Group Engineering Manager (Infrastructure & IT Operations)

We are looking for an experienced Group Engineering Manager to lead a group of engineering squads responsible for building and operating a high-performance trading platform. You will oversee teams working across the full trading technology stack, from colocation infrastructure and networking to liquidity bridges and client-facing web and mobile applications.

This role combines engineering leadership, production operations, and business alignment, with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and delivery in a continuously operating, latency-sensitive environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead approximately 45 people across direct and indirect reporting lines, including Engineering Managers, driving hiring, development, and performance
• Own production reliability and operational excellence of the trading platform, including availability, incident management, and continuous improvement
• Drive end-to-end trading performance, including order execution latency, throughput, and market-data delivery
• Ensure reliable 24/7 production operations and incident response, including effective escalation and service recovery
• Own delivery across the group, aligning priorities, resources, and commitments
• Manage key vendor relationships, including trading platform providers, liquidity bridges, and colocation
• Ensure the platform meets regulatory, security, and risk requirements in collaboration with Security and Compliance
• Track engineering, IT operations, and reliability metrics, driving improvements across the group

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience building and operating high-reliability systems
• 5+ years of experience managing multiple teams through Engineering Managers or IT Managers, as well as direct reports
• Background in Infrastructure Engineering, Systems Administration, Infrastructure/DevOps with on-premise hosting
• Proven experience managing physical infrastructure and hardware in production environments, including colocation data centers, servers, and networking
• Strong understanding of hardware infrastructure lifecycle management
• Substantial experience with on-premise infrastructure, alongside experience with cloud infrastructure
• Proven experience leading 24/7 production operations and incident response
• Experience with low-latency, high-throughput systems
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with experience driving cross-team delivery and operational excellence
• Advanced Ukrainian and Upper-Intermediate English

Will be a plus

• Experience leading product development and operations of client-facing trading applications
• Experience in fintech, trading, financial services, or another regulated environment.

We offer

• 20 paid vacation days per year
• 10 paid sick leave days per year
• Public holidays as per the company's approved Public Holiday List
• Medical insurance
• Opportunity to work remotely
• Professional education budget
• Language learning budget
• Wellness budget (gym membership, sports gear, and related expenses)