CM Technical Lead

Capital Markets Tech Lead – Drive Innovation in Trading Technology

Join our Data and Reporting Platform Delivery team to lead the technical direction of high-impact solutions in Capital Markets. If you're passionate about engineering excellence, stakeholder collaboration, and building scalable systems that support front-office trading, this is your opportunity to shape the future of investment technology.

Job Type:  Permanent

Location: London - hybrid role (at least 2 to 3 days in office). All roles are advertised as open to part-time and job-share using the statement below. 

Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.

Salary and benefits: Up to £90,000 plus discretionary bonus, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more

Closing Date:   24th October 2025

We’re Phoenix Group, we’re a long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.

About The Role

As a Tech Lead, you’ll provide hands-on technical leadership for a stream-aligned Capital Markets engineering team. You’ll guide solution design, ensure technical quality, and foster a collaborative, agile culture. Working closely with Engineering Managers, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners, you’ll deliver scalable solutions that integrate with OMS platforms and support trading workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and implementation across trading workflows and OMS integrations.
• Set coding standards, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
• Drive adoption of CI/CD, test automation, and cloud-native development.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and compliant with regulatory requirements.
• Mentor engineers and lead technical workshops and code reviews.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align delivery with business priorities.
• Partner with architecture teams to ensure enterprise alignment.
• Contribute to engineering strategy and continuous improvement across the portfolio.

What We’re Looking For

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven technical leadership in financial services environments.
• Demonstrable experience in asset management, wealth management or investment banking.
• Deep understanding of capital markets workflows and OMS integration.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, Snowflake, and AWS.
• Experience designing scalable, data-intensive applications.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Agile delivery experience and familiarity with DevOps practices.

Desirable

• Exposure to Team Topologies and scaled agile frameworks.
• Experience across multiple asset classes (equities, fixed income, derivatives).
• Cloud and agile certifications.
• Background in multi-team delivery environments.

We Hire the Whole You

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience differs from what’s listed but you believe you can bring value, we’d love to hear from you. Adjustments to the recruitment process are available to help you perform at your best.

Apply early – we’re reviewing applications as they come in.

Find out more about #LifeAtPhoenix  

• Guide for Candidates: thephoenixgroup.pagetiger.com/guideforcandidates  
• Find or get answers from our colleagues: www.thephoenixgroup.com/careers/talk-to-us  

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