Vice President of Software Engineering

About Our Client

Role Overview

Engineering Leadership & Strategy

• Define and execute the group-wide engineering strategy aligned with business growth, platform scalability, and long-term technology vision.
• Lead multiple engineering teams across backend, frontend, mobile, platform, and infrastructure functions.
• Establish clear engineering standards, best practices, and governance frameworks across all development teams.

Platform Delivery & Technical Oversight

• Oversee the design, development, and delivery of high-availability trading, brokerage, and fintech platforms.
• Ensure system reliability, performance, security, and scalability across global markets and high-volume environments.
• Guide architectural decisions, technical roadmaps, and modernization initiatives.

People & Organization

• Build, mentor, and retain strong engineering leadership, including Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and Architects.
• Drive a culture of accountability, quality, continuous improvement, and ownership across engineering teams.
• Support workforce planning, team structure optimization, and succession planning.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Product, Compliance, Risk, Security, and Operations teams to ensure aligned delivery.
• Translate business requirements into executable engineering plans with clear timelines and priorities.
• Act as a senior technical advisor to executive leadership.

Governance, Risk & Delivery Excellence

• Ensure engineering practices comply with regulatory, security, and operational requirements.
• Implement delivery metrics, performance monitoring, and reporting to track engineering effectiveness.
• Identify and mitigate technical debt, delivery risks, and scalability challenges.

Experience & Background

• Senior engineering leadership experience within fintech, trading, financial services, or high-scale technology environments.
• Proven track record managing large, distributed engineering teams across multiple products or regions.
• Experience delivering complex, high-traffic platforms in regulated or security-sensitive environments.

Technical & Leadership Competencies

• Strong understanding of modern software architectures, cloud platforms, and scalable system design.
• Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on technical oversight and delivery accountability.
• Demonstrated experience driving engineering excellence, delivery discipline, and organizational maturity.

Leadership & Communication

• Executive-level stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to lead through change, scale teams, and align engineering execution with business priorities.
• Strong decision-making capability in fast-paced, high-growth environments.