R&D Team Leader, Dealing Group

we are the trading and investing platform that empowers users to invest, share and learn. We were founded in 2007 with the vision of a world where everyone can trade and invest in a simple and transparent way. We have created an investment platform that is built around collaboration and investor education. On our platform, users can view other investors portfolios and statistics, and interact with them to exchange ideas, discuss strategies and benefit from shared knowledge. We have over 38 million registered users from 75 countries and our platform is available in 20 languages. We are a fast growing business with over 1,500 employees across 13 offices around the globe, strategically positioned to serve the needs of users. You can find out more about us here.
We are looking for a Team Leader to join our Dealer -Broker team on a full-time basis.
The Dealing group is responsible for our companys order execution systems across our entire instrument universe, ensuring seamless and efficient operations. This includes applying advanced hedging strategies to manage risk effectively, maintaining real-time monitoring tools, and developing robust configuration systems that cater to the needs of our internal business stakeholders.
We work with cutting-edge technologies, build new microservices-based distributed cloud systems, and migrate legacy systems to new architecture.
The group also plays a key role in collaborating with the product and business teams to align technical solutions with strategic goals, fostering a cohesive ecosystem for hedging and execution.
Through these efforts, we aim to ensure our companys execution systems remain a cornerstone of its operational excellence, scalability, and business success.
We value independent, curious, and sharp individuals with knowledge in cloud and OnPrem systems, software engineering, and high-scale architecture. Most importantly, we are looking for awesome people to work with.
What youll be doing
Overseeing and leading an R&D team of 4-5 engineers, reporting to the group R&D manager.
Building and developing the team, including coaching and mentoring individual engineers
Leading design, development, quality, and enablement of multiple functional and technical capabilities within a large-scale platform (covering performance, resilience, scalability, etc.). Making ongoing design decisions, and focusing on multiple product domains and technologies
Owning and leading a part of the products functional and technical vision and roadmap
Establishing technical guidelines & procedures, promoting R&D best practices (CI/CD, monitoring, security)
Initiating and facilitating R&D innovation, incubating and supporting new ideas
Closely collaborating with Product Management and Business Owners, DevOps, DBA, and IT. Teaming up across organizational boundaries, and serving as key stakeholders in major decision-making processes
Working smoothly with local and remote multi-geo R&D and non-R&D teams, while keeping high visibility and effective communication
Acting as the team's primary technical escalation point
Being hands-on: developing features and fixing bugs (20%), running POCs, researching new technologies, conducting code reviews, and assisting teams as needed.