Senior Engineering Team Director – Aladdin Engineering, ETF Systems Engineering

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned CTO-level leader to drive the ETF engineering platform. You will own the long-term technical vision, domain architecture, and resiliency for critical workflows, while guiding AI/GenAI adoption and governance across multiple product teams.

You will partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Cybersecurity to ensure controls by design and regulatory alignment, and you will lead a globally distributed organization focused on engineering excellence, talent development,

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience.
• 5+ years in senior leadership roles managing large, globally distributed engineering teams.
• Deep expertise in building and operating high-availability, mission-critical financial systems at scale.
• Strong technical foundation in Java, microservices architecture, cloud-native infrastructure (Azure/AWS), event-driven systems (Kafka), distributed databases, and modern CI/CD practices.
• Demonstrated ability to drive organizational design, talent development, and engineering culture in a fast-paced, regulated environment.
• Proven track record of delivering resiliency, operational excellence, and engineering efficiency at enterprise scale.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to partner effectively at the executive level and across business and technology functions.
• Experience with ETF primary markets, capital markets technology, or investment management platforms.
• Experience leading AI/GenAI adoption in engineering organizations.
• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks in financial services, such as SOX, SEC, and FCA.
• Experience with Aladdin or comparable enterprise investment management platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the long-term technical vision for the ETF engineering platform.
• Own domain architecture decisions across ESP and adjacent systems.
• Lead resiliency strategy for ETF critical workflows, including Creation/Redemption.
• Establish engineering standards for code quality, observability, CI/CD, automated testing, and release governance.
• Define and execute AI/GenAI adoption strategy for ETF Engineering.
• Drive adoption of AI engineering tools and establish responsible AI governance frameworks.
• Partner with AI/ML platform teams and vendors to evaluate, pilot, and scale AI capabilities.
• Oversee delivery across multiple product engineering teams operating in an Agile/SAFe framework.
• Drive release governance and software change management.
• Manage cross-team dependencies with platform teams and external integrations.
• Ensure engineering practices and platform capabilities comply with regulations and internal risk policies.
• Embed resilience, business continuity, and disaster recovery into system design.
• Own RCSA obligations and audit readiness.
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Cybersecurity teams on controls by design.
• Own production stability, support escalation, and incident management globally.
• Lead, develop, and inspire a globally distributed engineering organization.
• Own talent strategy, hiring, promotion calibration, organizational design, and workforce planning.
• Develop engineering leaders at VP and Director level.
• Champion engineering excellence, continuous learning, innovation, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Partner with Product Management and business leadership to align engineering investment with priorities.
• Represent ETF Engineering in leadership reviews and cross-product initiatives.

Skills

Java Programming

Cloud-Native Infrastructure (Azure/AWS

Event-Driven Systems (Kafka)

Distributed Databases

CI/CD Practices

Resiliency Strategy

Engineering Standards

Incident Management

Organizational Design

Operational Excellence

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Engineering Degree

Tools

Aladdin

Investment Management Platforms

AI Engineering Tools

Governance Frameworks

Job description

• Define and drive the long-term technical vision for the ETF engineering platform
• Own domain architecture decisions across ESP and adjacent systems
• Lead resiliency strategy for ETF critical workflows, including Creation/Redemption
• Establish engineering standards for code quality, observability, CI/CD, automated testing, and release governance
• Define and execute AI/GenAI adoption strategy for ETF Engineering
• Drive adoption of AI engineering tools and establish responsible AI governance frameworks
• Partner with AI/ML platform teams and vendors to evaluate, pilot, and scale AI capabilities
• Oversee delivery across multiple product engineering teams operating in an Agile/SAFe framework
• Drive release governance and software change management
• Manage cross-team dependencies with platform teams and external integrations
• Ensure engineering practices and platform capabilities comply with regulations and internal risk policies
• Embed resilience, business continuity, and disaster recovery into system design
• Own RCSA obligations and audit readiness
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Cybersecurity teams on controls by design
• Own production stability, support escalation, and incident management globally
• Lead, develop, and inspire a globally distributed engineering organization
• Own talent strategy, hiring, promotion calibration, organizational design, and workforce planning
• Develop engineering leaders at VP and Director level
• Champion engineering excellence, continuous learning, innovation, diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Partner with Product Management and business leadership to align engineering investment with priorities
• Represent ETF Engineering in leadership reviews and cross-product initiatives

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience
• 5+ years in senior leadership roles managing large, globally distributed engineering teams
• Deep expertise in building and operating high-availability, mission-critical financial systems at scale
• Strong technical foundation in Java, microservices architecture, cloud-native infrastructure (Azure/AWS), event-driven systems (Kafka), distributed databases, and modern CI/CD practices
• Demonstrated ability to drive organizational design, talent development, and engineering culture in a fast-paced, regulated environment
• Proven track record of delivering resiliency, operational excellence, and engineering efficiency at enterprise scale
• Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to partner effectively at the executive level and across business and technology functions
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Experience with ETF primary markets, capital markets technology, or investment management platforms
• Experience leading AI/GenAI adoption in engineering organizations
• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks in financial services, such as SOX, SEC, and FCA
• Experience with Aladdin or comparable enterprise investment management platforms

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in leading large, globally distributed engineering teams while driving AI/GenAI adoption and ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks. Capable of establishing engineering standards and delivering operational excellence in high-availability financial systems.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• 15+ Years Software Engineering Experience
• 5+ Years Senior Leadership Experience
• Java Programming
• Cloud-Native Infrastructure (Azure/AWS)
• AI/GenAI Adoption in Engineering

Hard Skills

• Microservices Architecture
• Event-Driven Systems (Kafka)
• Distributed Databases
• CI/CD Practices
• Resiliency Strategy
• Engineering Standards
• Software Change Management
• Incident Management
• Organizational Design
• Operational Excellence

Soft Skills

• Strong Communication Skills
• Influencing Skills
• Leadership Development
• Team Inspiration
• Collaboration

Certifications & Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science
• Engineering Degree

Industry Keywords

• ETF Engineering
• Financial Systems
• Regulatory Compliance (SOX, SEC, FCA)
• Capital Markets Technology
• Risk Management

Tools & Technologies

• Aladdin
• Investment Management Platforms
• AI Engineering Tools
• Governance Frameworks