Vice President, Application Development Manager

Vice President, Application Development Manager 

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We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Application Development Manager– US to join our Digital Assets platform team. This role is in New York city.

Mission

• Lead engineering for resilient, high-throughput financial systems supporting institutional workflows.
• Architect platforms that integrate settlement, custody, and ledgering with digital-asset technologies.
• Ensure reliability, performance, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence.
• Build scalable hybrid architectures bridging on-chain and off-chain systems (smart contracts, blockchain events, and traditional controls).
• Develop and mentor engineering talent, fostering ownership, velocity, technical rigor, and modern SDLC practices.

Profile

• Deep experience operating high-availability financial applications and post-trade workflows (preferably settlement and clearing).
• Strong engineering leadership: blockchain/smart contracts/digital-asset infrastructure experience is a plus. Will train high-potential leaders who can learn and architect across on-chain/off-chain domains.

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

• Lead and mentor an Agile pod of 4–5 engineers, driving delivery excellence and collaboration.
• Design and build Java microservices (Java 17 plus, spring Boot, Spring Data JPA/Hibernate) on Kubernetes with focus on performance, scalability, and security.
• Implement REST APIs with resilience and async messaging; apply CQRS, Saga, and Event Sourcing.
• Integrate off-chain services with Ethereum smart contracts (Solidity) and Web3, ensuring secure and compliant interactions.
• Own Oracle schema design, SQL/PLSQL optimization, partitioning, and transactional integrity.
• Establish CI/CD automation (Jenkins, GitLab/GitHub Pipelines) with quality gates (SonarQube, static analysis) and coding standards.
• Lead automated testing across unit, integration, contract, and API (JUnit, Mockito, TestNG, REST Assured, Cucumber) embedded in regression pipelines.
• Operationalize observability (Prometheus, Grafana) for proactive monitoring and rapid incident response.
• Partner with product, architecture, QA, and cross-functional teams to deliver compliant, resilient solutions.
• Embed regulatory and risk controls (AML, KYC, travel rule) in design and delivery.

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

•  Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field. - Advanced degree or relevant certifications in Software Engineering or Project Management is preferred.
• Typically, 6-10 years of experience in application development management or a related field; securities/financial services experience is a plus.
• Expertise in Java 17 plus, spring Boot, Spring Data JPA/Hibernate; microservices, REST, resilience, async messaging.
• Hands-on Kubernetes (orchestration, scaling) and Oracle DB (schema, SQL/PLSQL, optimization, partitioning).
• Practical experience with Ethereum, Solidity, and Web3 integrations is a plus.
• Familiarity with enterprise patterns (CQRS, Saga, Event Sourcing) and CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub/GitLab) with code quality tooling (SonarQube).
• Track record implementing observability (Prometheus, Grafana) and integrating automated testing into CI/CD.
• Preferred: financial services or payments, blockchain/crypto transaction processing, regulatory compliance (AML, KYC, travel rule), high-volume/low-latency and multi-threaded systems.
• People Leadership: Ability to lead and mentor teams (4–5 engineers), set technical direction, and manage Agile delivery.
• Soft Skills: Strong analytical/problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, clear technical communication, and a proactive learning mindset.

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