Technology Lead Engineer – Asset Management

6 month contract – 3 days in London – Asset Management

Inside IR35

Accountabilities (These are the key deliverables, decisions and outcomes of the job)

Technical Leadership & Delivery

• Provide technical leadership for a Capital Markets engineering team, setting coding standards, design patterns, and best practices
• Lead the design and implementation of solutions across trading workflows, order management, and integrations with OMS platforms
• Act as the key technical decision-maker for the team, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and strategic
• Support the Engineering Manager in delivery of predictable outcomes while owning technical quality and design integrity
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, test automation, and cloud-native development
• Ensure solutions are reliable, scalable, and compliant with regulatory requirements
• Promote engineering excellence, knowledge sharing, and technical upskilling within the team
• Balance hands‑on development with technical oversight to ensure high‑quality delivery
• Mentor and coach engineers within the team, supporting technical growth and capability building
• Lead design discussions, code reviews and technical workshops
• Foster a collaborative engineering culture that emphasises continuous learning, innovation and accountability
• Partner with the Scrum Master to ensure the team balances technical excellence with delivery flow, supporting agile ways of working

Stakeholder Engagement & Business Partnership

• Partner directly with front‑office and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Delivery Leads, and business SMEs to ensure delivery outcomes align with business priorities
• Provide technical insight into trading workflows, trade lifecycle events and data flows across Capital Markets systems
• Act as a trusted technical partner to business teams, ensuring solutions deliver tangible value

Cross‑team & Organisational Alignment

• Collaborate with other Tech Leads to align solutions and share best practices across the portfolio
• Work with Architecture teams to ensure compliance with enterprise design and security standards
• Support Engineering Managers in team effectiveness and capability building
• Work closely with the Scrum Master to foster team health, agile discipline and continuous improvement, ensuring that engineering priorities are supported by effective delivery practices
• Contribute to organisational engineering strategy, innovation and continuous improvement

Skills

• Strong technical leadership skills with experience leading development teams in complex financial services environments
• Proven experience integrating with one or more order management systems (OMS platforms) (e.g., Aladdin, Murex,
• Deep understanding of capital markets domain with ability to translate trading workflows into technical solutions
• Proficiency in SQL and Python with ability to design and optimise data‑intensive applications
• Solid experience with cloud platforms (AWS) and modern data platforms (Snowflake)
• Proven ability to work directly with front‑office stakeholders and translate complex business requirements into technical solutions
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with ability to operate at senior business and technical levels

Desirable

• Familiarity with agile practices, Team Topologies and scaled delivery models
• Experience with modern engineering practices (CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, automated testing)
• Track record of delivering solutions in regulated financial services environments
• Experience working across multiple OMS platforms and trading systems

Knowledge

• Deep knowledge of trading workflows, trade lifecycle events and OMS integration patterns
• Understanding of capital markets data flows, trade settlement, reference data and portfolio management processes
• Strong understanding of data modelling, data engineering workflows and integration with front‑office platforms
• Awareness of regulatory and compliance considerations in capital markets delivery
• Understanding of modern engineering practices, including agile methodologies, DevOps and cloud‑native development
• Specific experience with Aladdin, Murex, Charles River or other major OMS platforms
• Familiarity with multiple asset classes such as equities, fixed income and derivatives
• Understanding of UK regulatory environment and FCA requirements
• Awareness of risk management, portfolio management and related asset management processes

Experience (required for the role)

• Strong background in asset management or investment banking with hands‑on delivery of capital markets solutions
• Minimum 3-5 years leading development teams in financial services environments
• Experience with OMS platform integration (any major platform – Aladdin, Murex, Charles River, etc.) and understanding of trade lifecycle data flows
• Proven experience as a Tech Lead or Senior Engineer leading development teams in financial services
• Experience working directly with business and front‑office stakeholders
• Track record of designing and delivering high‑quality, scalable technical solutions
• Experience in SQL, Python, Snowflake and AWS within data‑intensive, cloud‑based environments
• Experience supporting delivery in a regulated financial services organisation
• Background in multi‑team delivery environments with complex dependencies
• Experience in both hands‑on coding and strategic technical leadership
• Track record of successful stakeholder management across business and technology functions

Qualifications (additional to mandatory)

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline (or equivalent practical experience)

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