Head of Middle Office Technology - Hedge Fund - London

Attribution Search is partnering with a global hedge fund looking to appoint a Head of Middle Office Technology to lead the engineering team responsible for developing and maintaining the firm's middle-office and post-trade technology infrastructure.

This is a senior leadership opportunity combining technical oversight, team management and strategic responsibility for the systems supporting trading operations, trade processing and the wider investment lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop a team of software engineers responsible for middle-office and post-trade technology, providing technical direction, mentorship and oversight of engineering delivery.
• Take ownership of the technology roadmap for middle-office applications, ensuring systems remain scalable, resilient and aligned with the firm's operational and investment requirements.
• Oversee the design, development and enhancement of applications supporting trade capture, booking, valuations, reconciliations and trade lifecycle processing.
• Provide architectural and technical oversight across C#/.NET applications, integrations, databases and messaging infrastructure.
• Partner closely with Trading, Operations, Treasury and other technology teams to understand business requirements, prioritise development initiatives and deliver effective solutions.
• Drive automation and improvements to straight-through processing, reducing manual intervention and strengthening operational controls.
• Establish and maintain engineering best practices across code quality, testing, deployment, documentation and production support.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading and managing software engineering teams within a hedge fund.
• Strong technical background in software engineering, ideally with significant C#/.NET.
• Deep understanding of middle-office technology, post-trade workflows and the end-to-end trade lifecycle.
• Experience delivering and overseeing systems supporting trade processing, reconciliations, valuations, positions and operational workflows.
• Strong understanding of SQL databases, APIs, messaging technologies and enterprise application architecture.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience partnering directly with Trading, Operations and senior technology leadership.
• A hands-on, commercially minded leadership approach, with the ability to balance strategic direction and technical detail.

Candidates with relevant experience are encourage to apply to find out more.