Technology Management Lead

Piper Companies is hiring a Tech Management Lead for a global financial institution located in New York City. The Tech Management Lead will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of real-time trading and risk applications supporting the Rates desk. This is a full-time opportunity and requires the candidate to sit on site multiple days per week in New York City. 

Responsibilities of the Tech Management Lead: 

• Act as the first line of defense for trading systems, resolving production incidents swiftly to minimize downtime and financial impact. 
• Collaborate directly with Traders, Strats, and Development teams to optimize workflows and troubleshoot complex technical issues. 
• Drive improvements in application health monitoring and automation to reduce manual effort and operational risk. 
• Conduct root cause analyses and blameless post-mortems, implementing preventative measures for recurring issues. 
• Lead cost optimization and capacity management initiatives to ensure efficient resource utilization. 

Requirements of the Tech Management Lead: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required. 
• 7+ years of experience in reliability engineering or technical support within financial services. 
• Experience with observability tools such as Geneos, Grafana, Splunk, or Prometheus. 
• Strong technical proficiency in Linux/Unix systems, SQL, and scripting. 
• Programming experience with Python or Java. 
• Proven experience supporting front office trading environments and business-critical applications. 

Benefits of the Tech Management Lead: 

Compensation: $185,000–$203,000  

Full Comprehensive Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental, PTO, Paid Holidays, Sick Leave if Required by Law 

Keywords: Technology Management lead, application reliability engineer, business alignment, reliability engineering, root cause analysis, production support, application reliability, trading systems, rates applications, capacity management, performance tuning, system troubleshooting, fault-tolerant systems, Geneos, Linux, SQL, java, python, bash, CI/CD, Jenkins, gitlab CI, scripting, automation, monitoring, observability 

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This Job opens for applications on 11/10/2025. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.