About Man Group
Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.
Headquartered in London, we manage $227.6 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at www.man.com
* As at 31 December 2025
The Team
This is an outstanding opportunity to join one of the largest alternative asset managers. Technology is central to Man’s business strategy, and we are constantly evolving to stay ahead. Our culture embraces change and innovation, with engineering at the heart of our operating platform.
We are seeking a Senior C# Engineer to join one of our Risk Engineering teams. This is a senior individual contributor role for someone who sets multi-year technical strategy and delivers it through direct implementation and broad technical leadership across the Man Risk Platform. You should have the enthusiasm for leveraging AI development tools to accelerate delivery and driving their adoption across the team.
A great chance to collaborate, and learn alongside, highly skilled engineers whilst building up core investment risk and data engineering knowledge. New joiners will get the chance to work on the latest and best technologies for the challenges ahead.
Role Responsibilities
- Set and drive multi-year technical strategy for significant areas of the Risk Engineering platform, aligning with business goals
- Lead the design and architecture of complex, cross-team systems — making decisions that minimise the cost of future change
- Deliver high-impact projects end-to-end, from architecture through to production deployment and operational excellence
- Champion the software products of the Risk Engineering team and drive technical planning and project management
- Champion engineering best practices across multiple teams, including CI/CD, automated testing, and scalable design patterns
- Conduct code reviews and provide deep technical guidance to engineers across the function
- Lead incident response and root cause analysis across systems
- Mentor and develop engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence
- Contribute to the evolution of our engineering culture and platform strategy
Key Competencies
Required
- Extensive professional experience in C#/.NET with a track record of delivering complex, cross-team technical projects
- Deep understanding of system architecture and distributed systems design
- Proven experience shaping technical strategy — making sound technical choices in ambiguous situations and driving alignment across teams
- Strong knowledge of database technologies (SQL Server, ClickHouse, MongoDB) including schema design, query optimisation, and performance tuning at scale
- Experience with data pipeline technologies (e.g. Kafka) in production environments
- Embracing agentic engineering — ability to leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and drive adoption across the team
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and drive consensus
- Passion for mentoring and developing engineering talent
- Strong advocate for collaborative development practices and continuous improvement
Advantageous but not required
- Experience with Python and its scientific ecosystem (numpy, pandas, scipy)
- Familiarity with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) and workflow orchestration (Airflow)
- Experience with large-scale data platforms and data engineering at multi-terabyte scale
- Familiarity with financial market data, risk management, or quantitative systems development
- Track record of contributing to engineering culture — tech talks, open-source, or conference presentations
Benefits
- Modern office located in the OfficeX campus with easy access to transport and amenities.
- Hybrid working model
- Competitive compensation package
- 25 days holiday allowance
- Premium Health insurance
- Employee Assistance program
- Referral Bonus
- Additional days off for long service and volunteering
- Multisport card
- Opportunities for professional development including internal tech talks
- Conference attendance, and engagement with the open-source community.
Inclusion, Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Group
You'll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success, joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and values. Through our external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes, you'll find opportunities to grow, develop your talents, and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry. Learn more at www.man.com/diversity.
You'll have opportunities to make a difference through our charitable and global initiatives, while advancing your career through professional development, and with flexible working arrangements available too. Like all our people, you'll receive two annual 'Mankind' days of paid leave for community volunteering.
Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Depending on your location, you may also enjoy additional benefits such as private medical coverage, discounted gym membership options and pet insurance.
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact [email protected].
Skills Required
- Extensive professional experience in C#/.NET
- Deep understanding of system architecture and distributed systems design
- Proven experience shaping technical strategy
- Strong knowledge of database technologies (SQL Server, ClickHouse, MongoDB)
- Experience with data pipeline technologies (e.g. Kafka)
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Passion for mentoring and developing engineering talent
What We Do
Man Group is a global active investment management firm, which runs $127 billion* of client capital in liquid and private markets, managed by investment specialists based around the world. Headquartered in London, the firm has 15 international offices and operates across multiple jurisdictions. Our business has five specialist investment engines, which represent the range of our capabilities: Man AHL, Man Numeric, Man GLG, Man FRM and Man GPM. These engines house numerous investment teams, working collaboratively within the framework of Man Group, with a high degree of investment autonomy. Each team benefits from the strength and resources of the firm’s single operating platform, enabling their primary focus to be seeking to generate alpha for clients. The teams invest across a diverse range of strategies and asset classes with highly specialised approaches, with long only and alternative strategies run on a discretionary and quantitative basis in single and multi-manager formats. Our clients are at the heart of everything we do and we engage in close dialogue with our investors as strategic partners, to understand their particular needs and constraints. Man Group’s investment teams are empowered and supported by our institutional infrastructure and technology, which aims to facilitate the efficient exposure to markets and effective collaboration across the organisation.
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