The Applications Development Group Manager is a senior management level position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department in an effort to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications systems analysis and programming activities.
This is a senior engineering leadership role with end‑to‑end responsibility for application development and core engineering across the FX Technology Platform.
Our FX Technology platform underpins the world’s largest Markets FX business, operating continuously 24/7 across more than 87+ countries globally. The stability, scalability, and evolution of this platform are critical to the firm’s clients, markets, and reputation.
We are seeking a passionate, hands‑on technologist—someone who believes deeply in using technology to enable, protect, and grow the FX business. While deep engineering experience is essential, we value attitude, aptitude, and leadership mindset over any single technology or toolset.
This role will lead application development teams while also owning core engineering capabilities, setting technical direction, raising engineering standards, and building strong, resilient engineering teams. The role will be shaped around the right individual, recognising that exceptional senior engineers bring different strengths.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership & Ownership
- Provide senior‑level engineering leadership across the FX Technology platform, spanning application development and core engineering capabilities.
- Own the technical health, resilience, and evolution of a mission‑critical, globally distributed, 24/7 platform.
- Set and continuously raise engineering standards across architecture, development, testing, deployment, and operational support.
- Drive the design and development of scalable, resilient system architectures in close partnership with business stakeholders.
Application Development & Core Engineering
- Lead multiple application development teams responsible for delivering core FX trading, pricing, risk, and operational systems.
- Own and evolve core engineering components and shared capabilities that underpin the broader platform.
- Balance delivery speed with platform stability, resilience, and regulatory compliance.
- Ensure systems are designed for operability, performance, and availability at global scale.
People & Culture
- Lead, mentor, and develop senior engineering leaders and managers across regions, with a significant and strategic technology presence in India.
- Build teams that value curiosity, accountability, craftsmanship, and continuous learning.
- Attract and develop engineers with strong fundamentals, great attitudes, and a passion for solving complex problems.
- Create an environment where engineers are empowered to challenge, improve, and innovate.
Strategy, Delivery & Stakeholder Partnership
- Partner closely with Markets business leaders to align technology priorities with FX business strategy.
- Contribute to the long‑term technology vision for FX, including modernisation, simplification, and scalability initiatives.
- Own delivery execution across a complex portfolio—planning, prioritisation, budgeting, and progress transparency.
- Prepare and present regular updates to senior technology and business leadership.
Risk, Control & Production Excellence
- Ensure change is delivered with strong engineering discipline, governance, and controls appropriate to a global regulated business.
- Maintain robust production management practices, including incident management, root‑cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
- Own disaster recovery and resilience strategies, overseeing testing and readiness for all critical applications.
- Proactively identify, manage, and escalate technology and operational risk.
Leadership & Communication
- Act as a visible and credible senior engineering leader within FX Technology.
- Lead local and global forums, sharing platform vision, progress, and priorities.
- Role‑model ethical behaviour, accountability, and sound judgement in all decision‑making.
What We’re Looking For
- A senior engineer and technology leader, comfortable owning complex enterprise critical applications with high volumes.
- End-to-End Full stack development: Design, build and maintain scalable application across frontend, backend, API’s and data layers using modern framework and could-native architecture.
- AI Enabled SDLC Adoption: Actively leverage AI tools across development life cycle – requirements refinement, code generation, refactoring, testing & documentation – to improve productivity and quality
- Modern front end & backend expertise: Build responsive UI (eg: React/Angular) and robust backend services (eg: J2EE, Java, Microservices, REST/GraphQL API’s)
- Deep experience leading application development and/or core engineering teams at scale.
- Strong engineering fundamentals and architectural judgement, regardless of specific technology background.
- A passion for using technology to solve real business problems in fast‑moving markets.
- A leadership philosophy that values people, potential, and culture as much as delivery.
- Experience working in or with global, distributed engineering teams, including India.
- Ability to balance innovation with resilience, risk management, and regulatory discipline.
Qualifications
- 15+ years of relevant technology experience
- 8–10+ years in senior engineering or technology leadership roles
- Experience in financial services, markets, or similarly complex regulated environments preferred
- Strong understanding of enterprise platforms operating at global scale
Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Master’s degree preferred
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Skills Required
- 15+ years of relevant technology experience
- 8-10+ years in senior engineering or technology leadership roles
- Experience in financial services or similarly complex regulated environments
- Strong understanding of enterprise platforms operating at global scale
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