Senior Engineer (Back-End)

TP ICAP; Manila; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

TP ICAP Group in Manila is seeking a senior engineer to lead the design and delivery of low-latency front-office trading systems, while acting as the local Credit Technology lead. The role emphasizes mentoring engineers, recruiting, and building a high-performing team, with close collaboration with global technology leaders to align strategy and standards.

This position offers the opportunity to shape an expanding Manila engineering organization and contribute to critical technology initiatives.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in latency-sensitive front-office systems.
• Experience leading and developing engineering teams.
• Strong stakeholder management across distributed teams.
• Experience with cloud-native, event-driven apps.
• SDLC experience across design to production support.
• Proficiency with AWS, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of high-performance front-office trading systems end-to-end.
• Own engineering deliverables through full lifecycle ensuring performance and scalability.
• Mentor engineers and foster technical excellence.
• Act as local Credit Technology lead for Manila office.
• Support hiring, recruitment and talent development.
• Collaborate with global tech leadership to align objectives and standards.
• Drive innovation via POCs and continuous improvement.

Skills

Distributed systems

C#/.NET

Team leadership

Latency-sensitive trading

CI/CD pipelines

Docker & Kubernetes

AWS

REST/GraphQL APIs

Observability

SQL databases

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

SQL Server

MySQL

REST APIs

Job description

The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure. Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions. Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions. The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world’s leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform. Founded in London in 1866, the Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,200 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world’s most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced and hands‑on Senior Engineer to join our Credit Technology team in Manila. This role combines deep technical expertise, engineering leadership, and people leadership responsibilities. The successful candidate will lead the design and delivery of high‑performance front‑office trading systems while also serving as the local Credit Technology lead for the Manila office. As we continue to invest in and expand our Manila engineering capability, this individual will play a critical role in growing and developing the local team, supporting recruitment activities, mentoring engineers, fostering a strong engineering culture, and ensuring successful delivery of strategic technology initiatives. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable designing complex distributed systems, working directly with engineers on implementation challenges, engaging with business stakeholders, and leading the development of a high‑performing engineering organisation.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead by example as a hands‑on engineer, working closely with Architects, Principal Engineers, QAs, DevOps and Trading SMEs to design, build, review, test, and deliver mission‑critical, high‑performance systems end‑to‑end.
• Own engineering deliverables throughout the full lifecycle, ensuring performance, scalability, resilience, and alignment with engineering best practices.
• Mentor engineers, elevate code quality standards, and foster a culture of technical excellence.
• Act as the local Credit Technology lead for the Manila office, providing day‑to‑day leadership and representing the team within the wider Technology organisation.
• Help grow and develop the Manila engineering team through coaching, mentoring, recruitment, and talent development activities.
• Support hiring efforts including candidate screening, interviewing, and onboarding of new team members.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high‑performing engineering culture aligned with TP ICAP values.
• Partner closely with global technology leadership to align local execution with strategic objectives and engineering standards.
• Drive innovation through POCs, technical evaluations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Leverage AI‑assisted tools to improve development efficiency and help shape our AI journey.
• Communicate progress proactively, highlighting risks and removing delivery impediments.

Experience / Competences

• Significant years of hands‑on experience building and supporting latency‑sensitive front‑office trading systems (OMS, Matching, Execution).
• Experience leading, mentoring, and developing engineering teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across distributed teams and business functions.
• Experience supporting recruitment, team growth, or engineering leadership initiatives is advantageous.
• Strong background in designing and maintaining distributed, event‑driven, cloud‑native applications.
• Comprehensive SDLC experience across design, development, QA, deployment, and production support.
• Ability to balance rapid delivery with architectural rigour and long‑term maintainability.
• Proven problem‑solving capabilities and ability to validate ideas through POCs.
• Ability to engage effectively with traders, quants, and other business stakeholders.
• Desired Domain experience in Credit or Fixed Income.
• Expertise in modern .NET technologies and C# (Java or similar OO languages considered).
• Strong relational database design and optimisation skills (MSSQL, MySQL).
• Deep understanding of low‑latency engineering, concurrency, multithreading, and performance optimisation.
• Experience implementing observability (metrics, tracing, logging) for distributed systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerisation (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS).
• Experience designing APIs (REST, GraphQL).
• Knowledge of distributed messaging and caching technologies (e.g., Solace, Redis, or similar).
• Understanding of FIX protocol and FIX message handling.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS, microservices, and serverless patterns.
• Understanding of TDD, BDD, or similar testing methodologies.

Role Band & Level

Manager, 6 #LI-Hybrid #LI-MID

Company Statement

We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute. TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement.

Location Philippines - Ecoprime Building - Taguig City

Connecting clients, communities and colleagues for sustainable growth TP ICAP connects people, platforms, ideas, and insight across the world’s financial, energy and commodities markets. As a global leader in market infrastructure and data‑led solutions, we enhance market access, increase efficiencies, and unlock possibilities. Work with us Joining TP ICAP puts you at the heart of markets that matter. You’ll have the freedom to innovate and act on your initiative. We’ll train you and build your abilities in your specialist area, so that you can become an expert in your field. And all within a connected network that’s there to set you up for success.

TP ICAP Group is a collection of premium brands each with a distinct, client‑focused offering. Underpinning and connecting these client‑facing brands is the financial security, operational strength and know‑how we have as a Group. Connections are at the heart of what we do. We combine our people’s know‑how with the latest technology to improve price discovery, trade execution and liquidity flow. Connections create strength. Through them, we help our clients to manage risk, realise investment strategies and expand the scope for growth. And connections act as a catalyst. Sparking richer solutions for our clients to break new ground, modernising markets for future performance, and creating dynamic careers for our people. Our capacity to connect builds trust, supports communities and gives us the power to anticipate and respond to change, whatever direction the world takes. It’s what makes TP ICAP a mainstay in the global markets, now and in the future. TP ICAP. We connect.