Trade Surveillance Engineering Lead

  • 10 to 15 years of overall technology experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
  • Strong background in capital markets technology and trade surveillance platforms (e.g., NICE Actimize, SMARTS, Behavox, Scila, or in-house systems).
  • Expertise in data engineering: Big Data platforms (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka), streaming technologies, ETL pipelines, and large-scale data storage.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, or Scala.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and microservices architectures.
  • Understanding of market abuse scenarios: insider trading, spoofing, layering, front-running, wash trades, etc.
  • Experience working with structured and unstructured data, including trade, order, comms, and voice data.
  • Solid experience in managing agile teams, with proven track record of delivering complex projects.
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills with Compliance, Risk, and Technology groups.
  • Knowledge of Machine Learning/AI techniques for anomaly detection in trade surveillance.
  • Familiarity with Natural Language Processing (NLP) for voice/email/chat surveillance.
  • Prior experience with global investment banks, broker-dealers, or exchanges.
  • Experience in building or migrating surveillance systems to cloud-native platforms.