VP Lead Market Risk Engineer (Java)

Selby Jennings; New York (NY); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings partners with a leading global financial institution to build a centralized technology organization, with roles based in New York City or Dallas, TX. You will serve as VP Lead Engineer, tackling distributed systems, large-scale data analytics platforms, and cloud modernization initiatives at scale.

The position offers high visibility, influence over architectural direction, and a hands-on leadership approach in a fast-growing engineering team.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building distributed systems or large-scale enterprise platforms.
• Cloud experience (AWS preferred).
• Technical leadership experience while remaining hands-on.
• Strong system design and architecture skills.
• Financial services experience is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex technical problems at scale across distributed systems and data platforms.
• Contribute to cloud modernization initiatives and platform architecture decisions.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership within a high-visibility engineering team.
• Collaborate with risk, analytics, and business functions to deliver robust systems.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud architecture

Technical leadership

System design

Financial services domain

Job description

We're partnering with a leading global financial institution on a large-scale engineering buildout within a newly established centralized technology organization.

This team sits at the center of the firm's technology strategy, building the platforms that support risk, analytics, and other critical business functions. The organization is still in its early stages and actively expanding, creating a rare opportunity to join a high-visibility team with significant influence on the future direction of the platform.

They're looking for VP Lead Engineers who enjoy solving complex technical problems at scale. The work spans distributed systems, large-scale data and analytics platforms, cloud modernization initiatives, and business-critical applications used across the organization.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Experience building distributed systems or large-scale enterprise platforms
• Cloud experience (AWS preferred)
• Technical leadership experience while remaining hands-on
• Strong system design and architecture skills
• Financial services experience is helpful but not required

Why Consider It?

• Opportunity to join a newly formed engineering organization during a major growth phase
• Significant influence over architecture and long-term platform direction
• Backed by substantial investment and executive sponsorship
• Engineering-first culture focused on hands-on technical leadership
• Open to strong engineers from both financial services and leading technology companies

For transparency, this role can sit either out of New York City or Dallas, TX.