CTO / Head of Technology
Quant Capital
Overview
In this role you lead a global technology team focused on building cutting-edge applications for cross-asset trading and risk management. You will drive performance improvements and database modernization while mentoring a large group of developers and technologists. The position combines hands-on coding with strategic leadership to scale the tech function in a growing financial services business. You’ll work closely with Quant Analysts to align technology with firm-wide risk and trading objectives.
Responsibilities- Lead and manage a global team of 20 Developers and 20 technologists
- Oversee all aspects of technology delivery, architecture and product development
- Drive realtime performance improvements and modernisation of databases
- Provide dotted-line leadership to Quant Analysts and collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Shaping and delivering cutting-edge applications and services for cross-asset trading and risk management
- Balance hands-on coding with strategic leadership to support growth (team expansion by ~10)
- Mentor and develop engineering talent and engineering practices
- BSc (ideally MSc) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Finance or other technical discipline
- Mentoring or management experience
- Strong software analysis, design and development skills
- Strong understanding of trading or risk software
- Experience in financial services
- Knowledge of pricing and options theory (basic)
- Strong coding ability with recent hands-on experience in C++ or C#
- Knowledge of relational databases and SQL
- Experience in finance and capital markets
- leadership
- mentorship
- strong communication
- C++
- C#
- SQL
Reference: WJ-747_30180007