Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Full Stack Engineer to join our ETF Engineering team. This role is in New York City, NY.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:  

• Participate in the technical design, development, and implementation of ETF application systems, writing well-structured, testable, and efficient code.
• Design and develop automated test suites and quality-assurance procedures using standard testing frameworks.
• Actively participate in code reviews and integrate software components into fully functional systems.
• Ensure high-quality engineering outcomes using CI/CD, automation, and DevOps practices, delivering software via rapid iterations and frequent releases.
• Collaborate effectively with multi-location teams across engineering, product, operations, and support functions.
• Liaise with internal and external clients with a client-first mindset, translating business needs into clear technical solutions and support.
• Participate in production release-day activities, including deployment validation, issue triage, and post-release support.
• Champion an AI-first approach across the SDLC, including AI-assisted coding, automated testing, remediation, and code quality.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:  

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of professional experience and practical expertise.
• 5 years of experience.
• Strong back-end experience with Java 17 or later, Spring 6, and Spring Boot 4.
• Strong Core Java, including multi-threading, memory usage, and large data transfer.
• Front-end proficiency with Angular 18 or later, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience designing, building, testing, and managing client facing RESTful web services and APIs for inter-process communication.
• Experience with MSSQL or Oracle databases and caching frameworks such as Hazelcast.
• Experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka, FIX (with QuickFixJ), or MQ.
• Strong understanding of testing frameworks and utility libraries such as JUnit, TestContainers, Mockito, Playwright and Apache.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, MCP, or AI development tools such as Codex, Claude, or Windsurf is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with OAuth2/OIDC/JWT security models.
• Familiarity working with and configuring GitLab CI/CD and DevOps is a plus.
• Experience with container-based cloud frameworks or Docker/Podman is a plus.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with diverse stakeholders and external clients
• Understanding of ETFs or a general financial-services background is preferred.