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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.
Job Responsibility:
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
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
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
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
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
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
Requirements:
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
End-to-End Full stack development: Design, build and maintain scalable application across frontend, backend, API's and data layers using modern framework and cloud-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