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Job Description:
This job is responsible for defining and leading the engineering approach for complex features to deliver significant business outcomes. Key responsibilities of the job include delivering complex features and technology, enabling development efficiencies, providing technical thought leadership based on conducting multiple software implementations, and applying both depth and breadth in a number of technical competencies. Additionally, this job is accountable for end-to-end solution design and delivery.

Job Profile Summary:

BofA Commodity Technology is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead engineering team supporting New York–based Commodities sales & trading desks. This leader will partner directly with traders, sales, and quantitative research to design, build, and evolve front-office risk and pricing systems—primarily within our proprietary Quartz platform. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in commodity index and commodity derivatives risk, pre-trade workflow, and client connectivity, with a track record of delivering complex, distributed risk systems in Python and ReactJS. Exposure to C#/.NET for legacy components is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures that the design and engineering approach for complex features are consistent with the larger portfolio solution
• Define the technology tool stack for the solution and evaluate and adapt new testing tool/framework/practices for team(s)
• Enables team(s)/applications with Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) capabilities and engages with other technical stakeholders pertaining to efficient functioning of CI-CD pipeline
• Guides and influences team(s) on design and best practices for high code performance –e.g. pairing, code reviews
• Provides end-to-end delivery of complex features, including automation, for either a single team or multiple teams, at the program level
• Conducts research, design prototyping and other exploration activities such as evaluating new toolsets and components for release management, CI/CD, and features
• Works with stakeholders to establish high-level solution needs and with architects for technical requirements
• Lead & Grow a High-Performing Team (10–15 engineers): coach, set goals, and cultivate a collaborative, front-office–centric culture.
• Engage the Desk Daily: partner with trading, sales, and quants to translate strategies and models into robust, production-grade systems prioritizing high-impact desk outcomes.
• Architect & Build on Quartz: drive end-to-end engineering of Commodity Index platform in partnership w/ peers and quantitative partners; modernize components and eliminate technical debt.
• Deliver Real-Time Risk: implement and support intraday risk for commodity index and derivatives.
• Support Pre‑Trade & Client Connectivity: help define and support future strategic pre-trade and client connectivity implementations
• Production Excellence: help ensure production stability - monitoring, alerting, incident response, root-cause analysis, capacity planning, release management, and change control.

Required Qualifications:

• Leadership: 7-10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years leading front-office–facing teams delivering to trading/sales; proven people leadership across hiring, coaching, and performance management.
• Communication: the presence and clarity to engage senior business stakeholders, translate requirements, and negotiate priorities under time pressure.
• Domain Expertise: Commodities: deep knowledge of commodity index construction/maintenance and commodity derivatives (futures, options on futures, swaps), curve/term-structure dynamics, spreads/calendars, seasonality, and risk sensitivities/Greeks.
• Risk Systems: hands-on experience building real-time risk/pricing and analytics platforms used on trading desks; strong grasp of PnL, VaR, stress, scenarios, intraday limits, and pre-trade checks.
• Quartz / Python / ReactJS: extensive development experience with Python for distributed services/analytics (ideally in Quartz or a similar platforms), and ReactJS for rich, trader-focused UIs.
• Agile Development: CI/CD, automated testing, code review, secure coding, and change management in a regulated environment; familiarity with build pipelines and artifact management.

Desired Qualifications:

• C#/.NET for legacy components and migration strategy.
• Experience with commodities venues and data (e.g., ICE, CME, LME, Bloomberg/Refinitiv) and pricing libraries.
• Prior hands-on work with quant libraries and collaboration with quants.

Minimum Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

Skills:

• Automation
• Influence
• Result Orientation
• Stakeholder Management
• Technical Strategy Development
• Application Development
• Architecture
• Business Acumen
• Risk Management
• Solution Design
• Agile Practices
• Analytical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Data Management
• Solution Delivery Process

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40