Vice President Software Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Vice President Software Engineer (Fintech): Developing and maintaining robust software solutions for global financial platforms with an accent on big data handling and microservices architecture. Focus on designing scalable systems, implementing comprehensive testing suites, and ensuring compliance across the full software development lifecycle.

Location: Must be based in New York, NY, United States

Salary: $190,000 - $252,500

Company

A leading global financial institution providing a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base.

What you will do

• Develop, enhance, and maintain software solutions supporting global business operations.
• Design and implement scalable technology solutions using internal and open-source services.
• Collaborate on requirements gathering, user story refinement, and full-cycle development.
• Build and maintain robust testing suites including unit, integration, and regression testing.
• Work with large data platforms to ensure secure and efficient compliance data handling.
• Identify and integrate new technologies to transform financial business processes.

Requirements

• Master’s degree with 3 years of experience or Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields.
• Proven experience with the full software development lifecycle.
• Strong proficiency in Java enterprise applications within a Unix environment.
• Experience with big data technologies such as HDFS, Scala, Spark, or MapReduce.
• Expertise in RDBMS (Sybase or Oracle) and database query languages (SQL/NoSQL).
• Knowledge of microservices architecture design including REST and Spring.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to work at a premier global financial institution.
• Exposure to high-load, complex financial data systems.
• Commitment to equal opportunity and inclusive workplace practices.
• Professional growth within a structured corporate engineering division.