Application Development Group Manager - FX Technology Engineering – Senior Vice President

Provide senior‑level engineering leadership across the FX Technology platform, spanning application development and core engineering capabilities.

Own the technical health, resilience, and evolution of a mission‑critical, globally distributed, 24/7 platform .

Set and continuously raise engineering standards across architecture, development, testing, deployment, and operational support.

Drive the design and development of scalable, resilient system architectures in close partnership with business stakeholders.

Lead, mentor, and develop senior engineering leaders and managers across regions, with a significant and strategic technology presence in India.

Build teams that value curiosity, accountability, craftsmanship, and continuous learning .

Attract and develop engineers with strong fundamentals, great attitudes, and a passion for solving complex problems.

Create an environment where engineers are empowered to challenge, improve, and innovate.

Partner closely with Markets business leaders to align technology priorities with FX business strategy.

Contribute to the long‑term technology vision for FX, including modernisation, simplification, and scalability initiatives.

Own delivery execution across a complex portfolio—planning, prioritisation, budgeting, and progress transparency.

Prepare and present regular updates to senior technology and business leadership.

Ensure change is delivered with strong engineering discipline, governance, and controls appropriate to a global regulated business.

Maintain robust production management practices, including incident management, root‑cause analysis, and continuous improvement.

Own disaster recovery and resilience strategies, overseeing testing and readiness for all critical applications.

Proactively identify, manage, and escalate technology and operational risk.

Act as a visible and credible senior engineering leader within FX Technology.

Lead local and global forums, sharing platform vision, progress, and priorities.

Role‑model ethical behaviour, accountability, and sound judgement in all decision‑making.

A senior engineer and technology leader, comfortable owning complex enterprise critical applications with high volumes.

End-to-End Full stack developmen t: Design, build and maintain scalable application across frontend, backend, API’s and data layers using modern framework and could-native architecture.

AI Enabled SDLC Adoption: Actively leverage AI tools across development life cycle – requirements refinement, code generation, refactoring, testing & documentation – to improve productivity and quality

Modern front end & backend expertise: Build responsive UI (eg: React/Angular) and robust backend services (eg: J2EE, Java, Microservices, REST/GraphQL API’s)

Deep experience leading application development and/or core engineering teams at scale.

Strong engineering fundamentals and architectural judgement, regardless of specific technology background.

A passion for using technology to solve real business problems in fast‑moving markets.

A leadership philosophy that values people, potential, and culture as much as delivery .

Experience working in or with global, distributed engineering teams , including India.

Ability to balance innovation with resilience, risk management, and regulatory discipline.

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Master’s degree preferred

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