World Leading Investment Bank is looking for an Executive Director to handle the buildout and strategy for a team of Site Reliability Engineers working to build, improve, and support some of the most high performing electronic trading systems in the investment banking industry. This team oversees several trading systems involved in completely automated trading of equities and is fully responsible for their continued profitability. This position sits in their Global HQ in New York City.
Job Responsibilities
- Manage all members of the team, bring on the right talent, and conduct technical interviews
- Define goals for the team's buildout and continued operation while designing and spearheading initiatives to meet those goals
- Meeting with other executives and the Global Head of Execution Technology to understand the overall direction of the firm's electronic asset trading division
- Architecting and implementing the roadmap for the team's continued success
- Mentoring all members of the team, facilitating their development as engineers
Job Requirements
- 8+ year's experience in IT covering SRE, DevOps Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field
- 2+ years managing/building teams in the finance industry
- 2+ years working with electronic trading tech is essential
- Ability to manage people and projects while occasionally working in a hands-on capacity
- History of strong Python scripting ability and automation work
- Solid understanding of electronic trading and low-latency technology
*Candidates on work visas are welcome to apply*