Manager, Technology

Strategic Focus

• Long-term planning, innovation, and alignment with business goals
• Develop secure APIs and services for financial data exchange
• Implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines for efficient software delivery
• Analyze and improve system performance to handle high transaction volumes and minimize latency
• Coordinate delivery of product transformation efforts, client requests, maintenance items, and production fixes
• Experience with cloud platforms like Azure for hosting financial applications and databases
• Deep understanding of object-oriented design and development skills
• Solid understanding of modern web and software architecture and design patterns
• Experience with Appian workflow development and Front Invest accounting application

Operational Management

• Develop and maintain complex systems using TSQL, SQL Server, C#, .NET, IIS, Visual Basic, ETL tools, and data warehouses
• Create complex SQL queries to extract, transform, and analyze financial data
• Identify and fix bottlenecks in both code and database queries & stored procedures
• Develop SSIS packages to import/export data and automate workflows
• Identify and resolve software defects or performance issues in .NET applications
• Write clean, scalable code while adhering to best practices and coding standards
• Conduct unit and integration testing to ensure application stability and quality
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for code, workflows, and development processes
• Experience with automated build and deploy, TFS source code repository
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall SDLCs
• Knowledge of data modelling, JavaScript, HTML, and SQL Server administration

People Leadership

• Collaborate closely with business partners, Business Analysts, Project Managers, and other stakeholders
• Coordinate delivery of client requests and production fixes (also strategic)
• Work closely with business analysts, project managers, and other stakeholders

Governance & Risk

• Familiarity with secure coding practices and encryption techniques for sensitive financial data
• Financial Domain Knowledge: Understanding of accounting principles, risk management, and stock market operations
• Experience working with financial data, including secure data exchange and performance optimization
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (relevant for governance in regulated environments)
• Experience with cloud services like Azure (security and compliance considerations)

Experience & Personal Attributes

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience
• Engineering degree or BS degree

Personal Attributes

• Experience in the Financial Services industry
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and software architecture skills
• Ability to work as part of a cross-cultural team
• Able to operate in a stressful, quality, and deadline-driven environment while maintaining strict attention to detail and prioritizing issues appropriately
• Ability to take initiative and critically analyze processes and procedures
• Continuous improvement focus, identifying risks, cost efficiencies, and operational improvements
• Strong presentation and communication skills, able to communicate clearly at all levels
• Ability to liaise with senior-level stakeholders to communicate issues, risks, and solutions
• Self-driven and motivated with a focus on operational efficiency and continuous improvement