Lead Credit Tech Engineer: Front Office Systems Architect

Mondrian Alpha; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Mondrian Alpha is seeking a Lead Engineer to own critical credit technology applications, collaborating with portfolio managers, traders, analysts, and other engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions. The role emphasizes performance, reliability, and platform modernization within credit investment workflows.

You will design production systems in C# or Java, translate business needs into technical specifications, and provide strong technical leadership across architecture, testing, and data

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong professional software engineering experience with expertise in either C# or Java and a demonstrated ability to design and build complex production systems.
• Credit experience is required, with a strong understanding of credit products, investment workflows, market data, pricing, positions, and the technology requirements of credit investment teams.
• Experience working with asset classes such as corporate credit, leveraged loans, high yield, investment grade, structured credit, or other credit products is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, data structures, APIs, relational databases, distributed systems, testing, and modern software development practices.
• Experience working directly with front office investment or trading users and the ability to translate business problems into well-designed technical solutions.
• Python experience is highly valued, particularly for data analysis, automation, tooling, or integration with quantitative and data workflows, but is not required.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to operate independently, mentor engineers, and drive technical decisions across a complex credit technology environment. Candidates without meaningful professional credit experience will not be considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of applications supporting credit investment, trading, portfolio management, and risk workflows.
• Work directly with portfolio managers, traders, analysts, and other front office users to understand requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
• Design and build high-quality production systems using C# or Java, with a focus on performance, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Provide technical leadership across system architecture, code quality, engineering standards, testing, deployment, and ongoing platform modernization.
• Partner with data and engineering teams to integrate market data, reference data, positions, pricing, analytics, and other critical datasets into front office applications.
• Mentor engineers, lead technical design discussions, and take ownership of complex projects from initial requirements through production implementation.

Skills

C#

Java

Python

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Math

Job description

Mondrian Alpha is seeking a Lead Engineer to own critical credit technology applications, collaborating with portfolio managers, traders, analysts, and other engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions. The role emphasizes performance, reliability, and platform modernization within credit investment workflows.

You will design production systems in C# or Java, translate business needs into technical specifications, and provide strong technical leadership across architecture, testing, and data