Technology Lead – Equity Derivatives (Senior Vice President)

Overview

In this Front Office role, you will contribute to the global Derivatives technology platform, working with London, Serbia, and Pune teams to enhance front-office systems. You will own delivery planning, drive releases, and implement changes across the tech stack in a fast-paced trading environment. You will collaborate with trading desks, risk, and control functions to deliver robust, well-tested solutions. This is a hands-on opportunity to shape critical derivatives infrastructure and support the growth of Jefferies’ global derivatives business.

Responsibilities

• Own cross-squad delivery planning across regions (London/Serbia/Pune)
• Drive release planning, cutover readiness, and change management
• Develop and enhance C#/.NET or Java front office applications and services
• Design and unit test technical solutions from business requirements
• Establish a delivery cadence with regular reviews for stakeholders
• Maintain consolidated RAID log with owners, dates, mitigations
• Manage cross-team dependencies and escalate with options/recommendations
• Define scope with Trading/Risk/Control and ensure traceability from requirements to delivery
• Support parallel runs and reconciliations with agreed tolerances
• Participate in code reviews and project meetings
• Report status to stakeholders and provide technical support to them

Key requirements

• Experience in an object-oriented language (C#/.NET or Java)
• Capital markets knowledge with equity derivatives or related areas
• Experience with RDBMS (Microsoft SQLServer or MySQL)
• Experience in real-time or near real-time trading systems
• Experience integrating Quant/Analytic libraries
• Experience with OMS and/or Risk systems
• Ability to write clean, maintainable code
• Strong problem-solving and communications skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Understanding of coding and development processes
• Bachelor-level education or higher

• Self-starter and independent
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Collaborative and able to work with trading desks and control functions
• C#/.NET
• Java
• RDBMS (Microsoft SQLServer, MySQL)

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