Investment Systems Engineer, Team Lead

Job Title: Investment Systems Engineer Team Lead
Location: Madison Wisconsin - Hybrid and if in Chicago IL area 1 day a week in Madison Wi
Position Type: Full-Time / Direct Hire

Compensation Information
The expected salary range for this position is $130000 - $160000 per year depending on experience and qualifications. This role also qualifies for comprehensive benefits such as bonus potential health insurance 401(k) and paid time off. TalentFish is committed to pay transparency and equal opportunity. The salary range provided is in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.

Join a Premier Investment Technology Team!

TalentFish is casting a line for an Investment Systems Engineer Team Lead to join our client supporting sophisticated investment operations and technology platforms.

This role exists to lead the architecture implementation and operational excellence of mission-critical investment management systems with a primary focus on the Charles River Investment Management System (CRIMS/CRD) supporting both public and private market strategies. The position blends technical leadership platform ownership and operational governance ensuring systems supporting trading portfolio management compliance and operations remain highly available resilient and strategically aligned.

The ideal candidate brings deep investment systems expertise leadership experience and a strong understanding of trading workflows and investment operations.

What Youll Do (Skills Used in This Position)
Lead and manage a 24x6 Business Systems Engineering team responsible for the availability stability and operational excellence of front- and middle-office investment systems.
Own the production support operating model including on-call rotations escalation procedures workload distribution and coverage models.
Ensure strong monitoring alerting and incident response capabilities across Charles River and integrated trading systems.
Serve as the senior escalation point for major incidents coordinating with internal teams vendors and business stakeholders.
Lead incident management root cause analysis (RCA) and problem management processes to drive continuous improvement.
Establish and maintain runbooks SOPs and operational documentation to enable consistent and repeatable support outcomes.
Own and lead business continuity and disaster recovery planning for critical investment systems.
Serve as the platform owner and subject matter expert for Charles River ensuring configurations enhancements and upgrades are production-ready and resilient.
Lead configuration management integrations workflows and release management while minimizing operational and trading risk.
Define and enforce testing validation and deployment standards for system releases and production changes.
Identify and mitigate platform architectural or integration risks that could impact trading or investment operations.
Mentor and develop a high-performing engineering team fostering accountability ownership and operational excellence.
Partner closely with Trading Portfolio Management Operations Compliance and Technology teams to align technology capabilities with business needs.
Maintain strong vendor relationships particularly with Charles River supporting issue resolution and platform roadmap planning.
Communicate clearly with business and technology leadership during incidents outages and major platform changes.

What You Bring to the Role (Ideal Experience)
Bachelors degree in Information Systems Computer Science Finance or a related field.
8 years of experience in investment management technology particularly supporting or implementing OMS platforms.
Strong experience with Charles River Investment Management System (CRIMS/CRD) preferred.
Demonstrated experience leading technical or production support teams including incident management and escalation frameworks.
Deep functional and technical understanding of Order Management Systems (OMS) and Investment Management Systems (IMS).
Knowledge of trading workflows compliance processes allocations and investment operations.
Experience integrating with platforms such as Bloomberg FactSet Aladdin SimCorp Eagle and custodians such as BNY Mellon.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to document and explain complex platform configurations and system designs.
Proven ability to collaborate across Trading Operations Compliance and Technology teams.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to design scalable technology solutions.
Demonstrated commitment to quality assurance risk management and continuous improvement.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out
This role offers the opportunity to lead and shape the technology platforms supporting sophisticated institutional investment strategies. You will play a critical role in ensuring trading systems remain resilient optimized and aligned with the evolving needs of investment professionals while leading a highly skilled engineering team.

Compensation Information
The expected salary range for this position is $130000 - $160000 per year depending on experience and qualifications. This role also qualifies for comprehensive benefits such as bonus potential health insurance 401(k) and paid time off. TalentFish is committed to pay transparency and equal opportunity. The salary range provided is in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.

This role requires authorization to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship.

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