Director, Software Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Guide your team in investigating and implementing innovative technologies and methodologies, fostering a culture of creativity and ongoing enhancement to provide a top-tier regulated trading platform.

• Work collaboratively with Product, Compliance, and other engineering leaders to create integrated solutions that align with FMX's strategic goals and regulatory requirements.

• Utilize data and metrics to inform your team's decision-making processes, monitoring delivery speed, reliability service level objectives, and compliance status as fundamental indicators of team health.

• Promote a metrics-driven environment that emphasizes measurable outcomes, ranging from system uptime and latency to the completeness of audit trails and daily reporting precision.

• Invest in the development and success of your team, providing mentorship, supporting career growth, and helping to cultivate the next generation of engineering leaders at FMX.

• Supervise the creation of scalable, dependable systems while advancing the modernization of the Java codebase and overseeing new development in Go, Java, and Kotlin.

• Manage engineering processes suitable for a 24/7 regulated trading context, including sprint planning, on-call schedules, incident response, code review protocols, and change management.

• Establish robust cross-functional collaborations with legal, compliance, and the broader Fanatics engineering team to steer technical and product direction.

• Articulate complex technical ideas and regulatory requirements clearly and confidently to stakeholders at all levels, including executive management.

• Advocate for the adoption of AI-assisted development tools within your team, establishing benchmarks for responsible use that adhere to quality and security standards in a regulated environment.

• Keep abreast of industry trends in regulated trading infrastructures and prediction markets, introducing innovative ideas that enhance team performance.

• Be willing to travel occasionally for offsite meetings, cross-team collaborations, or regulatory engagements.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in engineering leadership, demonstrating a strong capability to mentor, develop talent, and inspire technical excellence.

• More than 10 years of experience in software engineering, preferably with a backend focus (Java, Go, or similar).

• Experience in regulated financial infrastructure is highly preferred, including brokerage systems, futures or derivatives exchanges, or similar regulated settings.

• Proven experience in designing and managing production systems with high-availability demands (24/7 uptime, low-latency, mission-critical).

• Strong comprehension of compliance responsibilities in regulated markets, including controls for data sensitivity and insider trading limitations.

• Thorough understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies, with the flexibility to adapt in a rapidly changing 0 to 1 environment.

• A track record of successfully delivering complex, scalable solutions with an emphasis on reliability and accuracy.

• Exceptional communication, influencing, and problem-solving abilities, equally adept at engaging with engineers, compliance teams, and executive stakeholders.

• Experience in leading distributed or remote teams across various time zones.

• Proven experience in utilizing or promoting AI development tools (Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, etc.) within an engineering team.

• A degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Stipend for home office setup

• Opportunities for professional development