Group Engineering Manager
SpainYesterday
Key details
- Location
- Spain
- Work style
- Remote
- Level
- Senior
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 10–13 yrs
- Function
- Software engineering
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- Yesterday
Skills
About the role
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 Spain.
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.
Accountabilities
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Lead multiple engineering and IT teams through Engineering Managers and IT Managers, overseeing recruitment, team development, performance management, and organizational effectiveness.
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Take ownership of production reliability and operational excellence across the trading platform, ensuring high availability, effective incident management, and continuous service improvement.
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Drive end-to-end trading performance optimization, focusing on order execution latency, system throughput, and market data delivery.
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Oversee 24/7 production operations and incident response, establishing effective escalation procedures and ensuring timely service recovery.
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Manage delivery across the engineering group, aligning priorities, resources, project timelines, and commitments with business objectives.
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Build and maintain strategic relationships with key technology vendors, including trading platform providers, liquidity bridge providers, and colocation partners.
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Ensure technology platforms and operations comply with applicable regulatory, security, and risk management requirements in collaboration with Security and Compliance teams.
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Monitor engineering, IT operations, and reliability metrics to identify performance gaps and drive measurable improvements.
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Promote a culture of accountability, operational discipline, technical excellence, and continuous improvement across all engineering squads.
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Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to balance platform stability, performance requirements, and evolving business needs.
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10+ years of experience building, managing, and operating high-reliability technology systems.
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At least 5 years of experience leading multiple engineering or IT teams through Engineering Managers or IT Managers.
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Proven experience managing 24/7 production operations, incident response, escalation processes, and service recovery.
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Strong technical understanding and experience with low-latency, high-throughput systems.
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Professional experience in fintech, trading, financial services, or another regulated industry.
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Demonstrated leadership capabilities, including team development, performance management, and organizational planning.
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Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and drive complex delivery initiatives.
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Proven ability to balance operational reliability, engineering performance, and business priorities.
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Advanced proficiency in Ukrainian.
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Upper-intermediate English proficiency.
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Experience leading the development and operation of customer-facing trading applications, including web and mobile platforms.
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Familiarity with IT Service Management practices and frameworks, particularly ITIL 4.
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20 paid vacation days per year.
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10 paid sick leave days per year.
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Public holidays in accordance with the approved company holiday calendar.
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Medical insurance coverage.
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Fully remote working opportunities.
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Professional development budget to support training, courses, and industry-related education.
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Language learning budget to improve communication and professional skills.
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Wellness budget covering gym memberships, sports equipment, and other fitness-related expenses.
You will provide strategic and operational leadership across multiple engineering and IT teams, ensuring reliable platform operations, high engineering standards, and consistent delivery against business objectives.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate is an experienced engineering leader with a strong background in high-reliability systems, large-scale team management, and production operations within a demanding technology environment.
Additional qualifications that would be considered an advantage:
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