Middle Office Technology Architect / Tech Director

Focus Capital Markets; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Emphasis on quality of life

Work/life balance

Job summary

A leading buy side trading firm is seeking a Lead Technologist to develop and improve applications and tools for multi-strat trading systems. You will lead a team of 30 engineers while collaborating with front office traders. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of buy side technology experience and strong hands-on development skills in languages like Python, Java, Kotlin, and C++. A significant emphasis on work/life balance is provided in this role.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of buy side technology experience with demonstrated leadership.
• Vast knowledge of technology platforms utilized by hedge funds.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 30 engineers.
• Develop greenfield middle office technologies.
• Identify and understand pain points in technical and financial operations.

Skills

Hands-on development experience with Python

Hands-on development experience with Java

Hands-on development experience with Kotlin

Hands-on development experience with C++

Buy side technology experience

Project management skills

Quantitative finance knowledge

Education

Bachelor's in mathematics

Bachelor's in physics

Bachelor's in computer science

Bachelor's in computational finance

Job description

Focus Capital is supporting its asset manager and its private hedge fund, which operates across multiple asset classes and strategies. We are looking for a hands-on lead technologist expertise to build and improve all applications and tools that facilitate the day-to-day performance of multi-asset, multi-strat trading systems, analytics and overall buy side operations, such as real-time intraday trading analytics, performance engines, hedge fund accounting systems, etc.

In this role, you will serve as the focal point for developing greenfield middle office technologies, leading 30 engineers while working with the front office traders, product manager and executives throughout the organization. You will be able to ideate new capabilities, as well as identify and understand pain points within the technical and financial operations of the team.

The goal is to build a cutting edge multi-strat platform and functionalities capable of standing the test of time.

In this role, you would be working for the number 1 buy side trading firm in the country, with significant upside potential as well as a major emphasis on quality-of-life and work/life balance.

• 10+ years of buy side technology experience with demonstrated leadership.
• Prior hands-on development experience with a variety of languages including Python, Java, Kotlin and C++.
• Vast knowledge of technology platforms utilized internally by hedge funds including middle office hedge fund operations
• Awareness of emerging and next gen technologies and an interest in how they can be implemented into financial operations.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Quantitative finance experience.
• Bachelors in mathematics, physics, computer science, computational finance or a related field of study.