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Java Engineering Lead - Senior Vice President

India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Pune, Maharashtra, India · Job Posted June 15, 2026
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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 undertaking a once-in-a-generation re-engineering of the FX Trade Services platform, creating a highly resilient, always-on, and globally scalable platform designed to support the business over the next 15+ years. A core pillar of this transformation is the adoption of an Agentic AI Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) — a cutting-edge, persona-driven engineering model. This approach fundamentally changes how software is designed, built, tested, and supported. We are seeking a visionary, hands-on engineering leader, and AI evangelist to lead this transformation. The successful candidate will champion and operationalise an AI-first engineering culture, making the Agentic SDLC a core strategic capability and the primary driver of delivery, quality, and innovation. You will lead a 35+ global engineering group and play a defining role in shaping the future of engineering within FX Technology.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead the FX Trade Services re-engineering programme
  • Own and drive the adoption of an AI-first engineering strategy
  • Champion and evolve the Agentic AI SDLC
  • Define and continuously raise engineering standards
  • Drive the design of scalable, resilient system architectures
  • Prepare and present updates to senior technology and business leadership
  • Establish and scale a persona-based SDLC
  • Ensure persona definitions are well-governed, version-controlled, and continuously improved
  • Drive the systematic integration of AI tools and agents into all phases of the SDLC
  • Lead the organisation in measuring and optimising AI-assisted productivity
  • Foster a culture of experimentation, learning, and innovation
  • Partner with enterprise AI and platform teams
  • Act as a visible AI evangelist
  • Lead multiple re-engineering squads
  • Own and evolve shared engineering components and platform capabilities
  • Ensure systems are designed for operability, performance, and global availability
  • Balance delivery speed with platform stability, resilience, and regulatory compliance
  • Embed AI-enabled development practices
  • Build and lead a high-performing, globally distributed engineering organisation
  • Upskill engineering teams in AI-assisted development
  • Create a culture that embraces curiosity, experimentation, continuous learning, accountability, and engineering excellence
  • Attract and develop engineers
  • Empower teams to challenge traditional SDLC approaches
  • Ensure AI-driven and traditional engineering practices meet governance, audit, and control requirements
  • Define safe, explainable, and controlled use of AI
  • Maintain robust production management practices
  • Own disaster recovery and resilience strategies
  • Proactively manage technology and operational risk
  • Act as a visible and credible senior engineering leader
  • Advocate for AI-first engineering
  • Communicate a compelling vision for the Agentic SDLC transformation
  • Role-model ethical behaviour, accountability, and sound judgement

Requirements

  • 10+ years of relevant Java technology experience
  • 5+ years in engineering or technology leadership roles
  • Experience in financial services, markets, or regulated environments preferred
  • Demonstrated experience leading large-scale platform transformations
  • Exposure to AI/ML, developer productivity tooling, or automation at scale strongly preferred
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Master's degree preferred

Nice to have

  • Experience in financial services, markets, or regulated environments
  • Exposure to AI/ML, developer productivity tooling, or automation at scale
  • Master's degree

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