Lead IT Software Engineering

Connecting clients to markets and talent to opportunity

With 4300 employees and over 400000 retail and institutional clients from more than 80 offices spread across five continents were a Fortune-100 Nasdaq-listed provider connecting clients to the global markets focusing on innovation human connection and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors.

At StoneX we offer you the opportunity to be part of an institutional-grade financial services network that connects companies organizations and investors to the global markets ecosystem. As a team member youll benefit from our unique blend of digital platforms comprehensive clearing and execution services personalized high-touch support and deep industry expertise. Elevate your career with us and make a significant impact in the world of global finance.

Corporate: Engage in a deep variety of business-critical activities that keep our company running efficiently. From strategic marketing and financial management to human resources and operational oversight youll have the opportunity to optimize processes and implement game-changing policies.

Position Purpose: As a hands-on Senior Staff Engineer you will architect and develop high-performing scalable enterprise-grade applications across all tiers of the application stack. Youll collaborate with talented engineers to design low-latency mission-critical applications driving innovation through every stage of the software development lifecycle.

Additionally youll take on a leadership role by mentoring developers contributing to company-wide engineering initiatives and building meaningful relationships with diverse stakeholders to deliver cutting-edge solutions.

Technology Ecosystem:

• Front-End: React Typescript
• Back End: SQL
• Cloud: Kubernetes Docker Azure

Primary duties will include:

• Lead the design and evolution of backend APIs and infrastructure to meet business needs.
• Collaborate with UX and product teams to explore iterate and solve complex problems.
• Contribute to technical discussions architecture decisions and best practice initiatives across teams.
• Mentor and support the professional development of our engineering community through pair programming talks and external presentations.
• Drive impactful scalable solutions that address critical business needs in global financial markets.

To land this role you will need:

• Proven experience developing complex distributed event-based microservices using and TypeScript (Java experience is a bonus).
• Expertise in building RESTful APIs (gRPC experience is a plus).
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines ideally using Azure DevOps.
• Strong knowledge of TDD/BDD testing frameworks.
• Excellent understanding of relational databases (SQL) and familiarity with NoSQL databases.
• A delivery-focused mindset and the ability to thrive in global Agile teams.
• Mastery of programming concepts including clean code principles SOLID design and federated microservices architecture.

What makes you stand out:

• Minimum 5 years experience ideally withing financial services FinTech.
• Experience leading a small team of developers and driven architecture solutions
• Experience with microservices federated architecture
• Exposure with distributed messaging/streaming platforms (Apache Kafka)

Education / Certification Requirements:

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related subject

Working environment:

• Hybrid