Senior Engineer – Trading Enablement

Position: Senior Engineer – Trading Enablement Location: Boston, MA (3 days onsite preferred) Type: Long-term Contract (ASAP Start) About the Role: The Trading Enablement Team is a senior engineering group tackling high-impact initiatives and urgent technical challenges that directly influence global investment operations. We’re seeking an experienced engineer who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, owns escalated issues, and drives key strategic projects vital to firm-wide operations. Responsibilities • Investigate and resolve complex, high-priority technical challenges impacting trading and investment workflows. • Contribute to Global Multi-Batch — a firm-wide initiative to modernize overnight processing and provide accurate real-time views of holdings, positions, and analytics. • Partner with traders, portfolio managers, and other business users to deliver effective, reliable solutions. • Work across the full tech stack — front-end, back-end, APIs, and databases — to improve system reliability, scalability, and performance. • Share expertise, mentor team members, and enhance engineering standards and best practices. Required Skills & Experience • 10+ years of experience as a Software Engineer / Systems Engineer with strong computer science fundamentals. • Hands-on experience in .NET / C# / Java, API development, and database engineering. • Strong problem-solving skills and flexibility to work across multiple technology stacks. • Proven track record of ownership, communication, and cross-team collaboration. • (Preferred) Prior experience in investment management or trading systems; CRD (Charles River Development) knowledge is highly valued. Why This Role? • High visibility, impactful projects within global trading operations. • Opportunity to work directly with front-office users and leadership. • Fast-moving environment — if we can submit quickly, they will move fast.