The Team

This is an outstanding opportunity to join one of the largest alternative asset managers. Technology is central to Man’s business strategy, and we are constantly evolving to stay ahead. Our culture embraces change and innovation, with engineering at the heart of our operating platform.

We are looking for a skilled C# Engineer to work within one of our Risk Engineering teams. You will work alongside Investment Risk Managers and other Engineers to deliver solutions that enable daily risk analysis and the continuous improvement of the Man Risk Platform. You should have the enthusiasm for leveraging AI development tools to accelerate delivery and driving their adoption across the team.

A great chance to collaborate, and learn alongside, highly skilled engineers whilst building up core investment risk and data engineering knowledge. New joiners will get the chance to work on the latest and best technologies for the challenges ahead.

Role Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end delivery process — from understanding the problem, designing and developing a solution, and delivering value in production
• Participate in the planning, design, and delivery of longer-term projects alongside senior engineers
• Develop and maintain core tools and services for risk data onboarding, analysis, and quality management at scale
• Collaborate with Risk Officers and other Engineering teams to deliver solutions for Investment Risk across Man Group
• Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing amongst peers
• Continuously improve production components — reducing technical debt, increasing release quality, and improving resource utilisation
• Support production systems and BAU requests, contributing to the team’s support rota

Key Competencies

Required

• Strong programming experience in C#/.NET
• Working knowledge of database technologies (e.g. SQL Server, MongoDB, ClickHouse)
• Familiarity with Linux environments and comfortable working across both Linux and Windows platforms
• Strong delivery-focused approach, ensuring business value is being met
• A proponent of collaborative software engineering practices: code review, unit testing, continuous integration, and refactoring
• Embracing agentic engineering — willingness and ability to work effectively with AI-assisted development tools as part of daily workflow
• Confident communicator — able to articulate ideas clearly and deal constructively with differing views
• A genuine willingness to learn new technologies, programming languages, and domain knowledge

Advantageous but not required

• Exposure to Python and its scientific ecosystem (numpy, pandas, scipy)
• Experience with data pipeline technologies (e.g. Kafka)
• Familiarity with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) and workflow orchestration (Airflow)
• Experience with DevOps tooling (CI/CD, Bitbucket, Jenkins/TeamCity)
• Prior experience with financial market data or alternative data

Benefits  

• Modern office located in the OfficeX campus with free parking, easy transport access and onsite amenities 
• Hybrid working model 
• Generous parental leave
• Opportunities for professional development including internal tech talks and external conference attendance  

The Team

This is an outstanding opportunity to join one of the largest alternative asset managers. Technology is central to Man’s business strategy, and we are constantly evolving to stay ahead. Our culture embraces change and innovation, with engineering at the heart of our operating platform.

We are seeking a Senior C# Engineer to join one of our Risk Engineering teams. This is a senior individual contributor role for someone who sets multi-year technical strategy and delivers it through direct implementation and broad technical leadership across the Man Risk Platform. You should have the enthusiasm for leveraging AI development tools to accelerate delivery and driving their adoption across the team.

A great chance to collaborate, and learn alongside, highly skilled engineers whilst building up core investment risk and data engineering knowledge. New joiners will get the chance to work on the latest and best technologies for the challenges ahead.

Role Responsibilities

• Set and drive multi-year technical strategy for significant areas of the Risk Engineering platform, aligning with business goals
• Lead the design and architecture of complex, cross-team systems — making decisions that minimise the cost of future change
• Deliver high-impact projects end-to-end, from architecture through to production deployment and operational excellence
• Champion the software products of the Risk Engineering team and drive technical planning and project management
• Champion engineering best practices across multiple teams, including CI/CD, automated testing, and scalable design patterns
• Conduct code reviews and provide deep technical guidance to engineers across the function
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis across systems
• Mentor and develop engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence
• Contribute to the evolution of our engineering culture and platform strategy

Key Competencies

Required

• Extensive professional experience in C#/.NET with a track record of delivering complex, cross-team technical projects
• Deep understanding of system architecture and distributed systems design
• Proven experience shaping technical strategy — making sound technical choices in ambiguous situations and driving alignment across teams
• Strong knowledge of database technologies (SQL Server, ClickHouse, MongoDB) including schema design, query optimisation, and performance tuning at scale
• Experience with data pipeline technologies (e.g. Kafka) in production environments
• Embracing agentic engineering — ability to leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and drive adoption across the team
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and drive consensus
• Passion for mentoring and developing engineering talent
• Strong advocate for collaborative development practices and continuous improvement

