[Hiring] Senior Staff - IT Data Engineering and Analytics @StoneX

Role Description

The Global Data Distribution (GDD) team at StoneX is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to lead and scale the operational excellence of our Global Data Distribution (GDD) platform. In this role, you’ll own critical infrastructure reliability, mentor Data Reliability engineers, manage DR readiness, and ensure platform compliance with SOX, internal audits, and incident governance. You will drive automation, observability, and incident lifecycle management across our Azure-based, hybrid-cloud data ecosystems—anchored by Databricks, Airflow, and cloud-native technologies. This role is a senior technical leadership position with partial people management, requiring a proactive, process-oriented mindset and deep expertise in cloud data platform.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership:
  • Lead the design, development, and support of enterprise-scale Risk Technology platforms.
  • Define technical architecture, coding standards, and engineering best practices.
  • Drive modernization initiatives involving cloud migration, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
  • Make architectural decisions that ensure high availability, scalability, and resilience.
• Risk Platform Development:
  • Build and enhance applications supporting Market Risk, Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, and Regulatory Reporting functions.
  • Collaborate with Risk Managers, Quantitative Analysts, and Front Office stakeholders to implement risk calculation engines and reporting solutions.
  • Deliver real-time and batch risk processing systems.
• Team Leadership:
  • Lead and mentor a team of software engineers.
  • Conduct code reviews and ensure high-quality software delivery.
  • Provide technical guidance and career development support to team members.
  • Drive Agile delivery practices and sprint planning activities.
• Stakeholder Management:
  • Partner with business users, risk managers, product owners, and enterprise architects.
  • Translate complex risk requirements into scalable technical solutions.
  • Provide regular updates to senior management and technology leadership.
• Solution Architecture:
  • Design robust APIs, integration frameworks, and data processing solutions.
  • Ensure systems comply with enterprise architecture and security standards.
  • Review and approve solution designs and technical documentation.
• Operational Excellence:
  • Ensure platform stability, reliability, and performance.
  • Lead production issue resolution and root cause analysis.
  • Implement monitoring, observability, and automated support capabilities.
  • Drive continuous improvement and technical debt reduction initiatives.
• Governance & Compliance:
  • Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and audit standards.
  • Support technology risk assessments and controls testing.
  • Participate in architecture review and risk governance forums.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of software development experience.
• 3+ years leading teams in financial services, investment banking, capital markets, or trading organizations.
• Experience developing Risk, Regulatory, Trading, or Middle-Office technology platforms.
• Exposure to large-scale risk engines, pricing systems, and real-time market data platforms.
• Experience working with global distributed teams and stakeholders.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Python for analytics and risk calculations.
• Databricks/Spark.
• Quantitative finance exposure.
• AI/ML applications in Risk Management.
• Low-latency trading or risk systems.
• Exposure to OpenTelemetry and modern observability platforms.

Ideal Profile

Senior Technical Lead who combines deep C#/Python engineering expertise, financial risk domain knowledge, solution architecture capabilities, and people leadership experience to deliver mission-critical Risk Technology platforms in a regulated financial environment.