What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Lead - Asset Management position at Photon?
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We are PHOTON, one of the world's largest Digital Platform Engineering Company providing a combination of Strategy Consulting, Creative Design and Technology Services, and we work with 40% of the Fortune 100 companies.
For the past 20 years, we have powered many Digital Experiences for the Fortune 500. Since 1999, we have grown from a few people to more than 4000 team members across the globe that are engaged in various Digital Modernization. For a brief 1 minute video about us, you can check .
We are looking for experienced Technical Lead - Asset Management front-office applications to join Photon at Boston, MA (Onsite)
We are seeking a seasoned Technical Lead with over 10 years of experience to spearhead the development of our Asset Management front-office applications. In this pivotal role, you will provide the technical vision and architectural oversight necessary to build high-performance, scalable systems. You will be responsible for navigating complex financial workflows and ensuring that our technical deliverables meet the highest standards of quality and maintainability in a modern, service-oriented landscape.
Key Responsibilities
- Technical Direction: Define and drive the long-term technical roadmap for front-office trading and portfolio management platforms, ensuring alignment with evolving business needs.
- Design & Architecture: Lead critical design decisions, promoting Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and cloud-native principles to ensure system resilience and scalability.
- Cloud Alignment: Evaluate and implement strategies to align application architectures with cloud environments, optimizing for performance and cost-effectiveness.
- Code Standards & Governance: Establish and enforce rigorous coding standards and best practices across the engineering team to ensure consistency and readability.
- Quality Assurance: Take ultimate accountability for the quality, security, and maintainability of all technical deliverables, conducting deep-dive code reviews and architectural audits.
- Mentorship: Guide and mentor senior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as the primary technical liaison between product management, business stakeholders in Asset Management, and the engineering squads.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Experience: 10 years of professional software engineering experience, with a proven track record in a leadership or foundational architectural role.
- Domain Expertise: Deep experience in Asset Management front-office application development, including familiarity with order management systems (OMS), execution management, or portfolio analytics.
- Architectural Mastery: Strong expertise in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and designing distributed systems that handle real-time data.
- Cloud-Native Mindset: Proficiency in designing applications specifically for cloud-native ecosystems (containers, microservices, serverless).
- Technical Excellence: Expert-level understanding of software design patterns, enterprise integration patterns, and clean code principles.
- Quality Focus: Experience implementing automated testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and observability frameworks to ensure system health.
Preferred Technical Attributes
- Direct experience with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform) and cloud-native orchestration (Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of high-frequency messaging patterns and real-time streaming (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
- Familiarity with financial data protocols and regulatory requirements specific to the buy-side.
Leadership Competencies
- Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear technical specifications.
- Decisiveness in making high-stakes architectural trade-offs.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical audiences