Lead the design, build, and rollout of next‑generation Prime Services trade processing and clearing capabilities, focusing on high throughput Market Maker Clearing, Financing workflows, and lifecycle automation
Partner with MD‑level stakeholders across Front Office, Operations, Product, Risk, Quant, and engineering teams to shape roadmap and delivery priorities.
Collaborate closely with Product Development, BA, and cross‑functional teams to ensure functional and non‑functional requirements are met.
Own and execute the multi‑year technology roadmap across globally distributed teams (New York, India, and other regions).
Architect target‑state distributed systems for Prime trade processing and clearing
Produce functional specifications, technical design documents, and oversee testing frameworks for risk and margin workflows.
Manage full SDLC lifecycle including analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, and production readiness.
Conduct code reviews and ensure high engineering standards across risk, margin, and exposure technology domains.
Serve as the technical and functional SME for Options and ETF processing, Market Maker Financing and Clearing methodologies, and system integration.
Tackle complex analytical and computational challenges involving large datasets, high‑performance calculation engines, and time‑sensitive risk workloads.
Ensure quality, maintainability, resiliency, and scalability across all platform components.

Requirements

7+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, education
3+ years of management or leadership experience
7+ years Capital Markets experience within Sell‑Side, Broker‑Dealer, or Exchange environments
6+ years of capital markets or securities industry experience
6+ years of direct experience in Prime Brokerage, Equity Finance, Delta‑1, Synthetic Financing, or Margin/Risk technology
6+ years of application development experience, Strong proficiency in Java and/or C++ in low‑latency trading or risk environments
6+ years designing or building high‑performance distributed systems
6+ years managing application development teams (onshore + offshore) in Agile environments
5+ years of architectural design experience with distributed compute, caching, and messaging systems

Benefits

Health benefits
401(k) Plan
Paid time off
Disability benefits
Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
Parental leave
Critical caregiving leave
Discounts and savings
Commuter benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Scholarships for dependent children
Adoption reimbursement

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaC++distributed systemshigh-performance calculation enginesSDLCrisk technologymargin technologyapplication developmentcode reviewstechnical design documents

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationstakeholder managementanalytical skillscommunicationproblem-solvingteam managementexecutionquality assurancefunctional expertise