IT Technical Project Manager (Fintech) - Immediate Hiring

Role Overview

The Technical Project Manager will lead the planning, execution, and delivery of high-performance equity trading platforms. This includes overseeing initiatives for Order Routing and Real-time Risk Management systems. You will collaborate with Business Users, Software Engineers, and Compliance officers to ensure our systems remain low-latency, resilient, and compliant.

Job Responsibilities

• End-to-End Delivery: Own the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for trading system upgrades, from initial requirements gathering (BRDs/FRDs) to User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and production rollout.
• Scalable Feature Delivery: Lead the development and rollout of retail-centric trading related features and integrations with vendor systems.
• Market Connectivity: Coordinate the integration of new Exchange/Venue APIs and the implementation of FIX Protocol updates for global markets (NYSE, NASDAQ, LSE, HKEX, etc.).
• Risk & Performance Monitoring: Lead initiatives to optimize system latency and throughput. Oversee the deployment of agentic AI for real-time trade surveillance and anomaly detection.
• Stakeholder Orchestration: Act as the primary liaison between the "Business Users” and the "IT" to prioritize the features delivery.
• Third-Party Integrations: Coordinate with vendors for KYC/AML (onboarding), Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) for instant deposits, and Market Data providers (Refinitiv, IEX).

Job Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Financial Engineering, or a related STEM field.
• Experience: 7+ years in TPM roles, with at least 4 years specifically in Fintech Trading Vendors, Retail Wealth Management or Investment Banking.
• Methodologies: Proven success leading teams using Agile/Scrum in a high-pressure environment.
• Communication Skills: Good communication and interpersonal skills and work well with all levels.

Technical & Domain Expertise

• Trading Lifecycle: Expert-level knowledge of order types, market data feeds (multicast/unicast), clearing, and settlement.
• Protocols & Infrastructure: Deep understanding of FIX 4.2/4.4/5.0, Binary protocols (SBE, ITCH/OUCH), and Linux-based low-latency environments.
• Retail Trading Tech Stack: Familiarity with React Native/Flutter for mobile, Node.js/.NET Core for high-concurrency backends, and PostgreSQL/Redis for transactional integrity.
• API-First Architecture: Experience managing REST/WebSocket APIs that power both the mobile app and third-party partner integrations.
• Identity & Security: Deep knowledge of OAuth2/OpenID Connect and Biometric authentication.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Experience managing auto-scaling environments in AWS/Azure/GCP to handle "market open" traffic spikes (e.g., the 9:30 AM EST surge).

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