SVP, Technology Infrastructure

SVP, Technology & Infrastructure

Location: New York, NY or Washington, DC (hybrid, with client travel)

Industry: Capital Markets / Financial Technology

About the Opportunity

Our client is a growing, cloud-native data and analytics platform that serves banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and other capital markets institutions. They process large amounts of data and computation to deliver analytics on complex fixed income assets. They are entering their next stage of growth and are hiring a senior technology leader to own the infrastructure that powers the platform.

This is a high-visibility leadership role reporting directly to the Chief Technology Officer. It offers a clear path to executive leadership of the full technology organization. You’ll be the technical face of the firm with clients and a hands-on leader for the team.

What You’ll Do

• Lead cloud infrastructure, DevOps, information security, and data processing across the platform
• Manage and develop a team of about 20+ engineers through three senior leaders (Security, DevOps, and Cloud Scaling/Analytics), with scope expanding to 40+ over time
• Own the pipelines that bring in, validate, and process data from hundreds of external sources
• Scale compute-heavy analytics workloads in the cloud while improving reliability, performance, and cost efficiency
• Serve as the senior technical voice in client meetings, onboarding, and strategic conversations, and represent the platform’s architecture, security, and roadmap
• Set engineering process, release management, and operational standards as the company scales
• Partner with software development, product, and commercial leadership to support growth and new client needs

What You Bring

• 12+ years in technology, with significant leadership experience in infrastructure, cloud, platform, or production engineering
• Experience in capital markets, investment management, or financial technology, whether at a vendor, buy-side firm, or sell-side firm
• A proven track record of scaling cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) for data-heavy, compute-heavy applications
• Hands-on experience with data pipelines and incoming data from many sources
• Strong executive presence and comfort leading client-facing technical conversations
• An entrepreneurial, get-it-done mindset, plus the ability to build process and discipline in a growing firm
• Working knowledge of fixed income, structured finance, or mortgage-backed securities is a strong plus but not required

Why This Role

• Direct reporting line to the CTO and a defined path to executive technology leadership
• Real ownership and impact at a firm entering its next growth phase
• Competitive compensation, including bonus and equity participation