Manager, Platform Engineering

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Apex Fintech Solutions (AFS) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by processing millions of transactions daily, simplifying, automating, and facilitating access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech solutions enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, and Webull, serving more than 20 million of our clients’ customers. Collectively, AFS creates an environment where companies with the biggest ideas in fintech are empowered to change the world.

As a global organization, we have offices in Austin, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Portland, Belfast, and Manila. If you seek a fast‑paced and entrepreneurial environment where you can make an immediate impact and change everything, this is the place for you.

• 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 Best Wealth Management Company - presented by Fintech Breakthrough Awards
• 2021 Most Innovative Companies – presented by Fast Company
• 2021 Best API & Best Trading Technology – presented by Global Fintech Awards

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Manager, Platform Engineering to join our dynamic team. If you are passionate about distributed systems and have expertise in message queueing systems such as Kafka, Rabbit

MQ, IBM MQ, or Google Pub/Sub, we want to hear from you! You will deploy, maintain, and support these technologies, enabling application teams to deliver services efficiently and reliably, while driving service migration to managed offerings on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and designing multi‑region deployments to meet application requirements.

This role requires strong technical and operational expertise, excellent team leadership skills, and the ability to navigate ambiguous requirements. A successful candidate will be deeply operationally focused, maintaining stability while balancing proactive planning with reactive incident resolution in a fast‑paced environment.

• Lead and mentor a team focused on delivering stable, secure, scalable, and highly available message queuing platforms and other operational services.
• Work closely with stakeholders to align priorities, resolve roadblocks, and ensure the team delivers high‑value operational support.
• Foster a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement among team members.
• Oversee and continuously improve the deployment, configuration, maintenance, and support of message queuing services like Kafka, Rabbit
  
  MQ, IBM MQ, Google Pub/Sub, and Mongo
  
  DB.
• Ensure all systems are effectively monitored; triage, resolve, and document incidents to continually improve operations.
• Plan and execute migration from self‑managed services to managed GCP offerings, ensuring minimal disruption and improved operational efficiency.
• Define and implement effective multi‑regional requirements and service deployment strategies.
• Explore and evaluate emerging technologies to support operational modernization and scalability efforts.
• Act as a technical liaison for application teams, helping them understand requirements that may not be fully clear.
• Balance operational improvements and project deliverables while delivering service and support to application teams.
• Improve system observability with robust monitoring, alerting, and incident management practices.
• Conduct post‑mortems to drive process improvements, reduce downtime, and improve responsiveness during incidents.
• Proactively address technical debt and identify automation opportunities to minimize manual effort.
• Participate in Scaled Agile Framework quarterly planning sessions, ensuring the team’s priorities align with business goals.
• Balance longer‑term strategic projects with day‑to‑day operational needs, including reactive incident management.

• BA, BS, MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technology field (or equivalent experience) required.
• 5+ years of prior work experience.
• Strong Linux administration experience, including troubleshooting, system tuning, and scripting.
• Proven background managing operational teams in a technical or…