Advantageous but not required

• Experience with Python and its scientific ecosystem (numpy, pandas, scipy)
• Familiarity with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) and workflow orchestration (Airflow)
• Experience with large-scale data platforms and data engineering at multi-terabyte scale
• Familiarity with financial market data, risk management, or quantitative systems development
• Track record of contributing to engineering culture — tech talks, open-source, or conference presentations

Benefits  

• Modern office located in the OfficeX campus with easy access to transport and amenities.
• Hybrid working model
• Competitive compensation package
• 25 days holiday allowance
• Premium Health insurance
• Employee Assistance program
• Referral Bonus
• Additional days off for long service and volunteering
• Multisport card
• Opportunities for professional development including internal tech talks
• Conference attendance, and engagement with the open-source community.

The Team/Role

The Fund Administration team supports the operational governance of Man's 300+ fund entities across several focused sub-teams. Core activities include fund financial statements production oversight, service provider management and governance, fund entity closures/liquidations, and oversight of third-party transfer agency activities.

Based in our Sofia office, this role offers structured training and mentorship, developing a comprehensive understanding of fund operations, governance, and operating frameworks. The role requires close collaboration with international colleagues, global stakeholders, and external service providers; a high level of spoken and written English is therefore essential.

Responsibilities

Your role will be dynamic, providing support across various sub-functions within the broader team. Responsibilities will broadly cover work on some, but not necessarily all, of the following areas:
 

Service Provider Management (SPM)

• Governance & Oversight Support: Provide administrative and analytical support to the team's broader governance and oversight activities, including service reviews, due diligence exercises, and performance monitoring across fund service providers.
• New Business & Change Management: Assist senior team members in managing the onboarding of new business and change initiatives with service providers, helping to ensure smooth transitions when new products are launched.
• Commercial Oversight: Support the commercial oversight function by completing administration fee reconciliations and verifying that fees are accurately reflected in systems in line with contractual terms. Assist in preparing fee analysis and flag discrepancies for resolution.
   

Fund Liquidations

• End-to-End Closure: Support the end-to-end fund closure and liquidation process, helping manage fund entities’ passage from the final Net Asset Value (NAV) through to strike-off or liquidator appointment.
• Asset Distributions: Support the coordination of final asset distributions to investors. This includes analysing accruals and reserves to be retained, and working with administrators and transfer agents to ensure the accurate and timely payment of liquidating distributions.
• Process Improvement: Help streamline and standardise liquidation processes across all fund structures, contributing to efforts to consolidate workflows into a single, structured approach.
   

Operations Business Management

• Budgeting & Forecasting: Support Man Group Operations’ departmental budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Reporting & MI: Assist in the production of regular and ad hoc internal reports and management information (MI) for senior management and committees. This includes data gathering, tracking of deliverables, formatting, and the escalation of issues.
• Class Actions: Support the operation of the class actions process, working with claims agents to gather and analyse data that facilitates business decisions on claims participation.
   

Client Operations (COPS) & Fund Financial Reporting (FFR) Support

• Provide planned and ad-hoc analytical and administrative support to both the Client Operations and Fund Financial Reporting teams, assisting with reporting cycles, tracking deliverables, and general cross-team initiatives as required.
   

Skills & Competencies

• Language Skills: Exceptional written and verbal English communication skills are mandatory to engage confidently with international stakeholders at all levels.
• Educational Background: A strong academic background, holding a degree in a numerate discipline such as, financial, accounting, economics, or business.
• Relevant Experience: This role is suited to a recent graduate or someone early in their career. Some prior exposure to operations, accounting, or financial services is advantageous but not essential.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Microsoft Excel. Familiarity with Power BI or SharePoint is a plus.
• Attributes: High attention to detail and strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Team Orientation: A proactive, collaborative team player who learns quickly, applies new concepts well in a fast-paced environment, and is highly motivated to build a career in the financial industry.
   

