Director - Front Office Engineering Lead
Core
Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of trading, sales, and operations workflows for a global financial services firm.
Role type
Director, Front Office Engineering Lead
Builds
Scalable trade-flow software supporting client-side and OMS-side integrations for high-throughput use cases.
Domain
Financial Services / Capital Markets / Trading Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Real-time scalable application design, relational and analytical data platforms (KDB, ClickHouse, Oracle), messaging and middleware (Apache Kafka, IBM MQ, FIX protocol), Execution Management Systems (EMS), Order Management Systems (OMS), hands-on development, code reviews, incident resolution, mentoring engineers.
Preferred skills
Advanced degree in computer science, AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code), Scrum and Agile practices.
Technologies
KDB, ClickHouse, Oracle, Apache Kafka, IBM MQ, FIX protocol, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code
Responsibilities
Lead design and architecture of trading workflows, deliver flexible trade-flow software, partner with Product/Trading/Operations teams, adopt emerging technologies, drive AI-first automation and code refactoring, provide second-line production support, mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical execution