Engineering Manager, UI Platform

MarketAxess Holdings Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free lunch when in the office

Competitive PTO package

Up to 20 weeks fully paid parental leave

401(k) with employer match

Tuition assistance and professional development

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience to lead teams, collaborate on strategic projects, and deliver high-quality solutions. Applicants should have strong architectural knowledge, experience with cloud-native systems, and a passion for team leadership. This role offers competitive compensation and benefits, including a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience including 3+ years leading teams.
• Experience designing cloud-native systems and event-driven architectures.
• Ability to mentor developers and maintain high standards for code quality.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Head of X-Pro and UI Platform to implement strategic direction.
• Lead design, build, and delivery of core services.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and hands-on pairing.

Skills

Cloud-native systems

Event-driven architectures

Desktop interoperability frameworks

Agile environments

DevOps practices

API and microservice architectures

Written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Company Description

MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed‑income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one’s ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we’re going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There.

The Role

Feedback from your users should be something that you look forward to, as you will work closely with the Product and Engineering team users to incorporate their needs into the team’s roadmap and use it as a measure of success using OKR’s. A critical success factor is being viewed as a trusted partner and collaborator.

We embrace a culture of collaboration and experimentation while striving to encourage all team members to focus on continuous improvement and learning. We openly welcome diverse perspectives and people who are not afraid to challenge assumptions and prior ways of working. Otherwise, how do we innovate, learn, and grow as a team and individuals?

How You’ll Help Take Us There

You will demonstrate competencies across the following key dimensions:

• Interpreting Business Needs & Supporting Strategy Execution
  Work closely with the Head of X-Pro and UI Platform to implement and evolve the strategic direction for the UI Platform. You’ll contribute input grounded in day‑to‑day technical realities and collaborate to refine priorities based on feasibility, team feedback, and internal user needs — helping turn strategy into executable plans.
• Project Execution & Applying Technology
  Take a hands‑on role in designing, building, and delivering the core services your team owns — from implementation through testing, deployment, and support. You’ll lead by example in writing high‑quality code and collaborating on technical design, while also establishing lightweight, repeatable processes that ensure consistency, productivity, and platform reliability.
• Providing Architecture Guidance
  Collaborate directly with other squad leads and engineers to define architectural standards and make pragmatic decisions that balance long‑term vision with present‑day tradeoffs. Author RFCs and document design choices through ADRs that reflect real implementation paths, not just theoretical ideals.
• Team Leadership
  Mentor engineers through hands‑on code‑pairing, thoughtful code reviews, and unblock the team to keep momentum high. Create an environment where engineers feel ownership of their work, supported in their growth, and aligned with shared technical goals.
• Assessing Technology
  Stay engaged in evaluating tools and frameworks by actively experimenting with them, prototyping new ideas, and recommending adoption paths. You’ll use your day‑to‑day involvement to inform your technology choices so they reflect practical realities and not just trends.
• Cross‑functional Collaboration
  Work directly with Product and Engineering stakeholders to ensure plans are executable and user needs are clearly understood. Collaborate with the Head of UX Design and other partners to turn ideas into tangible platform capabilities, particularly around our shared desktop strategy.

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including 3+ years leading global teams – responsible for setting team goals, conducting performance reviews, managing compensation, and supporting career development
• Strong architectural foundation, with practical experience designing and implementing cloud‑native systems, event‑driven architectures (e.g., Kafka), and scalable frontend/backend platforms.
• Experience working with desktop interoperability frameworks such as Interop.io (formerly Glue42 + Finsemble), OpenFin, or similar technologies, and an understanding of how they support multi‑window, multi‑app trading workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to lead engineering teams — setting direction, mentoring developers, and maintaining a high bar for code quality, architecture, and delivery.
• Experience working in agile environments with distributed teams, using tools like JIRA and Confluence to manage delivery and collaboration.
• Comfort working across hybrid infrastructures (on‑prem and cloud), with fluency in modern DevOps practices including CI/CD, monitoring, automated testing (e.g., Playwright, Cypress), and resilience engineering.
• Solid understanding of API and microservice architectures, structured and unstructured databases, and real‑time systems — including logging, monitoring, and process automation.
• Ability to collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineering leads to turn user needs into platform capabilities, and experience using OKRs or similar frameworks to measure success.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate architectural decisions and influence stakeholders across technical and non‑technical domains.
• A track record of practical, hands‑on leadership and problem solving, with a bias toward action and a mindset rooted in experimentation and continuous learning.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

What You Can Expect from Us

• Hybrid Environment: Our employees enjoy a mix of working in the office and from home
• Free Food: We provide free lunch for employees when they are working in the office. Plus, our offices are stocked with snacks
• Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation and personal days, sick leave and charity days
• Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave
• 401(k): Dollar-for‑dollar employer match up to $17,500
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount
• Wellness Stipend: We provide employees with up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more
• Onsite Healthcare: We offer convenient access to world‑class care through Mount Sinai at our Hudson Yards location
• Tuition Assistance and Professional Development: Benefit from live and on‑demand learning, role‑specific training, employee‑led Lunch and Learns and guest speakers
• Core benefits: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs

For job positions in NYC, NY, and other locations where required, the estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $200,000 USD to $260,000 USD. Actual salary may vary depending on job‑related factors, which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. You may also be eligible for annual cash incentives, equity, and other benefit programs.

MarketAxess Corporation and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic in the location in which the candidate is applying.

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