Why Man Group

• Work on challenging problems at the cutting edge of technology and finance
• Opportunity to make a real impact on investment strategies managing billions in assets
• Modern office located in the OfficeX campus with free parking, easy transport access and onsite amenities
• Hybrid working model
• Generous parental leave
• Opportunities for professional development 

The Team

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Database Platform Engineer to join a team of highly skilled Engineers and DBAs who are responsible for managing the Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and SQL Server database estate.

The team are responsible for the day-to-day support and administration of the Oracle, MongoDB, SQL Server and PostgreSQL database estate including engineering and all database related projects. The role involves working closely with other Infrastructure teams as well as developers and end users.

This role also offers the opportunity to work on exciting technologies like Docker, Kubernetes and exposure to other DevOps aligned methods of automation, real time monitoring and metrics collections using latest Open-Source toolsets; Grafana and InfluxDB etc. 

Role Responsibilities

• Administer and manage the Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and SQL Server database estate.
• Collaborate with other technology teams to identify and implement optimal solutions for Man Group.
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn new technologies in this area.
• Ensure the rollout of a standards-based estate using relevant configuration management tools.
• Plan capacity for physical and virtual database servers.
• Ensuring high availability of the infrastructure and minimising the duration and impact of any outages.
• Maintain a consistently high level of service delivery for incidents, requests, and changes.
• Provide database support and advice to Infrastructure teams, developers, and end users.
• Uphold database security standards across the database estate.
• Participate in an on-call support rota.

Key Competencies

Required

• Deep knowledge of Oracle or PostgreSQL RDBMS.
• Foundational knowledge of MongoDB or SQL Server.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation and configuration management tooling such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Proficiency in Linux.
• Strong scripting skills (preferably Bash, PL/SQL, Python, Powershell).
• Experience of designing, building, configuring Data-Guard, RMAN.
• Ability to diagnose and tune performance across the entire stack (Database internals, OS, Storage, Networks).
• Proven ability to automate builds and repetitive tasks.
• Flexibility to broaden and develop skills in any area as required.
• Strong prioritization and project management skills.

Advantageous

• Experience with Docker containerization.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies.
• Eagerness to learn and understand the business environment.

Benefits

• Modern office located in the OfficeX campus with easy access to transport and amenities.
• Hybrid working model
• Competitive compensation package
• 25 days holiday allowance
• Premium Health insurance
• Employee Assistance program
• Referral Bonus
• Additional days off for long service and volunteering
• Multisport card
• Opportunities for professional development including internal tech talks
• Conference attendance, and engagement with the open-source community.

The Role 

We’re seeking Python Engineers to join various teams across our technology organisation, working on diverse challenges spanning systematic trading, quantitative research, a petabyte-scale data platform, and AI solutions. 

The role offers the opportunity to collaborate with and learn alongside highly skilled engineers whilst developing core technical and financial services knowledge. You will work with cutting-edge technologies and systems that power critical areas of Man Group’s business. 

Role Responsibilities 

• Design and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs that support quantitative research and trading infrastructure 
• Develop distributed compute applications, optmise performance, and implement monitoring and observability tooling to ensure system reliability 
• Build high-performance data pipelines for processing large-scale financial datasets using timeseries, SQL, and NoSQL databases 
• Partner with engineers, researchers, and platform teams to translate complex requirements into technical solutions that integrate with Man Group’s technology estate 
• Participate in production support rotations and contribute to architecture decisions, code reviews, and engineering best practices across the team 

Our Technology 

You’ll work in a modern, Linux-based infrastructure where Python is the primary development language, utilising the full scientific stack including pandas, numpy, scipy, and scikit-learn. A key component of our data infrastructure is ArcticDB (https://arcticdb.io/), our internally developed DataFrame database that you’ll use extensively. We maintain a dynamic technology landscape, continuously evaluating and adopting new tools and libraries that enhance our capabilities. man.com/technology 

Key Competencies 

Essential 

• Minimum 3 years professional software development experience, primarily using Python  
• Strong academic record with coursework focused on mathematical and computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Science 
• Experience developing mission-critical production systems, with knowledge of best practices for testing, monitoring, and deployment 
• Proficient on Linux platforms and strong understanding of Git 
• Strong knowledge of one or more relevant database technologies e.g. MS SQL, Postgres, or MongoDB 
• Demonstrated experience working with large data sets, both structured and unstructured 
• Ability to work independently and gather requirements from stakeholders 

Nice to Have 

• Deep understanding of the Python scientific stack (pandas, numpy, scipy, scikit-learn) 
• Familiarity with distributed systems and orchestration 
• Knowledge of modern data engineering practices including data pipeline & ETL tools, distributed storage & processing and data warehousing 
• Contributions to open-source projects 
• Experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs) 
• Experience mentoring junior team members and managing projects 

Why Man Group? 

