Pricing Architect

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

12/3/2024

Job Title

Pricing Architect

Job Description

We are looking for an Architect to take ownership and lead the architecture of our Pricing Systems. This role involves defining the strategy to support business objectives and collaborating closely with engineering delivery teams to develop solutions that achieve desired business outcomes.

Who Are We

Hello, we’re IG Group. No, not Instagram – though we're a pretty big deal ourselves. We’re a global, FTSE 250-listed company made up of a collection of progressive fintech brands in the world of online trading and investing. The best part? We’ve snapped up many awards for our top-class platforms, forward-thinking products, and incredible employee experiences.

We believe in financial freedom, and our purpose is to help ambitious people achieve it. Around 400,000 people use our groundbreaking technology and forward-thinking platforms to trade the financial products they know and love.

Did we mention we have offices in 18 countries? Yes, when you join IG Group, you'll have the chance to work across multiple brands with people all over the world. We work in cross-functional teams, focused on delivering at pace to improve the experience of traders on our platforms.

The role

This is an architect position within the Future Design department, focusing on IG Core Technology Pricing Systems. These low latency and high throughput systems include market data feeds, price calculators, and price distribution systems that are involved in the pricing of IG markets globally.

In This Role, You Will

• Define and evolve pricing system architecture, ensuring it aligns with IG Group's strategy.
• Develop long-term renovation strategies.
• Assess impact and propose solutions for business-led projects.
• Liaise with business experts and development teams to refine solutions.
• Collaborate with development teams throughout the project lifecycle, from inception to delivery.
• Contribute to architectural strategies in other areas of Core Technology.
• Present architectural vision to broader audiences across the business.
  
  

What You’ll Do

• Define and maintain the architectural vision of the Pricing systems, including comprehensive documentation of the current state and an evolution roadmap towards target architecture.
• Collaborate with other architects to influence enterprise architecture, define integration patterns and ensure solutions adhere to design best practices.
• Liaise closely with stakeholders (business & technical) to provide Feasibility studies, Blueprints, and High-Level Designs, addressing the non-functional requirements in the designs developed.
• Work with the stakeholders to provide Solution Architecture support for the technology platforms. Support the Engineering teams in the delivery of projects in the Pricing domain.
• Assist in planning and estimating for delivery projects, as well as lead the selection process for necessary software and infrastructure.
• Liaise with the technical communities to ensure that all design and implementation risks are identified and addressed and obtain architecture authority approval wherever necessary.
  
  

The Way We Work

We also think hard about our ways of working as a company. At IG Group, we’ve set out five target behaviours that we expect everyone to strive to achieve in all that we do:

Lead & Inspire: Leading teams in a way that drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm;

Think Big: We focus on the problems that most move the needle of commercial outcomes;

Champion the client: We always keep the client's needs front of mind and deliver as much value for them in all that we do;

Deliver at pace: We work to ensure nothing stands in the way of fast delivery of sustainable growth for our business; and

Raise the bar: We raise the bar by taking ownership of outcomes and being accountable for making things better across IG.

What You’ll Need

This is not a hands-on coding role but candidates should have several years of hands-on development experience.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum 8-10 years of industry experience, including 5 years in a hands-on development role (ideally C++ in low-latency systems).
• Minimum 3-5 years in an architecture role or in a technical lead role with responsibility for solution design.
• Ability to think and communicate both big-picture high-level views and technical detail; open to incorporating others’ views.
• Strong analytical skills; able to structure large amounts of detail.
• Experience in developing architectural specifications, analysis, and design.
• Experience in low latency high-performance processing, messaging technologies and architectures.
• Experience with modern SDLC methodologies Full development lifecycle experience using an agile methodology.
• Demonstrable experience of working effectively within a matrix organisation that encompasses employees, specialist contractors and 3rd party suppliers and partners.
• Experience working in a geographically dispersed team
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry, ideally in the financial sector or an IT industry with trading system experience, especially in pricing systems, and OTC/Exchange-traded derivative products.
• Ability to think and act strategically but also to operate and implement change tactically when required, dealing effectively with ambiguity and managing changeable business priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, particularly adept at simplifying and articulating complex topics and employing a wide range of communication styles to engage with all levels of the organisation.
• Desirable experience in C++, design of low latency and high throughput systems, distributed systems, market data feeds, market making, CI/CD, AWS
• Desirable knowledge of architecture frameworks, e.g. TOGAF
  
  

The Perks

It really is more than a job. We’ll recognize your talent and make sure that you can still have a life – at work, and outside of it. Networks, committees, awards, sports and social clubs, mentorships, volunteering opportunities, extra time off… the list goes on.

• Competitive salary
• Flexible Benefits Package on top of your salary (12%)
• Private medical cover for you and your family
• Life insurance
• Contribution to gym memberships
• 25 Days holiday, with 1 additional day off to celebrate your Birthday & 2 additional days off a year for voluntary work (28 in total
• The option to buy or sell holiday days.
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning Platform
• A comprehensive global and local onboarding process
• Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women’s, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events & projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture
• Option to participate and create ESG initiatives based on IG Brighter Future Fund
• Enhanced primary (maternity), secondary (paternity), and shared parental pay and leave, as well as a range of support and benefits for parents
  
  

Where You’ll Work

We follow a hybrid working model; we reckon it’s the best of both worlds. This model also feeds into our secret ingredients for innovation: diversity, flexibility, and close connection.

Plus, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse and inclusive workforce with a lot of creative energy. Ask our employees what their favourite thing is about working at IG, and you’ll hear an echo of ‘our culture’! That’s because you can come to work as your authentic self. The things that make you, you – like your ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, age, gender identity/expression or physical capacity – can bring a fresh perspective or new skill to our business.

That’s why we welcome people from various walks of life; and anyone who wants to help us realize our vision and strategy.

So, if you’re keen to connect with our values, and lead the charge on innovation, you know what to do.

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Number of openings

1