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# Development Manager

- **Company:** Cantor Fitzgerald
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $225,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Quality, Distributed Systems, Release Management, Software Engineering, System Availability
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/cb127142-f716-4e9e-8956-440c55488ab8

## About the Role

* 10+ years of technology experience in capital markets with a proven track record of increasing responsibility.
 * Recognized subject-matter expert in Prime brokerage technology and domain, serving as a go-to authority.
 * Demonstrated experience leading and developing engineering teams, including mentoring technical talent.
 * Strong foundation in software engineering, distributed systems design, and security.
 * Experience building and operating highly available, mission-critical systems.
 * Ability to interact directly with users and translate business needs into well-defined technical requirements.
 * Sound judgment evaluating architecture and design trade-offs across scalability, availability, and security.
 * 5+ years managing application development in the Prime brokerage domain (preferred).
 * Working knowledge of Prime brokerage workflows such as financing, securities lending, and client reporting (preferred).

## Description

Prime Technology is building a suite of applications to support Cantor's Prime clients and align with the firm's future vision. We seek a technically expert leader to own our Prime brokerage platforms, guide multiple engineering teams, and work directly with front-office users to translate business needs into robust, scalable, and secure solutions., * Own end-to-end delivery and operation of Prime brokerage applications, from requirements through production support.

 * Serve as the technical and domain subject-matter expert, shaping solution design and setting technical standards.
 * Lead, mentor, and grow multiple engineering teams, fostering a culture of accountability and technical excellence.
 * Drive technical initiatives across the Prime brokerage domain, aligning priorities with business needs and the technology roadmap.
 * Engage directly with front-office and operations stakeholders to translate needs into clear, actionable requirements.
 * Provide technical direction by reviewing architecture and design decisions for scalability, security, and high availability.
 * Ensure stability and resilience of production systems, including incident response and root-cause analysis.
 * Establish and uphold engineering best practices for design, code quality, testing, and release management.
 * Remain hands-on with technology to guide the team through complex challenges and earn technical respect.