Head of eFX Engineering

Head of eFX Development - Director

London - Front Office Technology - Permanent

An international financial institution is seeking a Director level eFX Engineering Lead to drive the design and development of high performance, low latency electronic FX trading systems. This is a senior hands on leadership role working directly with Front Office trading and sales teams to shape next generation eFX technology across global markets.

The Opportunity

You will lead the end to end engineering of a globally distributed eFX trading platform, covering:

• Real time pricing
• Risk and price distribution
• Algo execution
• Electronic trading workflows
• High availability architecture

This role offers significant ownership, autonomy and influence over technical strategy, tooling, and future technology adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and enhance a low latency, high performance eFX trading system.
• Work closely with Traders and Sales to gather functional requirements.
• Lead development across the full SDLC using agile practices.
• Drive automation, innovation, and continuous experimentation.
• Oversee production support including incident and problem management.
• Partner with architects to maximise code reuse and accelerate delivery.
• Mentor developers and foster a collaborative engineering culture.

Core Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in C++, Java, or Rust (C++ preferred - 7+ years).
• Deep understanding of low latency, multi threaded systems.
• Experience with FX markets, pricing, risk, liquidity aggregation, order entry gateways, and market data.
• Exposure to market connectivity venues (FxAll, Bloomberg, 360T).
• Proficiency with NoSQL/SQL, version control, CI/CD, automated testing, and modern engineering best practices.

Experience Required

• Extensive experience in financial services / investment banking.
• Proven background building complex, highly available real time trading systems.
• Strong stakeholder interaction with Front Office teams.
• Global project delivery experience.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and influence technical teams.

Please apply within for further details if you're interested.