Development Manager

• Own end‑to‑end Equities post‑execution technology estate, including middle‑office processing, clearing hand‑off, commission, reporting, and sales‑trader workflow applications.
• Define and maintain a multi‑year platform roadmap, balancing business demand, regulatory change, technical debt, and cost while securing sponsorship from leadership.
• Serve as the single technology point of accountability for sales, middle‑office, and operations, making delivery, stability, and prioritization decisions.
• Partner with central infrastructure, information security, data platforms, and production support to ensure compliance, resilience, and operational excellence.
• Lead evolution of sales‑trader applications and order‑flow migrations, guaranteeing accurate, near‑real‑time data hand‑off from upstream systems.
• Drive Kafka‑based event flows, automation, and data‑quality controls to meet T+1 affirmation and settlement timelines.
• Oversee regulatory and management reporting data feeds, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and audit readiness.
• Champion AI‑assisted engineering, modernize the middle‑office data platform (Sybase migration), and remediate legacy OS/database components.
• Manage a distributed team of engineers, analysts, and support staff; own hiring, performance, budget, and stakeholder communication.
• Maintain the technology control environment, including change management, access controls, business continuity testing, and a risk register.

• 15+ years in financial technology, with 7+ years building or running middle‑office or post‑trade platforms at a broker‑dealer or trading technology vendor.
• Deep knowledge of the sell‑side equities business and post‑execution trade lifecycle, including allocations (CTM/NYFIX), clearing, settlement, and regulatory reporting (CAT, trade reporting).
• Hands‑on expertise in Java/JVM, strong SQL skills, Linux scripting, and ability to credibly review code and architecture.
• Experience with enterprise messaging (Kafka) and API/file integrations to counterparties and service providers.
• Proven track record leading platform migrations, legacy modernization, and operating‑system/database end‑of‑life remediation.
• Strong leadership experience managing onshore/offshore engineering teams, budgets, and multi‑workstream delivery under regulatory deadlines.
• Excellent executive‑level communication skills, capable of influencing senior business and technology leaders.
• Experience driving AI‑assisted development or operational tooling (preferred).
• Familiarity with post‑trade service providers (FIS/Broadridge) and AWS/cloud infrastructure (preferred).
• Understanding of reference data identifiers (LEI, CUSIP/ISIN, MPID) and commission structures (preferred).

Compensation Expectations: $250,000 - $275,000 Base Salary

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