Senior Engineering Manager

Senior Engineering Manager

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead multiple multi-functional engineering squads (backend, frontend, DevOps, QA) to deliver high-quality product increments at pace. You'll own engineering strategy and execution for critical domains within the World-Check One ecosystem, drive technical excellence, and grow high-performing, autonomous teams. You'll partner closely with Product, Delivery, Architecture, Cyber-Security, and Service/SRE teams to achieve business outcomes, improve reliability, and ensure regulatory compliance. This role will report to the Director of Engineering, World Check One, and be a key member of the engineering leadership team.

Leadership & People

• Lead and develop ~15–20 engineers and managers across 3–6 squads; hire, onboard, coach, and retain top talent.
• Lead the Feature Architects, ensuring alignment between architectural vision and squad delivery, and supporting their career development.
• Build a healthy engineering culture passionate about autonomy, accountability, craftsmanship, and psychological safety.
• Establish clear growth paths (IC & EM), set goals/objectives and key results, and run performance cycles with actionable feedback.

Delivery & Execution

• Own outcomes for your domain—roadmap delivery, quality, SLOs, and cost efficiency—across multiple products/services.
• Drive predictable delivery using agile practices and lean flow (e.g., short iterations, WIP limits).
• Use DORA and flow metrics (lead time, deployment frequency, MTTR, change failure rate, cycle time) to identify bottlenecks and improve efficiency.

Technical Direction

• Partner with Architecture and Feature Architects to evolve platform strategy (microservices, eventing, data pipelines, APIs) and simplify complexity.
• Champion sound engineering practices: CI/CD, trunk-based development, testing pyramid, infra as code, observability, security by design.
• Sponsor critical improvement initiatives (e.g., reliability, cost optimisation, engineering forums, tech debt reduction).

Quality, Reliability & Security

• Own non-functional requirements: performance, resilience, scalability, and disaster recovery within SLO/SLA targets.
• Embed secure SDLC practices; ensure compliance with financial crime regulations and internal controls (e.g., data governance, auditability).
• Establish robust QA and release processes: automated test coverage, canary/blue-green deployments, feature flags, phased releases.

Team Collaboration

• Partner with Product Management and Delivery Management to develop roadmaps, define outcomes, and handle trade-offs.
• Communicate plans, risks, and results to senior leadership; influence cross-team priorities and investment decisions.
• Collaborate with Support & Product teams to address customer feedback and reduce operational burden.

Operational Excellence

• Scale teams responsibly: workforce planning, balancing the use of vendor resources and shaping the team backlogs appropriately.
• Optimise cloud costs and platform utilisation across prod and non-prod environments.
• Drive data-informed decision making with clear dashboards and engineering reviews.

Required Experience

• 8–12+ years in software engineering with 4+ years leading managers and multi-squad groups in a product environment.
• Validated delivery of large-scale, distributed systems with high availability and compliance/security requirements.
• Deep understanding of agile delivery at scale (Scrum/Kanban), continuous delivery, and modern DevOps/SRE practices.
• Strong communication skills; able to translate sophisticated technical topics into business outcomes.
• Experience with one or more relevant stacks (e.g. Java, Vue), cloud platforms (AWS), and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Proven ability to hire, develop, and retain diverse engineering talent; track record building high-performing teams.

Nice to Have

• Domain experience in AML/KYC, sanctions screening, adverse media, or risk/intelligence data products.
• Data engineering and governance for regulated environments; privacy/encryption, auditing, and lineage.
• Exposure to ISO 27001/SOC 2 controls, PCI/DSS, or similar regulatory frameworks.
• Experience shaping platform strategies (multi-tenant, regional deployments, data residency).

Competencies

• Technical Excellence
• Customer Focus
• Risk & Compliance
• Leadership
• Data-Driven & Analytical
• Adaptability & Innovation
• Communication & Influence

Career Stage: Manager

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.