Job Description

Cantor International Services Limited is seeking a seasoned Development Manager to own the end-to-end architecture of its trading platform. You will build and lead a high-calibre team of developers and testers, drive release cycles across multiple environments, ensure platform resilience and performance, and provide round-the-clock production support. The role requires close collaboration with product managers, infrastructure, client IT, and external vendors to deliver secure, low-latency trading solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own platform architecture, ensuring resilience, high performance, and built-in test automation.
• Lead, develop, and hire development and QA teams, managing performance and growth.
• Run the full release cycle: branch management, planning, execution, and hot-fixes across DEV, QA, UAT, PROD, and DR.
• Partner with Infrastructure to maintain healthy environments and participate in DR tests and CAB processes.
• Provide 24x6 production support, triaging incidents, tracing trade flows, and driving root-cause fixes.
• Translate Product Manager requirements into delivered features and coordinate cross-team integration.
• Collaborate with client IT on connectivity, onboarding, SSO, questionnaires, and platform issues.
• Manage vulnerability remediation, security questionnaires, and vendor/partner access to code repositories.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Java development with Spring, JMS, and enterprise messaging (e.g., Solace).
• Experience with FIX protocol (QuickFIX/J) and XML/JSON message integration.
• Strong Oracle/SQL skills for production trade and data troubleshooting.
• Proven leadership of development and QA teams, including hiring and performance management.
• Hands-on production support and root-cause analysis in a live trading environment.
• Release and deployment management across multiple environments using Git, Jira, Jenkins, and test automation.
• Excellent communication with traders, management, vendors, and client IT staff.
• FX product knowledge (spot, forwards, NDFs, options) and market data integration (Refinitiv/RMDS).
• Low-latency design experience, such as the LMAX Disruptor pattern.
• Security and infrastructure expertise: SSO/OAuth/SAML, SFTP, Linux administration, and vulnerability remediation.

Compensation Expectations: $250,000-$325,000 Base Salary

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