Job Description

Key Responsibilities / Duties

Serves as SME, thought leader, and technical strategy driver for the business capability/product
Interfaces with the business, determines their needs, and ensures that the products and services developed are in line with business priorities
Assesses the impact of technical solutions on the overall enterprise architecture and the future roadmap
Manages the key activities involving technical solution delivery and operations specific to the business capability/product
Monitors engineering throughput and recommends practices for reducing cycle time and increasing throughput
Keeps abreast of developments in the market for their technical competency or solution that supports their capability/product
Monitors technical standards and performance criteria, advising on governance issues and escalating as necessary
Focusses on reducing technical debt and increasing the resiliency of the technical platform
Experiments with new technologies and acquire new skills to find creative solutions to the unique challenges we will encounter along the way

Work Experience / Knowledge:

Minimum 10 years of proven experience developing data analytics and visualization software and workflows
Experience managing large cross-functional teams
Advanced experience with Python and libraries like numpy, pandas, scipy, and matplotlib
Advanced database programming experience with both SQL (e. g. Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and noSQL (e. g. MongoDB, Parquet) data stores.
Intermediate experience with data visualization tools (e. g. Plotly, PowerBI, Tableau, Plotly Dash, or RShiny)
Basic to intermediate experience with HTML, CSS, React. js, and other front-end technologies.
Intermediate to advanced experience with Microsoft Excel
Basic to intermediate experience with Linux server administration, containerized environments (Docker or LXC), git, continuous integration (e. g. Jenkins, Travis-CI, or CircleCI), documentation (e. g. Sphinx), IT security, distributed computing, and parallel computation.
Basic to Intermediate understanding of Equity, Fixed Income, and Derivative instruments

Skills / Other Personal Attributes Required:

Comfortable working with ambiguity (e. g. imperfect data, loosely defined concepts, ideas, or goals) and translating these into more tangible outputs
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
Self-motivated. Capable of working with little or no supervision
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Enjoy challenging and thought-provoking work and have a strong desire to learn and progress
Ability to manage multiple tasks and requests
Must demonstrate a positive, team-focused attitude
Ability to react positively under pressure to meet tight deadlines
Good inter-personal skills combined with willingness to listen
Structured, disciplined approach to work, with attention to detail
Flexible - able to meet changing requirements and priorities
Maintenance of up-to-date knowledge in the appropriate technical areas
Able to work in a global, multicultural environment

Sr. Manager, Invest Tech