Lead Engineer for the Equities Risk Platform

As Global Lead Engineer for the Equities Risk Platform, this role owns the end to end technical direction, engineering quality, and operational resilience of Atlas Risk, a foundational platform for the Equities business. The role uniquely combines hands on technical leadership, people management, and platform level accountability, ensuring that strategic re engineering, migration of remaining businesses, and decommissioning of legacy applications are delivered with production grade quality, control, and scalability.

• Own the technical strategy and engineering roadmap for the Equities Risk Platform
• Act as global technical authority, driving architectural decisions, re engineering priorities, and technical risk management
• Lead and develop a global engineering team , setting clear expectations around delivery, quality, and ownership
• Define, track, and improve code quality, deployment quality, SLO, and vulnerability metrics across the full platform stack
• Ensure safe, controlled delivery to production and long term platform sustainability

• Proven experience leading large scale, mission critical trading or risk platforms in a front office or near front office environment
• Strong software engineering background (distributed systems, low latency / high throughput platforms, Java or equivalent enterprise stack)
• Demonstrated ability to set and enforce engineering quality standards, including CI/CD, automated testing, SLOs, and production controls
• Experience leading and mentoring senior engineers, including line management, technical coaching, and succession planning
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate business strategy into executable technical roadmaps

To lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives.

• Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organizational objectives.
• Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management and task prioritization to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget.
• Mentor and support team members' professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluation and enhancement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimize team productivity.
• Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
• Enforcement of technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.