Principal Architect to Nasdaq

Help write the blueprint for the future software products of Nasdaq!

Your architectural knowledge is needed to help build our up & coming products as well as ensure a consistent and harmonious product suite and eco system. You will be responsible for drawing the technical roadmap within a product domain, anchoring it to the overall business strategy. You’ll also work in close collaboration with your architect peers, VP of product architecture, product management and other key stake holders to ensure we accomplish the goal of a synchronized and well-planned product suite.

You will

In your role you´ll be a key player in creating and supervising the development of our product architecture in close collaboration with our engineering teams and product management.


• You´ll be creating the architecture and overall technical design for your product area, thus ensuring a clear and cohesive technical roadmap in alignment with the business strategies within product management.
• You´ll lead initiatives within the assigned product domain, and align software development in accordance to set strategies. Through this approach you´ll assure that the products will provide the necessary robustness, functionality, scalability and performance.
• You will, together with your architectural colleagues, be moving towards accomplishing a synchronized product suite while helping us on the journey of implementing new technologies.

You are

You are an accomplished software architect with a deeper understanding of how to build distributed systems, considering the infrastructural aspects. Your experience includes setting the technical framework for products. You have a thorough understanding on how to build high performance systems, especially around providing low latency, horizontal/vertical scaling, high availability, redundancy and overall robustness while utilizing new technology.

You have maintained an understanding of code (Java) and have knowledge of DB/SQL as well as deployment. You adhere to agile principles and thrive in transformational journeys.

Ideally, you also have experience in implementing high performance software in the cloud as well as implementing systems using microservice architecture and “ready for cloud” containerized software.

Want to learn more?

We are collaborating with Sigma Recruit regarding this recruitment. Please contact Kristin Burrescia at 070-247 20 01, kristin.burrescia@sigma.se should you want to learn more about the position. We are looking forward to hearing from you! 

Nasdaq as an employer

Nasdaq is the world’s largest and leading supplier of mission-critical technology solutions to 100+ exchanges, CCPs and depositories, and is the owner and operator of a diverse set of 30+ electronic markets and post-trade businesses, which all leverage the technology. Nasdaq also services over 150 market participants, mainly banks and brokers, through its risk and market surveillance offerings. 

We drive the future of tomorrow, shaping global capital markets and providing economies with robust technology foundations to form strong exchanges that can attract capital and increase growth. Nasdaq looks worldwide for the great minds to help build this technology.

Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, color, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable law.