Engineering Manager - Digital Servicing

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Hello, we're IG Group. We are a publicly-traded FTSE250 FinTech company who run mobile, web and desktop platforms that help our clients trade stocks & shares, leveraged products, Futures & Options and Crypto.

We are ambitious. Over 340,000 people already use our platforms. We're global with offices in 18 countries and products in 16 regions. We're hungry to move faster, ship better product for our customers and grow our user base. We believe in high autonomy, and we want people who are looking to do things differently in order to create better experiences for our customers.

We work in cross-functional teams and are laser focused on increasing the number of active clients we serve to drive sustainable growth.

This role is part of Digital Servicing Technology tech function under Trading & Operations Tech. You will be part of cross functional tech team who will be driving deliverables for Trading Charges, Trading Serving, Onboarding activation & Payments Automation streams. You will be joining a strategic part of the company and be actively contributing to a key revenue stream.

You will be a strong collaborator and possess the ability to work with other Engineering Managers and their teams with T&O Tech and wider functions.

• Work with product and engineering partners to drive key decisions. 
• Own features and solutions along with modernization plans for the tech stack you are responsible for.
• Provide oversight of design and code quality. 
• Ensure your team meets IG’s software quality standards and adopts engineering best practices.  
• Recruit and onboard new team members efficiently. 
• Line Management of your engineers and QA and coach them in their personal development goals. 
• Drive adoption of our Agile development life cycle. 
• Excellent track record for delivery. 

As one of our Engineering Managers, you'll be leading a team of Java Engineers. Coaching and mentoring them on technical and ways-of-working subjects, whilst also taking a hands-on role with system development. 

• 12-16 years of experience
• A firm understanding of Agile and a desire to push improvements.
• Experience and proficiency in design at system and component levels 
• Considerable Java development experience in real-time multi-threaded systems 
• Experience working in Kafka, FMQ/ AMQ 
• Experience leading and inspiring technology teams with a passion for great team culture 
• Ability and desire to learn business domain (Account Opening, Digital Servicing & Digital Platforms)
• Practised user of Cloud migration, Kubernetes & other tech transformation efforts.
• Ability to own and deal with production systems and related issues.
• Excellent communication skills - adept with the right communication skills for the right audience. 

We try to take a thoughtful approach to our ways of working as a company. We follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office -- which we think balances the need to collaborate effectively and connect with each other. When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, better learning and career satisfaction:

• Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm
• Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes
• Champion the client: Understand and prioritise client's needs
• Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth;
• Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback

We believe that diversity is vital to success, it fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. We're committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills to help us realise our vision and strategy, that's why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey. Learn more about our D&I approach here.

Your growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work.

Learn more about the Perks here!

Join us for this exciting journey. Apply now!

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