Principal Portware SW Engineer 250k+ Hybrid

  • Living Talent
  • New York, New York
  • 01/10/2026

Job Description

Implement automation strategies to improve trading workflows (Equities, Futures, FX, Options)


  • Location: Battery Park City
  • Hybrid: 4 days in office
  • Compensation: 200k - 230k base + bonus
  • PTO: Unlimited
  • Benefits: Exceptional


Architect, Design and Develop customizations and interfaces in Portware using Java

  • New Development 30%
  • Enhancements 50%
  • Maintenance 20%
  • Backend 70%
  • Frontend 30%
  • Interface with Traders and Portfolio Managers; collaborate with Product Owner
  • Provide architectural input influence design aligning with future state
  • Hands-on implementation


Tech Stack

  • Java (50%)
  • Java Swing (30% - for custom interfaces to EMS platform)
  • SQL Server (10%)
  • VB.net (10%)
  • Portware EMS
  • AWS, Snowflake
  • Agile, Microservices
  • TDD, Unit Testing (Pytest, UnitTest)
  • GIT Co-pilot, Eclipse, VS Code, Jira, Confluence, Docker,
  • Ideal experience: DevSecOps (ANT, Maven, Artifactory)

Skills & Qualifications

  • Trading workflow (Equities, Futures, Options, FX)
  • Portware (or other EMS)
  • Expert Java skills and concepts (Java 8)
  • 10+ years Fullstack Software Engineering
  • 4+ years Architecture (microservices and other architectural concepts)
  • Experience with Java Swing is a plus
  • Cloud-native development expertise (ideally AWS)
  • Skilled in troubleshooting and debugging performance issues
  • Nice to haves: BS or MS in Computer Science, Math or related, CFA, CRD/CRIMS experience