UI Engineering Manager

Directors
  • New York
  • Permanent
  • Permanent IT
  • BDm1-1594377
  • 01/05/2025
UI Engineering Manager - Trading
Hybrid, NYC
Circa 250-300k Base + Bonus + Exceptional Benefits

  
We’re looking for an Engineering Manager who thrives on solving complex challenges and building systems that matter - at scale. This is an opportunity to lead from the front, shaping the future of a next-generation Trading Workstation, that is at the heart of global financial markets.
  
Responsibilities:  
  • Lead & Inspire: Guide a high-performing engineering team through complex, mission-critical initiatives—mentoring, coaching, and raising the bar in everything from architecture to code quality.
  • Drive Strategy: Align technology decisions with business outcomes. Own the architecture, delivery, and operation of core trading components.
  • Be Hands-On: From design documents and code reviews to architectural decisions and roadmap planning, you’ll stay close to the work.
  • Champion Best Practices: From CI/CD and observability to testing and cloud-native deployments, you’ll ensure we ship reliable, secure, scalable software.
  • Shape the Future: Contribute to our open-source presence, share knowledge, and help us continuously evolve as a modern engineering organization.
Key Skills:  
  • 10+ years in software engineering with at least 3 years in technical leadership and people management.
  • A strong foundation in distributed, real-time systems—ideally in a trading, market data, or financial services environment.
  • Deep experience across technologies like TypeScript, GraphQL, Kafka/KStreams, and Node.js. Java is a bonus.
  • A modern mindset: Cloud-first (AWS preferred), Kubernetes-native, API-driven.
  • A proven ability to partner closely with product, architecture, and business stakeholders.
  • A leadership style rooted in empathy, curiosity, and delivery.
  • Proven leadership in fostering collaborative engineering practices, mentoring, and team-building.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Key Rewards:  
  • Circa 250k Base Salary
  • Bonus (OTE Circa 400-450k)
  • Hybrid working with a NYC office
  • Generous PTO
  • Free office-based breakfast/lunch/drinks
  • Private medical, dental, and vision
  • $ for $ 401(k)
  • ESP
  • Wellness initiatives
Certus Recruitment Group is a well-established and experienced specialist consultancy providing sales, marketing, and IT recruitment services. We serve the technology sector across North America, the UK, Europe, and Australia.
 
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