AVP Technology Leader

Role: AVP Tech Lead
Location: Austin TX (hybrid)
Duration: Direct hire

Job Overview:

• We are looking for an inspired innovative AVP Tech Lead for our cloud transformation journey, with background in development of high throughput mission critical business applications, leveraging AWS technologies with Angular, .NET, SQL Server and PostgreSQL. The individual will need to be well versed in financial, trading and advisory technologies. As a trusted technology leader, you will be working cross-functional teams to ensure development, deliver quality and meet deadlines. This is a Techno functional hands-on, technical lead role in the trading organization that will design, architect and develop cloud-native and on-prem services to support overall cloud strategy and transformation.

• The candidate will serve as a solution expert working independently, responsible for development and delivery of critical trading applications meeting business goals. Will join and lead a high velocity, multi-functional development team focused on large scale multi-year programs. The role will require flexible thinking as the team works to integrate existing business and technology concepts with innovative design to deliver a practical and scalable platform.

• 8+ years of progressive experience in owning and driving full stack applications as hands on Engineering Tech Lead - guiding, solutioning, delivering and documenting team's development efforts towards successful project delivery and application support.
• 6+ years of hands on designing/deploying/migrating on-prem windows services, .NET apps and databases to AWS.
• 6+ years of hands on experience with Kafka and event driven architectures/patterns.
• 6+ years of related experience in financial services with a preference for capital markets and a strong understanding of trading intraday flows
• A master of .NET Framework, C#, .NET Core, SQL Server and NOSQL DBs (PostgreSQL preferable).
• Extensive experience with Angular and other SPA related UI code frameworks.
• Strong background on improving application resiliency, scalability and overall system performance.
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

• Lead a tech team to design, develop, test and implement technical solutions based on business requirements and strategic direction utilizing AWS cloud native technologies (EC2, S3, ECS, EKS, ELB, RDS, R53, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS).
• Deep understanding and seasoned on cloud migration strategies with AWS and e2e SDLC.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including architecture, data, product, and business partners, and strategies to scale and modernize existing trading platforms.
• Work collaboratively with quality assurance engineering teams, DevOps and PMO to ensure all SDLC processes and Agile best practices are followed.
• Code and implement guardrails to enable self-service and frictionless delivery allowing teams to build and own end-to-end applications and services in the cloud.
• Formulating workable solutions to complex challenges, logically deliberating on courses of action by examining and challenging assumptions, discerning hidden value, objectively evaluating evidence, and assessing conclusions.
• Measure success by say/do, velocity, defect remediation, and clear value to the trading platforms.
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through technical design and implementation of industry best practices adhering to modernization practices, cloud practices, SDLC and release management processes.
• Provide production support, maintain, troubleshoot, optimize and enhance trading platforms/applications.
• Ensure service level agreements and contingency activities are covered related to system/application availability ensuring zero Advisor experience disruption.

• Experience with owning and production support of mission critical applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, both technical and non-technical.
• Strong estimation, foresight, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interface effectively with senior SVP/EVP level executives and business stake holders.
• Capable of effectively planning, prioritizing and executing tasks utilizing resources and tools.
• Experience working with offshore teams and contingent workers.
• Experience championing Agile methodologies for accomplishing delivery deadlines.

• Experience working in trading domain with knowledge of backend trading and order execution workflows.
• Experience with on-prem to cloud migration/transformation.
• Experience working with global delivery teams.