Lead Engineer, Execution Technology
Balyasny Asset Management
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This role pays more than 93% of similar roles. Most pay $148,830–$196,637 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $238k versus about $173k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is a global multi-manager hedge fund offering diversified investment strategies across equities, macro, commodities, and systematic trading.
Balyasny Asset Management currently has 59 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $175,000–$250,000 across 30 roles with salary data.
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As a Senior Engineer, Execution Technology, you will join the Execution Technology team to develop microsecond-aware systems that support large-scale transaction flows with high fault tolerance. You will design and build high-performance trading algorithms and distributed system components while leading strategic engineering initiatives from initial concept through post-production support. The role involves optimizing for efficiency, scalability, and latency while bridging the gap between technology and business stakeholders like traders and risk teams. You will provide technical leadership by shaping architecture, conducting rigorous code reviews, and mentoring engineers to improve team capabilities. Required skills include extensive experience in Java, multithreaded and concurrent programming with lock-free algorithms, and distributed systems design. Additionally, you must be comfortable maintaining C# systems and utilizing AI-assisted development tools for planning, code generation, and testing within a high-performance trading environment.
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