Front Office Trade Compliance Systems Manager - Boston, United States - Arrowstreet Capital

Arrowstreet Capital
Arrowstreet Capital
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Boston, United States

4 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Role Summary:


The Front Office Systems group is a critical part of our IT Systems Engineering department dedicated to the support of our trading processes and the development of portfolio management and trade execution software.

The mission of the group is to provide best-in-class technology solutions to the portfolio managers and traders in their pursuit of efficient portfolio management and flexible trading capabilities.


We are seeking an experienced and talented engineer to lead our Trade Compliance (TC) Systems team, which is responsible for developing and enhancing all the components that ensure our trading process adheres to the guidelines and restrictions that each of our funds must meet.

This is a hands-on engineering leader opportunity that requires a solid understanding of trading and compliance systems and experience leading software development teams to consistently deliver high quality software solutions.

We are looking for a strong leader that can mentor, challenge and motivate the software developers in the team.


The Trade Compliance Systems team manager will be responsible for conducting system performance measurements, managing our software environments, technology modernization effort, automated testing frameworks, carrying out improvements to our SDLC, provisioning quality and user-acceptance environments, developing feature roadmap and documenting technical specifications.

They will ensure that our trade life cycle is efficient and can be maintained with flexibility.


Responsibilities:

  • Work with business counterparts in the Trade Compliance and Portfolio Management groups to drive the roadmap and technical direction of our TC systems.
  • Prioritize and execute against product visions and commitments for Trade Compliance.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and support organizations, such as cloud engineering teams, to modernize and scale our systems.-
  • Recruit talent and mentor existing team in a continuous learning fashion that grows core technical knowledge and capabilities in the organization.
  • Anticipate future demands of initiatives related to people, technology and business within the team and design/implement strategic roadmaps to meet these needs.
  • Conduct performance reviews, participate in interviews, mentor and coach individual contributors, and serve as a technical lead within Front Office Systems.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related discipline. 5 years of experience working with modern, largescale software systems in a technical leadership role, ideally for a systematic asset manager or a similar company.
  • At least 2 years of management experience and successful track record leading engineering teams, mentoring and growing software developers, and communicating with business stakeholders.
  • Excellent technical skills involving objectoriented or functional programming languages (our current stack consists of Python, C# and SQL).
  • Experience with container and cloud technologies, particularly AWS.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, infrastructureascode, DevSecOps and building robust, highly available and performant systems.
  • Good understanding of trading and trade compliance platforms. Familiarity with Charles River Investment Management System (CRIMS) is a plus.
  • Experience with testdriven harnesses and code coverage metrics.
  • Excellent software organization and architecture capabilities.
  • Experience leveraging Agile practices to drive team productivity and focus.
We maintain a friendly, team-oriented environment and place a high value on professionalism, attitude and initiative.
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