Solutions Architect, Data

$17,500 - $17,500/Yr

Marketaxess Holdings - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

1,001-5,000 employees

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

About the position

MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world's largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. We are seeking a hands-on Senior Data Architect to lead the development and implementation of the Data Distribution Platform within the Data group at MarketAxess. This role is crucial as it involves leading engineering team members and working closely with other team members to propose and implement innovative solutions. The ideal candidate will establish and lead with meaningful engineering discipline, combining software and systems to develop creative engineering solutions. In this position, you will be responsible for ensuring exceptional software engineering practices, quality, and good documentation. You should be passionate about technology and software engineering, and willing to take on new skills to meet the shifting demands of the industry. A critical success factor for this role is being viewed as a trusted partner and collaborator among business and technology stakeholders. We embrace a culture of collaboration and experimentation, encouraging all team members to focus on continuous improvement and learning. As a Senior Data Architect, you will lead a team of engineers to deliver a robust data delivery platform, applying your knowledge to build applications using the latest technologies and frameworks hosted on cloud infrastructure. You will ensure that technology decisions align with enterprise standards and strategy, evaluate and recommend technology and frameworks for flexibility and long-term viability, and provide technical leadership to agile teams. You will also collaborate with peer architects to identify opportunities for improving business processes and customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers to deliver a robust data delivery platform.
• Apply knowledge to build applications using the latest technologies and frameworks hosted on cloud infrastructure.
• Ensure technology decisions align with enterprise standards and strategy.
• Evaluate and recommend technology and frameworks for flexibility, long-term viability, and time to market.
• Provide technical leadership and hands-on day-to-day solutions to agile teams, preparing design artifacts and implementation of solutions.
• Collaborate with peer architects to identify opportunities to refactor business processes and improve customer experience.
• Work closely with Product/Application teams in technology evaluation, selection, recommendation, and configuration.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree in computer science or related field or equivalent.
• Minimum of 10+ years of industry experience in an architecture and/or software engineering role.
• Deep hands-on experience in software development with Java, event-driven paradigms, Spring Framework/Spring Boot with a platform-first architecture mindset.
• Deep knowledge of application platforms like FIX, Kafka, Ignite, Containers.
• Deep knowledge in ETL / ELT / API / Stream processing technologies.
• Good understanding of Database technologies including RDBMS, TimeSeries, BigData, etc.
• Experience with building and delivery API frameworks using solutions like GraphQL.
• Experience with building CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrable ability to analyze business direction and problems, understand long-term vision and risk in developing strategic technical solutions.
• Proven and comprehensive knowledge of APIs, UIs, infrastructure, data architecture, security, and new technologies.
• Authoritative understanding of the agile development process and DevOps practices.
• Ability to work both independently and with all levels of the organization, including technical and non-technical team members.
• Strong presentation skills: written and verbal communication including the ability to influence.

Benefits

• Hybrid Environment: A mix of working in the office and from home.
• Free Food: Free lunch for employees working in the office and stocked snacks.
• Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation, personal days, sick leave, and charity days.
• Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave.
• 401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $17,500.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount.
• Wellness Stipend: Up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment, and more.
• Onsite Healthcare: Convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our Hudson Yards location.
• Tuition Assistance and Professional Development: Live and on-demand learning, role-specific training, employee-led Lunch and Learns, and guest speakers.
• Core benefits: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs.