Vice President, Commodities Development

BMO • New York, NY

8d • $120,000 - $250,000

About The Position

Fixed Income Technology is seeking a senior technology leader for Global Trading Solutions’ Commodities Technology team. The role is responsible for designing, delivering, and operating trading systems supporting the Energy, Metals, Agriculture, and Environmental Products desks. It leads front-office engineering teams and serves as the primary technology partner to the Commodities Trading desk and product owner.

The position combines hands-on technical leadership, architecture ownership, and business partnership. The successful candidate will develop resilient, scalable, and compliant Java trading systems while enabling increased automation and electronic execution across Commodities trading flows. The role is accountable for production stability, performance, and the strategic evolution of the Commodities trading technology stack.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 5 years of professional core Java development experience building front-office Commodities trading technology solutions.
• Solid understanding of Commodities markets, market structure, and trading workflows, including Energy, Metals, Agriculture, and Environmental Products.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams in high-stakes trading environments.
• Experience owning production systems with direct trader impact.
• Hands-on background with real-time systems and performance optimization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, eagerness to ask questions, and ability to explain ideas clearly.
• Strong collaboration and teamwork skills.
• Strong JUnit testing skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end Commodities trading technology platforms, including electronic execution and RFQ workflows, OMS, trade capture, lifecycle management and amendments, real-time pricing, and risk and position views.
• Define and evolve a low-latency, event-driven technical strategy suitable for electronic Commodities trading.
• Drive adoption of microservices, streaming, and resilient design patterns across pricing and execution flows.
• Manage real-time integrations with trading venues and protocols, market data and pricing sources, and risk, position, and downstream systems.
• Translate trading and product requirements into clear technical designs and delivery plans.
• Lead multi-year technology initiatives, such as OMS modernization, lifecycle automation, and venue onboarding.
• Create thorough test cases to ensure software stability and reliability.
• Partner with operations and production support teams on new features and existing strategy behaviors.
• Support production issues, including independently completing root-cause analysis and diagnosis.
• Communicate with senior business and technology leadership about realistic delivery plans, roadmap progress, production risk, and strategic tradeoffs.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Accident and life insurance
• Retirement savings plans
• Performance-based incentives and discretionary bonuses may be included in total compensation, along with other perks and rewards.
• In-depth training and coaching, manager support, and network-building opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior