Director of Software Engineering (Multiple Positions Available)

DESCRIPTION:

Duties: Drive the design, development, and implementation of bespoke, custom software solutions integrating artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML) models into investment banking front office quantitative research production processes.

Solve AI/ML-related integration problems through innovation and engineering practices.

Involved in all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) including analyzing requirements, incorporating architectural standards into application design specifications, documenting application specifications, translating technical requirements into programmed application modules, and developing or enhancing software application modules.

Analyze end-to-end Computer Systems to identify optimization opportunities from AI/ML.

Take the lead in identifying and troubleshooting application-related issues from code to production incidents.

Lead with best practice in code reviews to ensure solutions are aligned to pre-defined architectural specifications.

Lead in design reviews by recommending ways to incorporate requirements into designs and information or data flows.

Actively participate in project planning sessions with project managers, business analysts, and team members to analyze business requirements and outline proposed solutions.

This position requires up to 10% travel (domestic and international) for internal meetings and internal/external conferences.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum education and experience required: Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or related field of study plus seven (7) years of experience in the job offered or as Director/Manager of Software Engineering, Software Engineer/Developer, Data Analyst, IT Consultant, or related occupation.

The employer will alternatively accept a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or related field of study plus ten (10) years of experience in the job offered or as Director/Manager of Software Engineering, Software Engineer/Developer, Data Analyst, IT Consultant, or related occupation.

Skills Required: This position requires seven (7) years of experience with the following skills: leveraging knowledge of financial markets in the equities investment banking area to design and develop complex artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) software architectures; utilizing advanced AI or ML techniques to process large datasets using AWS infrastructure to generate insights from email and chat communications; developing and automating large-scale, high-performance data processing systems taking AI/ML results and distributing them to front office sales traders to drive sales; Agile software development lifecycle (SDLC) including use of Agile and Scrum frameworks; using GitHub and BitBucket for version control; using JIRA and Confluence for project management; Data Architecture Disciplines including Amazon Redshift, Hadoop, Glue or Sp...