Vice President Architect (Fintech)

TL;DR

Vice President Architect (Fintech): Designing and implementing the core infrastructure of a brokerage platform with an accent on capital markets, low-latency distributed systems, and scalable architectures. Focus on building deterministic, fault-tolerant, and high-performance trading systems with sub-millisecond event processing and advanced concurrency techniques.

Location: Hybrid with onsite presence every other week at Fidelity office

Salary: $140,000–285,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global is a leading financial services corporation focused on investment management and brokerage services.

What you will do

• Design and enhance the technical architecture of the brokerage platform’s trading core.
• Establish real-time event sourcing patterns and deliver sub-millisecond, high-throughput event processing.
• Collaborate with product and business leaders to align architecture with trading workflows.
• Optimize performance at CPU, memory, and network layers using advanced concurrency and NUMA-aware designs.
• Build replay and audit mechanisms to meet regulatory and operational requirements.
• Guide and mentor engineering teams through implementation, testing, and deployment.

Requirements

• Must have 12+ years in distributed systems engineering with 5+ years in capital markets or trading technology.
• Proven experience designing or building trading-related infrastructure.
• Expertise in high-performance messaging and event frameworks.
• Advanced programming skills in Java, C++, or Rust with mastery of concurrency and performance optimization.
• Strong knowledge of market protocols (FIX, OUCH, ITCH) and trade lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated leadership in architectural design and mentoring.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive health care and emotional well-being support.
• Market-leading retirement plans and generous paid time off including parental leave.
• Charitable giving employee match program.
• Educational assistance including student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement.
• Support for career development and learning resources.