• Work on challenging problems at the cutting edge of technology and finance  
• Collaborate with world-class engineers, researchers, and investment professionals 
• Receive on-the-job training to develop and succeed at the firm  
• Entrepreneurial, innovation-driven culture 
• Small, agile teams with high autonomy 
• Opportunity to make a real impact on investment strategies managing billions in assets 

Benefits  

• Modern office located in the OfficeX campus with free parking, easy transport access and onsite amenities  
• Hybrid working model  
• Generous parental leave 
• Opportunities for professional development including internal tech talks and external conference attendance

The Team

The team is currently undergoing significant investment in order to rationalise the trading capability across AHL, Numeric and the Discretionary teams.  The engineering team works exceptionally closely with both the Trading Desk and the Execution Research team in order to design, build and maintain a world-class trading capability.  We have trading floors in London, Hong Kong, Boston and New York and are responsible for trading in excess of 8 trillion dollars annually.

We are continually expanding the markets, asset classes and regions in which we trade as well as the styles in which we trade them. The team is responsible for designing imaginative and flexible software and tools to keep pace with this change.

Role Responsibilities

As a Senior Java Engineer you will be building the tools, platforms and algorithms that enable Man’s investment engines to drive forward their centralised global trading operation.

Your challenges will be varied and might involve building new execution algorithms, the platforms on which they run, simulation environments, intelligent order routing, connectivity to execution venues and brokers, tools for high touch and quant traders, monitoring capability, post-trade performance analysis and software to optimise all aspects of the trading lifecycle.

We are looking to hire talented software engineers across the experience spectrum, and previous experience with almost any asset class will be an advantage. You should have the enthusiasm for leveraging AI development tools to accelerate delivery and driving their adoption across the team.

Financial knowledge is not essential - we are looking for highly skilled, motivated engineers who are excellent communicators and keen to learn.

Our Technology

Our systems are almost all running on Linux and most of our code is in Java, with some Python and TypeScript.

We use Kafka as the backbone of our platform, Aeron, Git for source control, Jenkins for continuous integration, Grafana + Prometheus for metrics collection, Docker for containerisation, Ansible for architecture automation, and Slack for internal communication. But our technology list is never static, we constantly evaluate new tools and libraries.

Technology and Business Skills

You will be an expert software developer and ideally have an understanding of the financial markets with relevant electronic trading experience in at least one of the asset classes that we trade. You’ll be a member of a highly-focused team with an exceptionally broad responsibility, so great communication skills and an ability to work as part of a team are a must. You’ll possess a significant proportion of the following skill-set;

Key Competencies

Required

• Expert proficiency in Java.
• Database / SQL skills.
• Great communication skills coupled with the ability to work closely with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
• A proponent of strong software engineering techniques and agile methods: continuous integration, code review, unit testing, refactoring and related approaches.
• Proficient working on both Linux and Windows platforms.
• Embracing agentic engineering — willingness and ability to work effectively with AI -assisted development tools as part of daily workflow

Advantageous

• An excellent understanding of financial markets and instruments.
• Experience with FIX a significant advantage.
• Experience working closely with Quants and/or Traders.
• Python knowledge.
• Experience of front office software and/or trading systems development e.g. in a hedge fund or investment bank.
• Expertise in building distributed systems with service-based or event-driven architectures, and concurrent processing.
• Experience of web based development (TypeScript).
• Relevant mathematical knowledge e.g. statistics, asset pricing, time-series analysis optimisation algorithms.
• Embracing agentic engineering — willingness and ability to work effectively with AI -assisted development tools as part of daily workflow

Personal Attributes

• Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical and computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics from a leading university
• Craftsman-like approach to building software; takes pride in engineering excellence and instils these values in others
• Demonstrable passion for technology e.g. personal projects, open-source involvement
• Intellectually robust with an analytic approach to problem solving
• Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with competing business demands and priorities
• Focused on delivering value to the business with relentless efforts to improve process
• Strong interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with quantitative researchers, traders and senior business people alike
• Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views.

