Senior Vice President – Front Office Equities Engineering; Full-stack

Senior Vice President – Front Office Equities Engineering (Full‑stack)

Location:

New York City, NY.

• Architecture & Design Leadership:
  Lead the design, architecture and implementation of trading, sales, and operations workflows, ensuring alignment with business goals and engineering best practices.
• Trade‑Flow Platform Development:
  Design and build scalable trade‑flow software capable of handling diverse client‑side and OMS‑side integration patterns and high‑throughput scenarios.
• Cross‑functional
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Partner closely with Product, Trading, Operations and Engineering teams to translate complex business requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions.
• Technology Innovation:
  Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, contributing to a modern, high‑performance technology stack.
• AI‑Driven Automation:
  Drive automation initiatives, intelligent code refactoring and adoption of AI tooling to improve developer productivity and system efficiency.
• Engineering Excellence:
  Deliver well‑designed, testable, secure, and performant code via hands‑on programming, rigorous code reviews and adherence to engineering standards.
• Production Support:
  Provide second‑level production support, troubleshoot complex system issues and contribute to incident resolution and post‑mortem processes.
• Mentorship & Technical Leadership:
  Mentor and coach junior and mid‑level engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, technical growth and engineering craftsmanship.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline, or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred.
• Industry experience: 10+ years designing, building and delivering real‑time, scalable, and resilient software applications within Financial Services or similar high‑throughput domains.
• Core back‑end proficiency:
  Deep expertise in Java and the Spring ecosystem (Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data) focused on enterprise‑scale services.
• Front‑end development:
  Proficiency in Angular, Type Script/JavaScript, HTML/CSS and jQuery with component‑based UI architecture.
• Data & persistence:
  Strong command of relational and analytical databases (Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server), data modelling, query optimisation, large‑scale data management.
• Messaging & middleware:
  Hands‑on experience with Kafka, IBM MQ, FIX protocol and event‑driven, asynchronous system design.
• Agile delivery:
  Solid understanding of Scrum and Agile methodologies; ability to deliver in fast‑paced, evolving environments.
• Communication & leadership:
  Excellent written and verbal communication; articulate technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders and coordinate cross‑team initiatives.
• Problem solving & innovation:
  Demonstrated ability to analyse complex, ambiguous problems and devise pragmatic, innovative solutions.
• AI‑augmented development:
  Familiarity with AI coding and productivity tools (Git Hub Copilot, Cursor, etc.) and willingness to leverage AI workflows.
• Preferred: T‑shaped engineer with deep expertise in one discipline (back‑end or front‑end) and broad familiarity across the stack.

• Competitive base salary, market‑adjusted.
• Annual discretionary incentive award eligibility.
• 401(k) plan participation.
• Company‑sponsored medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance.
• Paid time off: vacation, sick leave and paid volunteer time.
• Flexible global resources and wellbeing programmes.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, females, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.