Senior Engineer, Execution Technology

Balyasny Asset Management

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, ILNew York, NY
Salary
$200,000–$275,000 / yr
Posted
78 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $173k
This role $238k
$103k most similar roles pay here $293k

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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About Balyasny Asset Management

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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TL;DR · Senior Engineer, Execution Technology

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.

What does a Engineer earn?

Median $185000 from 249 postings across 48 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and build high-performance trading algorithms and distributed system components.
  • Lead strategic engineering initiatives from initial concept through implementation and post-production support.
  • Manage complex technical projects end-to-end while coordinating with trading and business stakeholders.
  • Establish architecture, engineering standards, and development practices for the team.
  • Mentor and up-skill engineers through coaching and hands-on design collaboration.
  • Conduct rigorous design and code reviews to maintain high engineering standards.
  • Optimize system efficiency, scalability, latency, and stability across all platforms.
  • Identify opportunities to simplify and modernize the execution platform as business needs evolve.

What we're looking for

  • 10–15+ years of experience building financial or trading systems in Java.
  • Extensive experience with multithreaded/concurrent programming, including lock-free algorithms.
  • Strong experience designing and developing distributed systems.
  • Proven track record of leading complex technical projects from start to finish.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and contribute to the growth of a high-performing team.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools for planning, code generation, and testing.
  • Comfortable reading and maintaining systems built in C#.

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