VP/Director, Tech Lead – Operations Technology (Middle & Back Office Systems)

We are a diverse team of free thinkers, and fast movers united to help investors and creators energize the global economy. We are looking for individuals who thrive in a culture of builders and overachievers and embrace high performance, transparent feedback, and a mission-first approach. Our culture shapes our way of working and gets us where we want to be.

• Seek Excellence.
• Be Selective To Be Effective.
• Be Highly Aligned, Loosely Coupled.
• Disagree Transparently.
• Encourage Independent Decision-Making.
• Build Dream Teams.

You are a seasoned engineering leader with strong technical depth and a solid understanding of the trade lifecycle in finance. You thrive in fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environments, bringing clarity, structure, and accountability to complex initiatives. You’re equally comfortable discussing systems architecture with engineers as you are representing technology to senior business stakeholders.

This role will be based in New York City, working closely with global teams. You’ll report to the Head of Operations Technology (based in Asia) and play a critical role in scaling our Operations Technology function globally, ensuring seamless execution, communication, and delivery across time zones.

• →Serve as a senior engineering point of contact for Operations Technology in USA, helping drive initiatives across trade booking, reconciliation, settlement, and other post-trade workflows.
• →Partner closely with global leadership to align priorities, manage dependencies, and ensure consistent execution across regions.
• →Lead and mentor a primarily US-based engineering team, fostering technical excellence and ownership.
• →Represent the technology organization in front of senior business stakeholders (Trading, Operations, Finance, Compliance), translating business needs into actionable technical initiatives.
• →Bring structure to complex, multi-stream projects - ensuring clarity of ownership, tracking, and communication.
• →Oversee resourcing, prioritization, and delivery for multiple concurrent initiatives.
• →Collaborate across time zones to ensure alignment between USA and Asia teams, driving communication cadence and follow-through.
• →Provide technical guidance and oversight on system design, architecture, and best practices for scalable and resilient trade systems.
• →Identify and execute on opportunities to improve system performance, reliability, and workflow efficiency.
• →Embrace and champion the thoughtful adoption of AI to improve team performance and business outcomes.
• →Leverage AI tools (e.g., generative AI, automation platforms, data copilots) to improve productivity, decision-making, and output quality in your day-to-day work.

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, including significant leadership and stakeholder-facing experience.
• Strong background in financial services, with hands-on experience in trade lifecycle systems (middle/back office, settlements, reconciliations, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to manage and deliver multiple initiatives in a dynamic, high-pressure environment.
• Strong organizational skills, with a focus on clarity, communication, and accountability.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills – able to engage confidently with senior business and technology leaders.
• Strong technical foundation with a solid understanding of modern system design (APIs, databases, cloud, event-driven architectures, etc.), ideally with strong experience in Java and Python environments.
• Proven ability to work effectively across time zones and drive collaboration between geographically distributed teams.
• High degree of ownership, professionalism, and follow-through.