Controllers, Software Engineering, Client Assets, SLC, Vice President

Role Overview

As a Vice President, you will serve as a technical architect and organizational leader, driving critical initiatives forward and providing strategic direction to global agile teams. You are responsible for the end‑to‑end delivery of mission‑critical platforms and creating solutions ranging from deterministic automation to agentic workflows. Our team builds solutions to the most complex problems, developing cutting‑edge software and platforms that form the core of our key business and enable transactions to move in milliseconds. You will provide real‑time access to essential information and process millions of data points daily to inform firm‑wide market insights and strategies. Your role is to create, own and continuously improve these solutions, driving their growth and impact throughout the organization, championing engineering best practices and driving organizational change to maximize their impact. This position provides an opportunity to gain subject‑matter expertise in both technology and finance, and to directly drive initiatives alongside colleagues and senior management from across the business, Risk, Finance, and Engineering to align technical execution with overarching strategic goals.

Responsibilities and Qualifications

• Design and implement scalable cloud‑native business systems.
• Manage, mentor, and grow a high‑performing team of software and AI engineers. Foster a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and technical excellence.
• Run AI‑driven spec‑driven development SDLCs to solve complex financial and technical problems.
• Champion and enact organizational change. Streamline engineering processes, improve cross‑functional workflows, and drive the adoption of new technologies and best practices across the department.
• Maintain strong organizational oversight of multiple concurrent projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and to the highest quality standards.
• Build and maintain key financial metric calculation models and associated infrastructure to support forward‑looking business strategies and decisions in an evolving regulatory landscape.
• Work closely with a wide range of stakeholders globally, across multiple divisions of the firm.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of hands‑on software development including lead developer roles.
• Experience architecting solutions on Cloud (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure); experience with integrating LLMs into enterprise workflows.
• Experience utilizing AI coding tools such as Copilot or Claude Code for development.
• Experience developing preferably in Java or Python, competent in traditional (RDBs) and/or modern data stores (e.g., Snowflake, DynamoDB, MongoDB).
• A strong passion for and history of solving complex, multi‑faced problems in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong full‑stack technical design, development skills and experience.
• Experience managing engineering teams, conducting performance reviews, and guiding career development for senior and junior staff.
• Demonstrate ability to lead organizational change, influence engineering culture, and drive process improvements.
• Excellent communication skills including experience speaking to technical and business audiences globally.
• Preferred previous experience working in the finance, banking, or FinTech industry.
  • Familiarity with financial data and regulatory environments is a significant plus.