Development Manager

Job Description

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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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