Group Engineering Manager

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Group Engineering Manager based in United Kingdom.

As a Group Engineering Manager, you will lead multiple engineering teams responsible for building, maintaining, and optimizing a high-performance trading platform. You will oversee a broad technology ecosystem spanning colocation infrastructure, networking, liquidity bridges, and customer-facing web and mobile applications. Combining strategic engineering leadership with hands-on operational oversight, you will drive platform reliability, performance, and continuous improvement in a demanding 24/7 environment.

You will work closely with engineering leaders, business stakeholders, vendors, and compliance teams to ensure effective execution and alignment with organizational priorities. A key focus will be optimizing trading performance, including execution latency, throughput, and market data delivery. This role offers the opportunity to shape engineering strategy and operational excellence within a complex, latency-sensitive financial technology environment.

• Lead multiple engineering and IT teams through Engineering Managers and IT Managers, overseeing recruitment, team development, performance management, and organizational effectiveness.
• Take ownership of production reliability and operational excellence across the trading platform, ensuring high availability, effective incident management, and continuous service improvement.
• Drive end-to-end trading performance optimization, focusing on order execution latency, system throughput, and market data delivery.
• Oversee 24/7 production operations and incident response, establishing effective escalation procedures and ensuring timely service recovery.
• Manage delivery across the engineering group, aligning priorities, resources, project timelines, and commitments with business objectives.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key technology vendors, including trading platform providers, liquidity bridge providers, and colocation partners.
• Ensure technology platforms and operations comply with applicable regulatory, security, and risk management requirements in collaboration with Security and Compliance teams.
• Monitor engineering, IT operations, and reliability metrics to identify performance gaps and drive measurable improvements.
• Promote a culture of accountability, operational discipline, technical excellence, and continuous improvement across all engineering squads.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to balance platform stability, performance requirements, and evolving business needs.

• 10+ years of experience building, managing, and operating high-reliability technology systems.
• At least 5 years of experience leading multiple engineering or IT teams through Engineering Managers or IT Managers.
• Proven experience managing 24/7 production operations, incident response, escalation processes, and service recovery.
• Strong technical understanding and experience with low-latency, high-throughput systems.
• Professional experience in fintech, trading, financial services, or another regulated industry.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, including team development, performance management, and organizational planning.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and drive complex delivery initiatives.
• Proven ability to balance operational reliability, engineering performance, and business priorities.
• Advanced proficiency in Ukrainian.
• Upper-intermediate English proficiency.

• Experience leading the development and operation of customer-facing trading applications, including web and mobile platforms.
• Familiarity with IT Service Management practices and frameworks, particularly ITIL 4.

• 20 paid vacation days per year.
• 10 paid sick leave days per year.
• Public holidays in accordance with the approved company holiday calendar.
• Medical insurance coverage.
• Fully remote working opportunities.
• Professional development budget to support training, courses, and industry-related education.
• Language learning budget to improve communication and professional skills.
• Wellness budget covering gym memberships, sports equipment, and other fitness-related expenses.