Director of Technology - Engineering

The Director - Engineering is generally autonomous in their oversight and active management for a Technology program and/or practice area and most often reports directly to a Senior Director or Vice President

Essential Job Functions:

Directly manage and influence technology teams to deliver high-quality results across key disciplines including strategy, software development, operations, and engineering,

Technical Leadership

• Deep expertise in enterprise software architecture and server-side technologies with proven ability to set technical direction, make critical architectural decisions, and guide design and implementation of scalable, high-performance systems. Requires deep technical fluency in modern Java frameworks, RESTful and GraphQL APIs, microservices architectures, and event-driven systems, with experience across the full stack from API layer through data persistence to inform architectural decisions, conduct technical reviews, and establish engineering standards.
• Strong expertise in providing technical leadership for comprehensive data storage strategies across relational databases, NoSQL systems, and/or graph databases. Requires deep technical fluency to guide teams through data modeling decisions, evaluate architecture options, and deliver expert technical direction for implementing persistence solutions.

​Engineering Delivery & Execution

• Build and lead a high-performing engineering team capable of delivering complex software initiatives on time and within budget. Establish accountability structures, clear delivery commitments aligned to OKRs and foster a culture that balances fast-paced delivery timelines with engineering excellence and sustainable practices.
• Drive agile development practices focused on iterative delivery of measurable value against OKRs and strategic initiatives. Break down objectives into executable sprints with clear milestones, optimize delivery velocity and predictability, proactively manage risks, and hold teams accountable to committed timelines while maintaining quality standards.
• Establish rigorous quality gates, testing requirements, code review standards, and performance benchmarks to ensure all deliverables meet organizational standards. Manage technical debt proactively, ensure compliance with security controls and technology policies, and minimize production incidents through proactive quality and risk management practices.
• Direct engineering budget activities including cloud costs, tooling, and resource allocation—tracking spending against project budgets and identifying optimization opportunities.
• Partner with product management, architecture, and business stakeholders to align technical execution with strategic priorities. Provide transparent, data-driven reporting to senior leadership on initiative status, delivery metrics, budget utilization, risks, and progress toward OKRs with clear mitigation plans when needed.

Resource Management

• Recruit, interview, and hire top engineering talent with skills aligned to technical roadmap and delivery needs.
• Establish clear performance expectations tied to goals, conduct regular performance reviews with actionable feedback, and continuously assess team capabilities to identify skill gaps and training investments needed for current and future technical requirements.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performance engineering culture that embodies FINRA’s values, promotes knowledge sharing and mentorship across distributed teams, and creates an environment where engineers deliver their best work in support of FINRA’s mission.

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least ten (10) years of related experience, or equivalent training and / or work experience; Master’s degree and past Financial Services industry experience preferred.

• Minimum of 5 years of technical project, program and / or practice area oversight.

• Past experience influencing decisions and building conscience across internal and external partners

• Knowledge of business, technology and management principles involved in strategic planning, organizational change management, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, and coordination of people and resources.

• Experience must include direct experience in one of the following areas: strategy, software development, operations, engineering, development services, information security, and / or compliance.

• Extensive knowledge of industry leading technology best practices including familiarity with technology methodologies including at least one of ISO-9000, ITIL, Agile and iterative.

• Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills.

• Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships and leverage those relationships to improve the quality of work products.

• Must be able to identify, evaluate and recommend processes, tools, technologies and / or products to meet business and budgetary requirements.

• Should be well organized, thorough, and able to handle competing priorities.

• Ability to maintain focus and develop proficiency in new skills rapidly.

• Ability to work in a fast paced environment.

Work Conditions:

• Hybrid work environment, with defined in-person presence requirements.

• Occasional travel and extended hours may be required.

For work that is performed in CO, FL, TX, IL, PA, MA, MD, VA, Washington, DC, NY and NJ, please refer to the chart below for the salary range for the corresponding location. FINRA complies with all state and local pay transparency laws and regulations requiring the disclosure of salary ranges for the position. In addition to location, actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s skill set, level of experience, education, and market considerations. 

CO/FL/TX: Minimum Salary $134,400, Maximum Salary $260,400

IL/PA: Minimum Salary $147,600, Maximum Salary $286,500

MA/MD/VA/Washington, DC: Minimum Salary $154,400, Maximum Salary $299,600

NY/NJ: Minimum Salary $154,400, Maximum Salary $312,600

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Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Non-exempt employees are also eligible for overtime pay in accordance with federal, state, or local law. As part of its dedication to employee wellness, FINRA provides comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance. Additional insurance includes basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life, and spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, business travel accident, disability and legal. FINRA offers immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match and eligibility for participation in an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution, tuition reimbursement, commuter benefits, and other benefits that support employee wellness, such as adoption assistance, backup family care, surrogacy benefits, employee assistance, and wellness programs.

Time Off and Paid Leave*

FINRA encourages its employees to focus on their health and wellness in many ways, including through a generous time-off program of 15 days of paid time off, 5 personal days and 9 sick days, unless otherwise required by law (all pro-rated in the first year). Additionally, we are proud to support our communities by providing two volunteer service days (based on full-time schedule). Other paid leave includes military leave, jury duty leave, bereavement leave, voting and election official leave for federal, state or local primary and general elections, care of a family member leave (available after 90 days of employment); and childbirth and parental leave (available after 90 days of employment). Full-time employees receive nine paid holidays.

*Based on full-time schedule

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