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 $253.6 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
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* As at 30 June 2026
The Role
As a Senior Engineer within the AHL OMS team you’ll be building the Order Management System underpinning the systematic investment process for AHL. This is an opportunity to work closely with our trading desk, quant strategy teams, and operations to deliver an Order Management System that is flexible, robust, and performant to safely trade millions of orders annually and enable the development of new investment strategies. You’ll have direct exposure to a wide set of asset classes covering both listed and OTC markets, building deep understanding in how they’re executed and booked.
We are a small, close-nit team within our Markets Platform Engineering group, with the OMS sitting between AHL strategies and our execution systems which act as the interface to the market. We’re in the core position of the investment process and interact with many other parts of the firm, providing a unique opportunity to build comprehensive knowledge across the trading lifecycle. It’s a particularly exciting time to join as we’re currently investing heavily, evaluating our stack to increase both its performance and agility in onboarding new flows to support AHL’s future growth.
Our Technology
Our systems run on Linux via containers, with most systems built using Java. We use Git for source control, Jenkins for continuous integration, Grafana + Prometheus for metrics collection, Docker for containerisation, Ansible for architecture automation, and Slack for internal communication. We have access to all major frontier LLM models and harnesses, leveraging bespoke skills to both develop and support our systems. That said, our technology is never static: we constantly evaluate new tools and libraries.
Key Competencies
Required
- 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering with Java or another statically typed language.
- Database / SQL skills.
- Great communication skills coupled with the ability to work closely with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
- A proponent of strong software engineering techniques and agile methods: continuous integration, code review, unit testing, refactoring and related approaches.
- Proficient working with Linux.
- Embracing agentic engineering: willingness and ability to work effectively with AI -assisted development tools as part of daily workflow
Advantageous
- An excellent understanding of financial markets and instruments.
- Experience with FIX.
- Expert in Java.
- Python knowledge.
- Experience of front office software and/or trading systems development e.g. in a hedge fund or investment bank.
- Expertise in building distributed systems with service-based or event-driven architectures, and concurrent processing.
- Experience of web-based development (TypeScript).
- Relevant mathematical knowledge e.g. statistics, asset pricing, time-series analysis optimisation algorithms.
Personal Attributes
- Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical and computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics from a leading university
- Craftsman-like approach to building software; takes pride in engineering excellence and instils these values in others
- Demonstrable passion for technology e.g. personal projects, open-source involvement
- Intellectually robust with an analytic approach to problem solving
- Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with competing business demands and priorities
- Focused on delivering value to the business with relentless efforts to improve process
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with quantitative researchers, traders and senior business people alike
- Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views.
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
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience using Java or another statically typed language
- Database and SQL skills
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with technical and non-technical colleagues
- Experience with software engineering practices including continuous integration, code review, unit testing, refactoring, and agile methods
- Proficiency working with Linux
- Willingness and ability to use AI-assisted development tools in daily work
- Strong academic record and a degree with substantial mathematics or computing content, such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or Physics
- Understanding of financial markets and instruments
- Experience with FIX
- Expertise in Java
- Knowledge of Python
- Experience developing front-office software or trading systems in a hedge fund or investment bank
- Expertise building distributed systems with service-based or event-driven architectures and concurrent processing
- Experience with web-based development using TypeScript
- Relevant mathematical knowledge, such as statistics, asset pricing, time-series analysis, or optimization algorithms
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.
