At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead engineering teams to develop innovative trade surveillance software for top financial institutions.
- Company: Join TradingHub, a leader in intelligent trade surveillance solutions since 2010.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, hybrid work, private medical insurance, and generous leave policies.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace that values your growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in fintech while driving engineering excellence and innovation.
- Qualifications: Significant experience in software delivery, especially in fintech or big tech.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Founded in 2010, TradingHub delivers uniquely intelligent trade surveillance software to world leading financial institutions. With a team of over 150 experts worldwide, TradingHub combines global reach with deep markets expertise to help our customers mitigate financial, regulatory, and reputational risk.
We are looking for a Head of Engineering to lead our Engineering Core department, responsible for the platforms that power TradingHub’s market-leading trade surveillance solutions. Infrastructure, Calculation and Web, covering our cloud platform, big-data processing framework and user-facing applications.
The successful candidate will provide strategic and technical leadership across these teams, driving engineering excellence, platform reliability and innovation while building a high-performing organisation aligned to TradingHub’s business objectives.
- Set architectural standards and drive platform consistency to reduce complexity, duplication, and operational risk.
- Champion an AI-first approach, identifying and embedding agentic AI workflows to enhance engineering productivity and capability.
- Translate strategic business objectives into scalable, reliable engineering outcomes, owning end-to-end delivery against critical timelines.
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Data, and Infrastructure teams to align platform direction, data capabilities and system reliability.
- Own the reliability and performance of core systems, including uptime, latency, SLOs/SLAs and continuous improvement through incident management.
- Ensure security, data protection, and regulatory compliance, while leading and developing a high-performing, accountable engineering organisation.
Significant experience of commercial software delivery, preferably within financial technology or 'big tech'. Proven track record of owning and successfully delivering substantial transformation projects on time and with precision. Confident leading high-performing software development teams, especially through changes to working practices. AWS (or other public cloud provider) experience preferable.
These values provide the foundation for a sustainable workplace culture that empowers you to grow, contribute, and become your best self.
- Annual discretionary performance bonus (permanent employees only).
- Hybrid working policy.
- Office lunches twice a week.
- Private medical insurance + dental cover.
- Extended parental leave (up to 6 months of fully paid maternity leave).
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
- Enhanced company pension plan.
- Salary sacrifice schemes.
We are dedicated to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace, so if this role excites you, please don't let our specification hold you back. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, ethnic or national origins, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
A full copy of our diversity, equity and inclusion policy will be made available to you upon request.
Engineering in Westminster employer: TradingHub
At TradingHub, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration among our talented team of over 150 experts. Located in the heart of London, we provide competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits including private medical insurance, generous parental leave, and opportunities for professional growth through study leave for qualifications. Join us to be part of a diverse and inclusive environment where your unique skills can thrive and contribute to cutting-edge financial solutions.
