on the JVM.
• Collaborate with traders, quants, and infrastructure teams to deliver resilient, high-performance solutions.
• Build and optimize real-time, event-driven architectures (Kafka, Akka Streams).
• Develop APIs and services supporting execution, order management, trade settlements, and market data.
• Optimize applications for throughput and latency sensitivity.
• Ensure system reliability through automated testing, monitoring, and CI/CD.
• Enhance and modernize existing platforms across Scala/Java hybrid stacks.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture design, and agile team practices.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5 years of backend software development, including 5 years in Scala.
• Proven experience in capital markets (electronic trading, OMS, or market making).
• Strong understanding of functional programming and concurrency.
• Hands-on experience with Akka, Play, or related Scala frameworks.
• Expertise with real-time messaging (Kafka, JMS, FIX).
• Solid database skills (PostgreSQL, time-series DBs; kdb /q is a plus).
• Familiarity with market data feeds (Bloomberg, Reuters, exchange).
• Strong communication skills to work closely with traders and quants.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of financial products (equities, derivatives, fixed income).
• Experience with Apache Spark for large-scale analytics.
• Exposure to DevOps tools (CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Additional programming experience in Java, Python, or C .
• Understanding of capital markets regulations (MiFID II, SEC).
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments.

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*The base salary range for this role is $120,000 - $160,000**

Benefits:

• Choice of medical, dental, vision insurance.
• Voluntary benefits.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• HSA and FSAs.
• Matching 401k.
• Discretionary performance bonus.
• Employee referral bonus.
• Employee assistance program.
• 11 public holidays.
• 20 days PTO.
• 7 Sick Days.
• PTO buy and sell program.
• Volunteer days.
• Paid parental leave.
• Remote/hybrid work environment support.

For more information about BIP US, visit https://www.bip-group.com/en-us/.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

It is BIP US Consulting policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on job-related qualifications and ability to perform a job, without regard to age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or marital status, and to maintain a non-discriminatory environment free from intimidation, harassment or bias based upon these grounds.

BIP US provides a reasonable range of compensation for our roles. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, education, level of experience, and knowledge.