About this role
Prime Technology is building a suite of applications to support Cantor’s Prime clients and align with the firm’s future vision. We seek a technically expert leader to own our Prime brokerage platforms, guide multiple engineering teams, and work directly with front‑office users to translate business needs into robust, scalable, and secure solutions.
- Own end‑to‑end delivery and operation of Prime brokerage applications, from requirements through production support.
- Serve as the technical and domain subject‑matter expert, shaping solution design and setting technical standards.
- Lead, mentor, and grow multiple engineering teams, fostering a culture of accountability and technical excellence.
- Drive technical initiatives across the Prime brokerage domain, aligning priorities with business needs and the technology roadmap.
- Engage directly with front‑office and operations stakeholders to translate needs into clear, actionable requirements.
- Provide technical direction by reviewing architecture and design decisions for scalability, security, and high availability.
- Ensure stability and resilience of production systems, including incident response and root‑cause analysis.
- Establish and uphold engineering best practices for design, code quality, testing, and release management.
- Remain hands‑on with technology to guide the team through complex challenges and earn technical respect.
- 10+ years of technology experience in capital markets with a proven track record of increasing responsibility.
- Recognized subject‑matter expert in Prime brokerage technology and domain, serving as a go‑to authority.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing engineering teams, including mentoring technical talent.
- Strong foundation in software engineering, distributed systems design, and security.
- Experience building and operating highly available, mission‑critical systems.
- Ability to interact directly with users and translate business needs into well‑defined technical requirements.
- Sound judgment evaluating architecture and design trade‑offs across scalability, availability, and security.
- 5+ years managing application development in the Prime brokerage domain (preferred).
- Working knowledge of Prime brokerage workflows such as financing, securities lending, and client reporting (preferred).
Compensation Expectations: $225,000 - $250,000 Base Salary
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