Senior Platform and eTrading Architect
Bucher & Christian Consulting Inc.
Jersey City, NJContract / Full-time$68/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Senior Platform and eTrading Architect will design and deliver large-scale, low-latency distributed trading platforms using Java, Python, and event-driven architectures. The role focuses on resiliency, observability, performance engineering, scalability, and modernization of mission-critical trading systems. The position is a 12-month contract, on-site in Jersey City, and requires 12+ years designing and delivering large-scale distributed eTrading platforms.
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Compensation
$68.00 - $68.00 / Hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Platform and eTrading Architect
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Duration: Contract - 12 months
Pay Range: $68/hr (W2)
Job ID: 411569
About BCforward
BCforward is a leading global IT consulting and workforce solutions firm providing services and support to Fortune 500 and government clients. Founded in 1998, BCforward has grown with our customers needs into a full-service business solutions provider. With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity.
Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Platform and eTrading Architect to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in designing and delivering large-scale, low-latency distributed trading platforms using Java, Python, and event-driven architectures and a proven ability to drive resiliency, observability, and performance engineering to meet mission-critical trading demands.
Responsibilities:
Lead technology initiatives to improve platform resiliency, recoverability, and fault tolerance across eCredit and Portfolio Trading platforms.
Design and implement scalable architectures that support growing trading volumes and throughput demands.
Advance observability through monitoring, telemetry, alerting, distributed tracing, and operational analytics.
Develop capacity management and performance engineering strategies to identify and address bottlenecks proactively.
Modernize platform architecture with cloud-native, event-driven, and automation-first engineering practices.
Enhance messaging infrastructure and data distribution platforms, including AMPS-based architectures.
Analyze production incidents and recurring issues to deliver strategic architectural improvements and reduce operational risk.
Establish engineering standards, architecture patterns, and best practices for mission-critical trading systems.
Meet a business-driven start date that will fall 2-4 weeks after offer acceptance.
Complete GLIDER ID verification as part of onboarding.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
12+ years designing and delivering large-scale distributed eTrading platforms.
Strong hands-on expertise in Java and Python in high-performance, mission-critical environments.
Experience with low-latency and Zero-GC architectures, including JVM tuning, memory management, and GC optimization.
Deep knowledge of data structures, data modeling, memory layouts, concurrency, and computer architecture fundamentals.
Expertise in platform resiliency, observability, performance engineering, and scalability.
Experience with microservices, APIs, messaging platforms, and event-driven architectures.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Preferred Skills:
AMPS messaging architecture experience, including resiliency, failover, capacity planning, monitoring, and performance optimization.
Experience with AI-assisted SDLC tools to improve delivery speed, code quality, and engineering efficiency.
Knowledge of trading workflows, RFQ platforms, pricing engines, and electronic execution systems.
Why BCforward?
At BCforward, we believe in advancing lives and careers. When you join our team, you gain access to:
Competitive compensation and benefits
Opportunities for growth with global clients
A supportive, inclusive culture that values innovation and people
Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and projects
Additional Details
Primary Skill: Python
Secondary Skill: UI Architect
Tertiary Skill: UX Designers and Visual Designers
Hours per Day: 8
Labor Type: Technical
About Our Commitment
BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.
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Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
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How this job compares
Set against the 476 open Platform Architect jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 16 open Platform Architect jobs in New Jersey and 476 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Platform Architect postings that state a minimum ask for (median 9 years, across 392 postings).
- Education
- 79 of the 476 open Platform Architect jobs (17%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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