Manager - IT Platform Engineer

Overview

Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity

With 4,300 employees and over 400,000 retail and institutional clients from more than 80 offices spread across five continents, we’re a Fortune-100, Nasdaq-listed provider, connecting clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors.

Engage in a deep variety of business-critical activities that keep our company running efficiently. From strategic marketing and financial management to human resources and operational oversight, you’ll have the opportunity to optimize processes and implement game-changing policies.

Business Segment: Engage in a deep variety of business-critical activities that keep our company running efficiently. From strategic marketing and financial management to human resources and operational oversight, you’ll have the opportunity to optimize processes and implement game-changing policies.

Position

Purpose:

As the Manager of Developer Platforms you lead a team focused on improving the internal developer experience through intuitive tools, platforms, and workflows. This role partners closely with CI/CD, infrastructure, and developer tooling teams to streamline how engineers build, deploy, and operate software. You’ll drive the development of self‑service capabilities, golden paths, and a world‑class developer portal to reduce friction and boost productivity.

This is a highly collaborative role that puts developers at the center of platform innovation.

• Lead the strategy and development of internal developer platforms that improve software engineer onboarding, service creation, and day‑to‑day productivity.
• Collaborate closely with CI/CD, Infrastructure, and Developer Tools teams to integrate platform capabilities into streamlined developer workflows.
• Drive the design and evolution of our internal developer portal, golden paths, service scaffolding tools, and documentation systems.
• Establish consistent feedback loops with engineering teams to identify points of friction and translate insights into actionable platform improvements.
• Define and track developer experience metrics to guide decision‑making and demonstrate impact to engineering leadership.
• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of engineers focused on internal tooling and platform user experience.

To land this role you will need:

You need to have a history of being self‑motivated and capable of solving problems with minimal oversight. The ability to learn quickly and retain information is key to being successful in this role. You have strong experience working in a competitive, fast‑paced, highly technical environment, ideally in the Financial Services Industry.

• 5+ years of experience in software or platform engineering, including at least 1 year in a team leadership or management role.
• Strong understanding of modern software development workflows, internal tools, and developer platforms.
• Demonstrated success building internal tooling or interfaces that improve engineering’s velocity and team satisfaction.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with a collaborative mindset and a strong sense of developer empathy.
• Experience working in cross‑functional settings, integrating tooling across CI/CD, infrastructure, and development environments.

What makes you stand out:

• You love making people better.
• You want to drive a culture of collaboration, excellence and results.
• You want to work closely with engineering leadership to improve a Fortune 100 financial services organization through standardization, automation, and adoption of industry best practices.
• You love taking on difficult challenges and finding creative solutions. You do not get flustered easily. If you do not know the answer, you will dig until you find it.
• You have a strong desire to consistently deliver high‑quality products.
• You are motivated and driven. You volunteer for new challenges without waiting to be asked. You’ll take ownership of the time you spend with us and truly make a difference.
• Commitment to ongoing leadership and technical development.

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