Senior Technology Manager - Commodity Index Platform Lead

Bank of America; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 135,900 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America seeks a Senior Technology Manager to lead a 10–15 engineer team in the Commodities Index desk, partnering with traders, sales and quants to design, build, and evolve the Quartz-based platform.

You will set technology strategy, drive real-time risk capabilities, and ensure production excellence through robust delivery, risk controls, and scalable architecture.

Qualifications

• Leadership: 7-10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years leading front-office-facing teams delivering to trading/sales.
• Communication: presence and clarity to engage senior stakeholders, translate requirements, and negotiate priorities.
• Domain Expertise: deep knowledge of commodity index construction, derivatives, curve dynamics, spreads, calendars, seasonality, and risk sensitivities.
• Risk Systems: hands-on experience building real-time risk/pricing and analytics platforms; grasp of PnL, VaR, stress, scenarios, intraday limits, and pre-trade checks.
• Quartz / Python / ReactJS: extensive development experience with Python for distributed services/analytics (Quartz) and ReactJS for trader-focused UIs.
• Agile Development: CI/CD, automated testing, code review, secure coding, change management in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead teams by performing workforce planning, setting maturity and quality objectives, and training staff.
• Facilitate performance reviews, coaching, and development plans.
• Manage solution delivery and production performance, ensuring risk, financial, and compliance policies are met.
• Lead relationships with business and technology partners and Communities of Practice.
• Contribute to the technology strategy for the domain and drive end-to-end engineering on Quartz.
• Create an inclusive, healthy working environment and resolve impediments.
• Ensure production excellence: monitoring, incidents, RCA, capacity planning, release management, change control.
• Engage desk daily with traders, sales and quants to translate strategies into production-grade systems.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Domain Expertise

Risk Systems

Quartz / Python / ReactJS

Agile Development

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Quartz

Python

ReactJS

Job description

Job Description

Building and leading a team to deliver technology products and services that meet business outcomes. The role involves developing a technology strategy, ensuring solutions comply with applicable standards, promoting design and engineering practices, and advancing modern Agile solution delivery. Responsibilities include coaching, mentoring, and providing feedback, identifying emerging talent, fostering leadership skills, and managing stakeholders.

Job Profile Summary

BofA Commodity Technology seeks a Senior Technology Manager to manage a 10–15‑person engineering team supporting the global Commodities Index desk. The leader partners directly with traders, sales, and quantitative research to design, build, and evolve the commodity index platform—primarily within our proprietary Quartz platform. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in commodity index and derivatives with a track record of delivering complex, distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage teams by performing financial activities to inform workforce strategy, setting and tracking maturity and quality objectives, and training employees to address feedback and achieve performance goals.
• Facilitate performance and career development through reviews, coaching, and development plans.
• Manage solution delivery and application performance in production, ensuring all relevant risk, financial, and compliance policies are met.
• Manage relationships with business and technology partners and lead Communities of Practice.
• Contribute to the technology strategy for the technical domain.
• Create an inclusive and healthy working environment and resolve organizational impediments.
• Ensure execution aligns with product strategy by working with product management and stakeholders.
• Lead and grow a high‑performing team of 10–15 engineers: coach, set goals, and cultivate a collaborative, front‑office–centric culture.
• Engage the desk daily: partner with trading, sales, and quants to translate strategies and models into production‑grade systems.
• Architect and build on Quartz: drive end‑to‑end engineering of the Commodity Index platform, modernize components, and eliminate technical debt.
• Deliver real‑time risk: implement and support intraday risk for commodity index and derivatives.
• Support pre‑trade and client connectivity: help define and support future strategic implementations.
• Ensure production excellence: monitoring, alerting, incident response, root‑cause analysis, capacity planning, release management, and change control.

Managerial Responsibilities

• Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: model an inclusive environment aligned to company Great Place to Work goals.
• Manager of Process & Data: demonstrate deep process knowledge and operational excellence focused on simplicity and data‑based decision making.
• Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: communicate enterprise decisions, purpose, and results, and connect to team strategy.
• Risk Manager: ensure proper risk discipline and control culture.
• People Manager & Coach: provide coaching and feedback to motivate and improve performance.
• Financial Steward: manage expenses and budgets in alignment with objectives.
• Enterprise Talent Leader: assess talent and build bench strength.
• Driver of Business Outcomes: deliver results by prioritizing and delegating team work.

Required Qualifications

• Leadership: 7‑10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years leading front‑office‑facing teams delivering to trading/sales; proven people leadership across hiring, coaching, and performance management.
• Communication: presence and clarity to engage senior stakeholders, translate requirements, and negotiate priorities.
• Domain Expertise: deep knowledge of commodity index construction, derivatives, curve dynamics, spreads, calendars, seasonality, and risk sensitivities.
• Risk Systems: hands‑on experience building real‑time risk/pricing and analytics platforms; strong grasp of PnL, VaR, stress, scenarios, intraday limits, and pre‑trade checks.
• Quartz / Python / ReactJS: extensive development experience with Python for distributed services/analytics (ideally in Quartz) and ReactJS for trader‑focused UIs.
• Agile Development: CI/CD, automated testing, code review, secure coding, and change management in a regulated environment.

Desired Qualifications

• C#/.NET for legacy components and migration strategy.
• Experience with commodities venues and data (ICE, CME, LME, Bloomberg/Refinitiv) and pricing libraries.
• Prior hands‑on work with quant libraries and collaboration with quants.
• Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field or equivalent professional experience.

Minimum Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

Skills

• Influence
• Risk Management
• Solution Design
• Stakeholder Management
• Technical Strategy Development
• Analytical Thinking
• Application Development
• Collaboration
• Result Orientation
• Solution Delivery Process
• Agile Practices
• Architecture
• Automation
• Data Management
• DevOps Practices

Shift

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week

40

Pay Transparency Details

US - NY - New York - 1100 Ave Of The Americas - Two Bryant Park (NY1540)

Pay range $135,900.00 - $220,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set. Discretionary incentive eligible. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on performance. This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan and is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry‑leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact.