Development Manager, FX Engineering

As Development Manager, you will lead the Software Development and Quality Engineering teams responsible for FX Exchange applications (FX Spot, Swaps, and NDF). You’ll shape the roadmap with Product, ensuring secure, resilient, scalable solutions. You’ll guide architecture decisions and foster an inclusive environment where engineers grow and collaborate. This role combines people leadership with technical credibility to deliver high‑quality trading services.

• healthcare
• retirement planning
• paid volunteering days
• wellbeing initiatives

• Lead the Software Development and Quality Engineering teams with shared accountability for delivery and product quality
• Set technical direction, engineering standards and delivery expectations
• Coach engineers and support career development; plan staffing and structure for the roadmap
• Create an inclusive, collaborative learning culture and manage distributed teams and external partners
• Partner with Product to translate strategy into an achievable roadmap; evaluate feasibility and investment
• Own end-to-end engineering delivery and quality from requirements to production operation
• Establish a modern SDLC with automation, CI/CD, testing, security, observability and readiness
• Lead performance, resilience, security, and integration testing for trading services
• Guide architecture for high-volume, low-latency trading systems; drive platform modernisation and reusable patterns
• Embed AI and automation across engineering while ensuring governance and security
• Define delivery, quality and reliability metrics; drive continuous improvement

• Experience leading SDLC for business-critical products
• Technical leadership in high-volume, low-latency or distributed systems, preferably in electronic trading or financial markets
• Depth in modern software architecture, Java engineering and performance optimisation; working knowledge of C++ and Linux
• Experience modernising legacy platforms and improving engineering practices while sustaining live services
• Experience partnering with Product to shape roadmaps and deliver outcomes
• Experience establishing automated testing, CI/CD, secure engineering, observability and operational readiness
• Practical experience applying AI-assisted engineering and reusable agents
• Knowledge of FX Spot, Swaps or NDF, matching engines, FIX or similar platforms
• Strong communication, stakeholder influence and change management
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and drive teams forward

• leadership and people management
• stakeholder influence
• collaboration and inclusivity
• Java engineering
• C++
• Linux