Chapter Lead – AI-Native Engineering– Capital Markets IT

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We are looking for an exceptional Chapter Lead – AI-Native Engineering to shape the technical culture and engineering excellence of our Capital Markets IT division.

In this role, you will be the guardian of software craftsmanship, ensuring that every system we build is clean, resilient, observable, and built to last. Alongside hands‑on architectural leadership, you will lead our Engineering Chapter—a community of practice dedicated to raising the bar for engineering quality, mentorship, and continuous learning across teams.

This is a senior, high‑impact role for someone who combines deep technical expertise, architectural vision, and people leadership in complex, regulated financial environments.

ROLE: Chapter Lead – AI-Native Engineering– Capital Markets IT

Key Responsibilities:-

Software Engineering & Craftsmanship

• Embed Clean Code principles (SOLID, DRY, YAGNI) as non‑negotiable standards across all teams.
• Own and evolve the engineering quality framework, including:
• Code review standards
• Static analysis and security gates
• Test coverage and performance benchmarks
• Lead by example through hands‑on contributions to critical codebases, deep technical reviews, and pair programming.
• Drive adoption of Test‑Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour‑Driven Development (BDD) to improve correctness, maintainability, and documentation.
• Define and enforce a robust Definition of Done (DoD) covering architectural, security, and performance quality gates.

Software Architecture

• Design end‑to‑end architectures for capital markets platforms (pricing, order management, risk, post‑trade) with a focus on low latency, fault tolerance, and auditability.
• Define, govern, and evolve technology standards, patterns, and reference architectures across the division.
• Lead architectural reviews and maintain Architectural Decision Records (ADRs) to ensure decisions are well‑documented, peer‑reviewed, and transparent.
• Balance short‑term delivery needs with long‑term architectural sustainability, clearly articulating trade‑offs.
• Champion event‑driven, domain‑driven, and cloud‑native architectures where appropriate.

GenAI / Agentic AI for Software Engineering

• Integrate GenAI and Agentic AI into engineering workflows to accelerate development, testing, documentation, and troubleshooting.
• Build reusable GenAI components, prompt libraries, engineering agents, automated test generators, and code‑refactoring assistants.
• Partner with enterprise AI teams to ensure governance, data protection, and safe model usage.
• Track and report measurable improvements in productivity, quality, and delivery cycle time enabled by GenAI adoption.

Engineering Chapter Leadership

• Lead and grow the Engineering Chapter—a cross‑functional community of practice for software engineers across Capital Markets IT.
• Facilitate regular chapter sessions, tech talks, architecture storyboards, refactoring workshops, and book clubs.
• Define and maintain a shared engineering competency framework and career ladder.
• Mentor senior and principal engineers, providing structured coaching aligned with individual development plans.
• Partner with Tribe Leads and Product Owners to ensure engineering quality is protected under delivery pressure.

Technical Governance & Strategy

• Own the technology radar for Capital Markets IT, assessing and adopting tools and platforms in collaboration with global architecture teams.
• Lead technical due diligence on vendor solutions, open‑source frameworks, and cloud services.
• Track and present engineering health metrics (code quality, deployment frequency, MTTR, change failure rate) to senior leadership.
• Partner with Cloud, Security, and Infrastructure teams to embed shift‑left practices across the SDLC.

Qualifications & Profile :-

Education :-

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Programming & Systems Analysis, or related discipline.

AI Proficiency

• Demonstrated use of AI‑powered engineering tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to enhance productivity and problem solving.
• Solid understanding of AI/ML fundamentals, including prompt engineering, model limitations, and responsible human‑AI collaboration.
• Experience evaluating AI‑generated outputs for accuracy, security, and business alignment.
• Ability to identify and implement AI‑driven automation opportunities within engineering workflows.

Domain & Technical Experience

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years in a Principal, Staff, or Architect role.
• Deep hands‑on expertise in at least one core ecosystem:
• Java / Kotlin (Spring Boot, Project Loom, GraalVM)
• Python (asyncio, Cython, NumPy/Pandas for quantitative workflows)
• C++ (modern C++20, lock‑free structures; FPGA/kernel bypass desirable)
• Strong background in Capital Markets IT: trading systems, risk engines, order routing, or post‑trade processing.
• Proven experience designing distributed systems with strong consistency, exactly‑once semantics, and sub‑millisecond latency requirements.
• Hands‑on experience with messaging platforms such as Kafka, Solace, or similar low‑latency brokers.
• Cloud architecture experience on AWS, Azure, or GCP, including hybrid cloud patterns in regulated environments.
• Practical experience applying GenAI and Agentic AI in enterprise engineering contexts.

Craftsmanship & Engineering Excellence

• Deep commitment to Clean Code and software craftsmanship, with the ability to teach and evangelise these principles.
• Experience building and governing CI/CD pipelines with quality and security gates (e.g., SonarQube, Checkmarx, Veracode).
• Strong knowledge of testing strategies: unit, integration, contract, performance, and chaos testing.
• Familiarity with DDD, Event Sourcing, and CQRS in financial systems.

Leadership & Community of Practice

• Experience leading or contributing to Chapters, Guilds, or Centres of Excellence in Agile / SAFe / Spotify‑model organisations.
• Proven ability to define and scale engineering standards across multiple teams or squads.
• Excellent technical communication skills, able to engage both engineering and business stakeholders.
• Strong track record of mentoring senior engineers and developing technical leadership capability.

Desirable Skills

• Real‑time analytics and stream processing (Apache Flink, Spark Streaming, kdb+/q).
• Open‑source contributions or published technical writing demonstrating thought leadership.
• Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional, CKA, or equivalent.
• Experience with inner‑source models and Developer Experience (DX) tooling.
• Exposure to quantitative finance concepts (pricing models, Greeks, VaR, portfolio risk).
• Familiarity with capital markets messaging standards: FIX, SWIFT, FpML

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