Senior Product Manager - Platform

Apex Fintech Solutions LLC; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading salary

Annual bonus

28 days annual leave

10 NI holidays

Pension matched 7%

Private health insurance

Life insurance

Flexible working hours

Hybrid work schedule

Monthly catered lunches

Unlimited drinks and snacks

Hackathon events

Charitable matching gift program

Job summary

Apex Fintech Solutions is hiring a Senior Platform Product Manager to own our API gateway and observability platform. You will define end-to-end strategy and roadmaps for two critical cloud platform areas, collaborating with two engineering teams and cross-functional partners.

The role requires 5+ years in product management, strong API knowledge, experience with Datadog, and proven ability to communicate strategy to technical and executive audiences.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience in cloud platform infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of API concepts including latency and rate limiting.
• Experience with Datadog or similar observability tooling.
• Ability to define and communicate product vision to technical and executive audiences.
• Excellent prioritization in ambiguous, highly technical spaces.
• Clear, credible written strategy and requirements documents.

Responsibilities

• Set a clear product vision for two platform areas and translate it into multi-quarter roadmaps.
• Partner with engineering leaders to shape priorities and unblock delivery.
• Balance client commitments, commercial opportunity, technical health, and security needs.
• Define measurable outcomes to guide prioritization.
• Write crisp requirements and strategy docs for engineering and leadership.
• Maintain a healthy Jira backlog and report progress.

Skills

Cloud platform infra

API concepts

Datadog

Product vision

Prioritization

Technical writing

Tools

Apigee

Kong

AWS API Gateway

Job description

Who We Are

Apex Fintech Solutions (Apex) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by building tech-forward solutions that help simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech software enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, Webull, and eToro, amongst many others; collectively, Apex powers access to the stock market for over 22+ million end customers.

Who We Are

Apex Fintech Solutions (Apex) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by building tech-forward solutions that help simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech software enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, Webull, and eToro, amongst many others; collectively, Apex powers access to the stock market for over 22+ million end customers. At Apex, we are changing how the securities industry operates by reinventing the status quo, which was manual, slow, and accessible only by the ultra-wealthy. We're digitizing and democratizing systems so that everyone has an opportunity to invest. When you're at Apex, you drive this change. You're part of a global team with a clear vision: to be the trusted technology that powers the digital economy. Our offices in Austin, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Portland, Belfast, and Manila are home to over 1,000 employees. Together, we’re shaping the future of financial innovation. Embrace change. Solve big. Win together. And be G.R.E.A.T. — grit, results, empathy, accountability, and teamwork — with Apex. We’re Proud To Be Recognized For The Innovative Work We Do, The Purpose-driven Nature Of Our Work, And The Collaborative Culture We’ve Created.

Best Places to Work

2026, 2025, 2024, 2023 - Presented by BuiltIn

WealthTech of the Year

2025 - Presented by US FinTech Awards

The World’s Top 250 Fintech Companies

2024 - Presented by CNBC

About This Role

We're hiring a Senior Platform Product Manager to own two of our most critical platform areas: our API gateway and our observability platform.

What You’ll Own

• End-to-end product strategy and roadmap for both platform areas
• Core API gateway capabilities including traffic management, rate limiting, and logging
• Standards and experience for metrics, logs, traces, alerting, dashboards, and operational reporting (powered by Datadog)

What You’ll Do Day-to-Day

• Set a clear product vision for both platform areas and translate it into multi-quarter and multi-year roadmaps
• Partner with engineering leaders across two teams to shape priorities, drive execution, and unblock delivery
• Balance client commitments, commercial opportunity, technical health, security/compliance needs, and unplanned demand
• Define measurable outcomes and use them to guide prioritization
• Write crisp requirements and strategy documents that scale across engineering and senior leadership
• Maintain a healthy Jira backlog and communicate progress proactively

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of product management experience, with a track record of owning cloud platform infrastructure
• Good understanding of API concepts - latency, rate limiting, response codes
• Experience with Datadog or comparable observability tooling
• Demonstrated ability to set product vision and strategy, and communicate it credibly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Excellent prioritization judgment in ambiguous, highly technical areas
• Strong written communication: specs, strategy docs, and proposals that stand on their own with both technical and executive audiences

Nice to Have

• Experience with API gateway platforms (Apigee, Kong, AWS API Gateway, or similar)
• Fintech or financial infrastructure experience

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Our Rewards

We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including a market-leading salary with an annual bonus, 28 days of annual leave plus 10 Northern Ireland national holidays, a training and development budget, and a pension matched up to 7%. Our benefits also cover private health insurance for medical, dental, and optical care, and life insurance. We emphasize work-life balance with flexible working hours, parental leave, a modern city center office, and a hybrid work schedule that allows for greater flexibility by partially working from home. Additional perks include monthly catered lunches, unlimited drinks and snacks, hackathon events, poker tournaments, and a charitable matching gift program.

EEO Statement

Apex Fintech Solutions is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Our hiring practices ensure that all qualified applicants receive fair consideration without regard to these characteristics.

Disability Statement

Apex Fintech Solutions is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace for all candidates, including those with disabilities. We are dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please submit your request via the Candidate Accommodation Requests Form. We will work with you to provide the necessary accommodations to ensure your full participation in our hiring process.