Lead Engineer

Madison-Davis, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Madison-Davis, LLC, a leading alternative investment organization, seeks a hands-on Lead Engineer to own the design, development, deployment, and support of applications tied to investment and trading workflows in New York City. You will bridge greenfield and modernization efforts with production ownership across multiple layers.

You will work closely with business stakeholders in a fast-paced environment, taking ownership from design through production while leveraging Java, Python, React, and

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on software engineering background with recent production coding experience.
• Experience building modern applications with React.
• Prior experience within a hedge fund or buy-side asset management environment.
• Understanding of securities, portfolio, trading, or middle-office workflows.
• Experience working with relational databases.
• Ability to take ownership of applications from design through production.
• Comfortable working directly with business stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work onsite in New York City five days per week.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop mission-critical investment technology applications using Java and modern application frameworks.
• Build responsive user-facing functionality using React.
• Develop services and supporting functionality using Java and Python.
• Build and enhance applications supporting securities, portfolios, trade flows, risk, and middle-office processes.
• Work across application, database, cloud, and infrastructure layers as needed.
• Develop and manage data integrations involving relational databases and modern data platforms.
• Contribute to AWS infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Use modern AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and software delivery.

Skills

Hands-on software engineering

React experience

Relational databases

Ownership of applications

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Job description

A leading alternative investment organization is seeking a highly hands-on Lead Engineer to join a lean technology team supporting investment, risk, and middle-office functions.

This is a builder-first opportunity for an engineer who wants significant ownership. You will personally design, develop, deploy, enhance, and support applications tied closely to investment and trading workflows. The environment combines greenfield development with ongoing modernization, enhancements, and production ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop mission-critical investment technology applications using Java and modern application frameworks.
• Build responsive user-facing functionality using React.
• Develop services and supporting functionality using Java and Python.
• Build and enhance applications supporting securities, portfolios, trade flows, risk, and middle-office processes.
• Work across application, database, cloud, and infrastructure layers as needed.
• Develop and manage data integrations involving relational databases and modern data platforms.
• Contribute to AWS infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Use modern AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and software delivery.

Role Requirements

• Strong hands-on software engineering background with recent production coding experience.
• Experience building modern applications with React.
• Prior experience within a hedge fund or buy-side asset management environment.
• Understanding of securities, portfolio, trading, or middle-office workflows.
• Experience working with relational databases.
• Ability to take ownership of applications from design through production.
• Comfortable working directly with business stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work onsite in New York City five days per week.

Nice to Have

• AWS and Terraform experience.
• Snowflake experience.
• Spring Boot, MyBatis, or Material UI experience.
• Experience using generative AI or AI-assisted software-development tools.