Engineer, Execution Technology

Engineer, Execution Technology

Warsaw

Posted 14 Days Ago

The Execution Technology team at Balyasny sets the standard for innovative, effective, and user-centric technologies that empower our firm’s Investment and Business divisions to achieve breakthrough performance. We build fault-tolerant trading systems that sit at the core of our business, supporting large transaction volumes with microsecond latency. As ambassadors of leading-edge design and technology, we are inviting an Engineer to join us in shaping the next generation of our execution platforms.

We are looking for candidates who share a passion for tackling complexity and building platforms that can scale across multiple orders of magnitude.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior engineers to design high-performance trading algorithms and distributed system components.
• Raise the bar through rigorous design and code reviews.
• Optimize relentlessly - improving efficiency, scalability, and stability across our systems.
• Bridge the gap between technology and the business, collaborating directly with traders, portfolio managers, and risk teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building financial or trading systems in Java.
• Extensive experience with multithreaded and concurrent programming, including lock-free algorithms.
• Experience with distributed systems design and development.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools, including planning, code generation, and testing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building systems using low-latency techniques.

Even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you - if you're excited about this role, we encourage you to apply!