Managing Director - Head of Multi-Asset Agency Solution Technology and Prime Trading Technology

Royal Bank of Canada•New York, NY

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Royal Bank of Canada is seeking an experienced technology leader to oversee the global engineering function for its Multi-Asset Agency Solutions platform. The role leads more than 30 engineers and QA professionals responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing mission-critical trading technologies supporting equities, futures, rates, and FX algorithmic trading engines, smart order routing, order management systems, and flow internalization infrastructure. The position provides strategic and day-to-day technical leadership across the multi-asset trading platform, including architecture, optimization, performance, scalability, reliability, platform engineering, and infrastructure modernization. It also leads the architecture and development of a new low-latency electronic trading platform for prime brokerage clients, making decisions on technology, infrastructure, and API standards to meet performance and reliability requirements and support growth in systematic and algorithmic trading. The Managing Director hires, mentors, and develops engineering talent; establishes technical standards and best practices; and promotes operational excellence and continuous improvement. The role serves as a technical advisor to senior business leaders, translating business requirements into technical roadmaps and aligning technology investments with business objectives. It partners with risk, compliance, and operations teams to support regulatory and operational requirements. The position is based at Brookfield Place, 200 Vesey Street, New York, and is listed as full-time, regular, and salaried, with 40 work hours per week. The expected salary range is $300,000–$400,000, excluding discretionary bonus and benefits.

Requirements

10+ years of hands-on software development experience.
Demonstrated mastery of Java or C++ in Linux environments.
Proficiency with kdb and ability to optimize high-frequency, data-intensive systems.
Progression from individual contributor to technical leadership.
Ability to architect large-scale, distributed trading systems and mentor senior engineers.
Experience designing or optimizing algorithmic trading engines, execution systems, or market data infrastructure at a major financial institution.
Knowledge of North American and European trading markets, including market structure, connectivity, and trading conventions across major exchanges and venues.
Familiarity with regulatory regimes including MiFID II, market abuse regulations, and data protection requirements, and experience working within compliance frameworks in highly regulated environments.
Strong understanding of risk management principles, position monitoring, and control systems for multi-asset trading.
Experience supporting North American and European trading operations and familiarity with their regulatory expectations and operational requirements.
Ability to combine technical depth with business acumen, including understanding market microstructure, execution quality metrics, and the impact of technology decisions on trading performance and profitability.
Experience managing and scaling significant-sized engineering teams.
Experience with real-time systems, low-latency optimization, and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic direction and day-to-day leadership for all technical aspects of the multi-asset trading platform.
Oversee architecture and optimization of trading engines across asset classes.
Manage smart order routing and order management systems.
Lead initiatives in flow internalization and market microstructure innovation.
Direct platform engineering, system performance tuning, and infrastructure modernization.
Lead the architecture and buildout of a new low-latency electronic trading platform for prime brokerage clients.
Drive technology selection, infrastructure design, and API standardization for the prime brokerage platform.
Hire, mentor, and develop engineering talent.
Set technical standards and best practices and foster operational excellence and continuous improvement.
Advise senior business leaders, translate business requirements into technical roadmaps, and align technology investments with business objectives.
Partner with risk, compliance, and operations teams to ensure systems meet regulatory requirements and operational standards.