Development Lead

Cantor Fitzgerald•New York, NY

8d•$225,000 - $250,000•Onsite

About The Position

Prime Technology is building applications for Cantor’s Prime clients and the firm’s future vision. The Development Lead will own and evolve the Swaps and Synthetic Prime Brokerage (SPB) platforms, which cover trade capture, resets, financing, collateral, dividends, corporate actions, and client reporting. The role combines technical and domain expertise with leadership and mentoring of the engineers who build and operate the platforms. It is an in-office position in New York, working directly with trading desks, middle-office, and operations teams.

Requirements

10+ years of technology experience in capital markets with a proven record of increasing responsibility.
Recognized subject-matter expertise 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 such as FIX and Kafka.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with swap booking and position-keeping platforms such as Murex or Calypso.
Knowledge of swap-related regulatory and tax reporting requirements, including dividend withholding tax processing.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end delivery and operation of Swaps and 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, including management of data and trade feeds, processing handshakes, and exception handling.
Lead, mentor, and grow multiple engineering teams, setting clear expectations and fostering accountability and technical excellence.
Engage directly with trading, middle-office, and risk stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable technical requirements.
Provide architectural guidance to ensure 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.