Software Engineering Manager

G-Research; Greater London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm seeks an experienced Development Manager to oversee engineering teams focusing on security and application development. You will manage critical infrastructure projects, drive the adoption of secure design principles, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. The role requires proven leadership skills and cloud experience, ideally with Kubernetes and CI/CD practices. Enjoy a competitive compensation package, including a bonus, extensive leave, and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Highly competitive compensation

Annual discretionary bonus

Lunch provided

30 days’ annual leave

9% company pension contributions

Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance

Cycle-to-work scheme

Monthly company events

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading production-grade applications.
• Strong understanding of application architectures and cloud-native design.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead two engineering groups within Enterprise Infrastructure.
• Oversee secure application delivery and architecture.
• Establish delivery processes and manage vendors.

Skills

Leadership in engineering

Understanding of secure engineering principles

Experience with Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines experience

Knowledge of Python and Typescript

Job description

We tackle the most complex problems in quantitative finance, by bringing scientific clarity to financial complexity.

From our London HQ, we unite world‑class researchers and engineers in an environment that values deep exploration and methodical execution - because the best ideas take time to evolve. Together we’re building a world‑class platform to amplify our teams’ most powerful ideas.

As part of our engineering team, you’ll shape the platforms and tools that drive high‑impact research - designing systems that scale, accelerate discovery and support innovation across the firm.

The role

We are looking for an experienced Development Manager to lead two strategically important engineering groups within Enterprise Infrastructure (EI):

• Security Automation Engineering (SAE) – the development arm of the Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), responsible for building automated detection and response systems
• Enterprise Infrastructure Application Development (EI Dev) – a new and growing team responsible for building secure, scalable applications and services for G‑Research’s corporate domain

This is a high‑impact leadership role that spans security engineering, corporate application development, infrastructure modernisation and core platform transformation.

You will manage multidisciplinary engineering teams, define long‑term technical strategy and drive delivery across critical programmes including the migration of legacy applications and the design and deployment of new systems for our next‑generation secure corporate environment.

You will partner closely with security, corporate infrastructure, cloud engineering and the wider EI organisation to ensure the systems we design are robust, scalable, secure and aligned to strategic corporate goals.

As Development Manager, you will set engineering standards, establish delivery processes, develop people and build a culture of high performance, trust, ownership and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

Leadership and strategy

• Providing strategic and technical leadership across SAE and EI Dev, setting long‑term direction for corporate applications, CI/CD, Kubernetes and automation
• Owning team structure, growth planning, hiring and performance development
• Building a strong engineering culture focused on secure design, high standards and continuous improvement

Delivery and architecture

• Overseeing the design and delivery of secure, scalable applications for the new corporate domain
• Defining CI/CD patterns, deployment architectures and modernisation strategies across on‑premise and AWS environments
• Driving legacy application migration, architectural governance and technical debt reduction
• Leading automated detection and response capabilities within SAE, integrating with Elastic Security, Azure Defender XDR and AWS Security Hub
• Supporting the wider EI organisation in delivering the secure corporate domain through collaboration with infrastructure, networking, identity and cloud teams

Operational and cross‑team responsibilities

• Establishing delivery processes, sprint cadences and reporting across multiple teams
• Partnering with CSIRT, Corporate Engineering, Infrastructure and Cloud to deliver multi‑team initiatives
• Managing vendors and representing EI Dev and SAE in cross‑functional and technical forums
• Ensuring delivery of secure, well‑documented systems that integrate cleanly into G‑Research’s technology estate

Who are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will demonstrate many of the following:

Technical experience

• Proven experience leading the delivery of production‑grade applications and platforms
• Strong understanding of secure engineering principles, modern application architectures and cloud‑native design
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes deployment models, CI/CD pipelines and GitOps practices across on‑prem and AWS environments
• Experience modernising legacy systems and leading application refactoring initiatives
• Familiarity with Python, Typescript or other modern languages

Leadership and delivery skills

• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams developing individuals and shaping strong team culture
• Ability to balance long‑term architectural direction with near‑term delivery demands
• Strong communication skills enabling influence across technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Experience driving multi‑team initiatives in complex environments with a bias for ownership action and continuous improvement

Why join us?

• Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonus
• Lunch provided (via Just Eat for Business) and dedicated barista bar
• 30 days’ annual leave
• 9% company pension contributions
• Informal dress code and excellent work/life balance
• Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme
• Monthly company events