Tech Lead, Java for Equities Structured Products

Battle Tested; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Battle Tested is seeking an experienced Software Engineer III to lead a Java/Spring-based Equities Structured Products platform in New York. As Technical Lead, you will own the front-office tech stack, deliver real-time workflows, and coordinate with Traders, Structurers, Operations, Risk, and external vendors.

You will drive architecture decisions, improve CI/CD, automate tests, modernize legacy components, and guide a team of engineers through the full software development lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technology experience in capital markets, derivatives, or structured products.
• Hands-on Java development with Spring Framework expertise.
• Experience designing, building, and operating distributed real-time front-office systems.
• Knowledge of Equity Derivatives, Structured Notes, and risk concepts.
• Understanding of market-making and trade execution workflows.
• Proven ownership of complex production systems and modernization efforts.

Responsibilities

• Own the technology stack supporting Structured Notes secondary market activity, including market making, trade execution, lifecycle workflows, and external vendor connectivity.
• Lead technical direction and engineering delivery while remaining an active, hands-on developer.
• Design, develop, and enhance Java/Spring applications and distributed systems that support real-time front-office workflows.
• Make architectural decisions, establish engineering standards, and build maintainable solutions with integration, testing, performance, and resilience considered from the outset.
• Execute milestones within a multi-year technology roadmap aligned with the Structured Notes growth strategy.
• Partner with Trading and Structuring to define requirements, assess priorities, and deliver capabilities that support increasing transaction volumes and product complexity.
• Improve production stability, availability, recovery capabilities, and overall operational resilience.
• Modernize legacy components, simplify architecture, reduce technical debt, and automate manual processes.
• Strengthen integration across Trading, Operations, Risk, external vendors, and supporting technology platforms.
• Lead requirements refinement, work estimation, technical planning, and delivery through the full software development lifecycle.
• Develop unit tests and automated integration, regression, and performance tests.
• Improve continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and automate release activities.
• Conduct code reviews, mentor engineers, and guide development teams in sound engineering practices.
• Use proofs of concept to evaluate solutions and address technical uncertainty.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

Distributed systems

Front-office trading

Equity Derivatives

Leadership

CI/CD & Testing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

C#

Job description

Battle Tested is seeking an experienced Software Engineer III to lead a Java/Spring-based Equities Structured Products platform in New York. As Technical Lead, you will own the front-office tech stack, deliver real-time workflows, and coordinate with Traders, Structurers, Operations, Risk, and external vendors.

You will drive architecture decisions, improve CI/CD, automate tests, modernize legacy components, and guide a team of engineers through the full software development lifecycle.