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Development Lead

Cantor Fitzgerald / BGC Group · cantor.com
NyLead / Manager10+ yrs
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The job in short

Development team leadership.

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Details

Found
11 d ago · posted 2026-10-27
Location
NY
Pay (as listed)
$225,000–$250,000 a year

Full description

Prime Technology is building a suite of applications to support Cantor’s Prime clients and the firm’s future vision. We seek a technically expert Development Lead to own and evolve our Swaps and Synthetic Prime Brokerage (SPB) platforms—covering trade capture, resets, financing, collateral, dividends, corporate actions, and client reporting—while mentoring the engineers who build and operate them. This in‑office role in New York works directly with trading desks, middle‑office, and operations teams. • Own end‑to‑end delivery and operation of Swaps & Synthetic Prime Brokerage applications, from requirements through production support. • Serve as the technical and domain subject‑matter expert for trade capture, resets, financing, collateral, dividend processing, and client reporting. • Design and oversee integration with vendor platforms, managing data and trade feeds, processing handshakes, and exception handling. • Lead, mentor, and grow multiple engineering teams, setting clear expectations and fostering a culture of accountability and technical excellence. • Engage directly with trading, middle‑office, and risk stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable technical requirements. • Provide architectural guidance ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, highly available, and resilient. • Manage production stability, including incident response, root‑cause analysis, and continuous improvement of operational processes. • Establish and enforce engineering best practices for design, code quality, testing, and release management. • Drive technical initiatives aligned with stakeholder priorities and the broader technology roadmap. • Remain hands‑on to guide the team through complex technical challenges and earn technical respect. • 10+ years of technology experience in capital markets with a proven record of increasing responsibility. • Recognized subject‑matter expert in Swaps and Synthetic Prime Brokerage technology and domain. • Deep working knowledge of the equity swap lifecycle and its flow across trading, middle‑office, and general ledger. • Demonstrated experience leading and developing engineering teams, including mentoring technical talent. • Strong technical foundation in software engineering, distributed systems, 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. • Proficiency in Java, SQL, relational database design, and trade‑processing messaging technologies (e.g., FIX, Kafka). • Familiarity with swap booking and position‑keeping platforms such as Murex or Calypso (preferred). • Knowledge of swap‑related regulatory and tax reporting requirements, including dividend withholding tax processing (preferred). Compensation Expectations: $225,000 - $250,000 Base Salary #LI-JM3

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