Director of Technology, FX Execution Services – Talent Pool

Company: The Bank of New York Mellon
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

As Director of Technology for FX Execution Services, you will shape the next generation of BNY’s FX trading platform. You’ll lead scalable, low-latency systems and collaborate with product managers, traders, and technologists to put clients at the center of delivery. You drive AI-enabled innovation and mentor a cross-functional team in a fast-paced environment. This role offers a chance to impact pricing, execution, algo trading, and data analytics at scale.

Pay / Benefits

  • competitive compensation
  • benefits and wellbeing programs
  • flexible global resources
  • paid leaves
  • paid volunteer time

Responsibilities

  • Lead system design and ensure code quality across the full software lifecycle
  • Leverage AI to accelerate innovation and promote AI-led development
  • Collaborate in small cross-functional agile teams with product managers, traders, and technologists
  • Drive continuous improvement with a growth mindset and curiosity
  • Partner with Product Managers to deliver new FX products
  • Mentor and guide team members on technical development and career growth

Key requirements

  • Extensive years of development experience
  • Bachelor in Computer Science, Mathematics or a similar field
  • Experience building mission-critical systems, preferably in financial institutions
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Results-driven mindset
  • Change leadership and adaptability
  • Prior experience with front office trading systems
  • Low latency trading experience
  • Co-location infrastructure knowledge
  • Experience with high-performance messaging systems
  • Hands-on development with FIX APIs
  • collaboration
  • growth mindset
  • curiosity
  • AI-enabled development
  • FX trading platform experience
  • low latency engineering

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Posted: October 1st, 2026