Senior Engineering Manager, Index Build

Description

The role sits in Benchmark & Index Management and leads globally distributed engineering teams that build and run business-critical platforms for index management and operational workflows.

You will combine engineering leadership, technical and architectural oversight, delivery accountability and people development. You will work with Product, Operations, Index Delivery & Management, Architecture and Technology partners to deliver strategic capabilities, modernise existing platforms and raise engineering quality, resilience and effectiveness.

The company is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider with 25,000 people across 65 countries. Its purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. Its values are Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change.

Responsibilities

• Hire, grow and organise globally distributed engineering teams, and stay hands-on enough to shape the technology.
• Build resilient, high-performance platforms that support the end-to-end index lifecycle, working with Product and Operations on commercial outcomes.
• Own end-to-end delivery of scalable, resilient, secure and highly available solutions for index management and operational workflows.
• Set technical and architectural direction for new capabilities, platform modernisation and complex engineering decisions.
• Make sure solutions meet agreed standards for maintainability, scalability, security, performance and operational resilience.
• Lead the move of legacy platforms to cloud-native architecture where the business and technology gain is clear.
• Set up and keep improving engineering practices: software design, coding standards, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, security and automation.
• Build testing and quality controls into every stage of the delivery lifecycle.
• Guide teams on designing and building APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, data processing and enterprise integrations.
• Adopt AI-assisted engineering, Generative AI, agentic AI and intelligent automation responsibly, where they improve productivity, quality, user experience or efficiency.
• Turn business priorities into practical technology solutions and delivery plans with Product Managers, Operations, Index Delivery & Management, Architecture, UX and other stakeholders.
• Balance new capability delivery and transformation against the reliability and support of existing business-critical platforms.
• Explain technical strategy, delivery progress, risks and complex decisions clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build a high-performing culture based on ownership, accountability, collaboration, engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
• Mentor and develop engineers, technical leads and engineering managers, building technical capability, leadership depth and succession.

Requirements

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, including designing, building and running large-scale, business-critical enterprise applications.
• A proven record of leading and developing engineering teams on complex technology products and platforms.
• Enough technical depth to give credible architectural guidance and challenge decisions constructively.
• Experience designing scalable, high-performance, data-intensive applications, data processing and ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Strong database modelling, design, performance tuning and SQL and query optimisation skills on relational platforms such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL or similar.
• Strong object-oriented programming in languages such as C,.NET, Java, Python or similar, including APIs, distributed systems and microservices.
• Experience building modern web applications with Angular, React or comparable UI frameworks, with a solid grasp of JavaScript, HTML, CSS and modern application design.
• Strong understanding of AWS cloud infrastructure and services, including RDS, EC2, EKS/ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, API Gateway and AWS Glue.
• Strong understanding of API design, microservices, event-driven architecture and enterprise integration patterns.
• Extensive experience with automated testing, CI/CD, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, observability and automation.
• Strong grasp of software security, performance, scalability, resilience and production support.
• Experience modernising legacy applications and moving or evolving platforms to cloud-based architecture.
• Practical understanding of AI-assisted software engineering and intelligent automation, including security, governance and control.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn complex business and technical requirements into practical solutions.
• Experience in agile delivery environments that emphasise collaboration, automation and continuous improvement.
• Experience working across Product, Architecture, Business Analysis, Quality Assurance, Delivery Management and Technology Governance.
• Experience in financial markets, ideally equities, fixed income, index management or related financial services technology. (Optional)
• Experience with Java, including Spring Boot, and/or Python for integrations, greenfield development or legacy systems. (Advantageous)
• Familiarity with Sybase and PostgreSQL. (Advantageous)
• Experience with workflow orchestration or Business Process Management tools such as IBM BAW or Camunda. (Advantageous)
• Strong engineering leadership: you set direction and stay close enough to the technology to challenge and guide effectively.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A strong sense of ownership and accountability for delivery, technology and operational results.
• A demonstrated ability to mentor, develop and motivate engineers and engineering leaders.
• Strong attention to detail, paired with strategic thinking and the ability to solve complex business and technology problems.
• Able to set priorities, make sound decisions and work with confidence in a complex, fast-moving environment.
• A genuine interest in continuous learning, innovation and improving engineering practices.
• Collaborative, results-driven, self-motivated and solutions-oriented.
• Career stage: Manager.

Conditions

Equal opportunity: the company does not discriminate on any basis protected by law and will make reasonable accommodations for religious practices, beliefs, mental health or physical disability.

Benefits

• Tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.
• Involvement in sustainability work and the company Foundation, which gives charitable grants to community groups, with fundraising and volunteering opportunities.