
at BGC Partners
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**Development Manager (Prime Brokerage)** - Ownership of our Prime brokerage applications in NY. Lead and mentor multiple teams, collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable, secure solutions. Requires 10+ years in capital markets tech with a strong focus on Prime brokerage. Hands-on with software engineering and distributed systems design, preferably with 5+ years managing development in this domain. Compensation: $225K - $250K base salary.
- Compensation
- $225,000 – $250,000 USD
- City
- New York City
- Country
- United States
Currency: $ (USD)
Full Job Description
Location: NY, United States
Prime Technology is building a suite of applications to support Cantors Prime clients and align with the firms future vision. We seek a technically expert leader to own our Prime brokerage platforms, guide multiple engineering teams, and work directly with frontoffice users to translate business needs into robust, scalable, and secure solutions.Responsibilities
- Own endtoend delivery and operation of Prime brokerage applications, from requirements through production support.
- Serve as the technical and domain subjectmatter 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 frontoffice 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 rootcause analysis.
- Establish and uphold engineering best practices for design, code quality, testing, and release management.
- Remain handson with technology to guide the team through complex challenges and earn technical respect.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of technology experience in capital markets with a proven track record of increasing responsibility.
- Recognized subjectmatter expert in Prime brokerage technology and domain, serving as a goto 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, missioncritical systems.
- Ability to interact directly with users and translate business needs into welldefined technical requirements.
- Sound judgment evaluating architecture and design tradeoffs 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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