Benefits

• Modern office located in the OfficeX campus with easy access to transport and amenities.
• Hybrid working model
• Competitive compensation package
• 25 days holiday allowance
• Premium Health insurance
• Employee Assistance program
• Referral Bonus
• Additional days off for long service and volunteering
• Multisport card
• Opportunities for professional development including internal tech talks
• Conference attendance, and engagement with the open-source community.

Role Summary:

This position will support the activities of two functions within Man Group's Enterprise Risk Management team:

• Operational Risk – focuses on internal risks (things that could go wrong in our day-to-day operations)
• Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) – focuses on external risks from the suppliers and vendors we work with

Both teams identify potential risks, assess how serious they are, and work with other teams across the whole of Man Group to help manage and communicate those risks.

Role Responsibilities

Managing risk processes including:

• Collecting and updating information about risks and controls
• Tracking whether controls are working (attestations)
• Tracking compliance with the standards set out in Man Group’s Risk Management Policies
• Recording problems when they occur and tracking actions to closure
• Maintaining lists of all our vendors and assessing their levels of risk
• Monitoring performance targets and escalating issues
• Maintaining accurate records and timelines

Managing data and creating reports

• Making sure all risk data is accurate, complete, and up-to-date
• Monitoring news and industry events for risks that might affect us
• Building dashboards and reports, including automation
• Preparing draft materials for senior management meetings

Continuous process improvement

• Creating automated workflows to reduce manual work (e.g., approval requests, reminders, data updates)
• Checking data quality fixing any issues
• Developing ways of using AI to review and challenge risk and control data
• Creating clear process maps and documentation
• Finding ways to make processes more efficient
• Helping to test and improve our risk management systems

Candidate requirements:

Knowledge

• Understanding of how companies manage operational risks and controls
• Familiarity with concepts including:
• Risk assessments
• Key risk indicators
• Risk event (error) management
• Issue and Action tracking
• Vendor lifecycle management (onboarding, assessing, monitoring suppliers)

Technical skills

• Excel: advanced skills (data manipulation, lookups, pivot tables)
• Dashboards: ability to build visual reports (e.g. Power BI)
• Automation: experience with workflow tools (e.g. Power Automate)

Working style

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Able to document processes clearly
• Good at breaking down complex problems into manageable steps and asking questions when required
• Comfortable working in a support role, helping risk managers
• Clear communicator who can work with different teams to gather information
• Capable of working on a hybrid basis, combining office-based work for team collaboration and face-to-face engagement with remote working flexibility

The Role

Join our high-performing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team and play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of the technology powering Man Group’s hedge funds. You’ll have the autonomy, tools, and support to innovate and shape the future of our platform. This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, gain mentorship from senior leaders, and develop a deep understanding of both technology and the business.

As an SRE, you’ll take ownership of service reliability and deliver solutions that make a real impact. Your initial focus will include leveraging AI to accelerate incident diagnosis and resolution, improving observability, capacity planning, and automation. Over time, you’ll work across our entire infrastructure stack, operating at scale and driving continuous improvement.

Role Responsibilities

• Ensure reliability and performance of critical systems across global infrastructure through proactive monitoring and rapid incident response.
• Design and implement observability solutions using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and Loki to provide deep insights into system health.
• Automate operational tasks and build self-service capabilities to eliminate toil and improve efficiency.
• Develop and maintain SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets to guide reliability improvements and inform engineering priorities.
• Participate in incident response efforts, blameless post-mortems, and implement preventive measures to reduce recurrence.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve system design, deployment practices, and operational excellence.
• Operate at scale, managing petabyte-level storage, large CPU/GPU deployments, and high-throughput distributed systems.
• Contribute to capacity planning and performance tuning, ensuring systems meet business demands.
• Manage multiple ELK clusters hosting hundreds of terabytes of logs, telemetry, and APM data.

Key competencies

Required

• Strong understanding of SRE principles, including SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and reliability best practices.
• Hands-on experience with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Loki, or similar).
• Proficiency with automation tools (Ansible, Terraform) and scripting/programming languages (Python, Go, PowerShell).
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across distributed systems, with the ability to diagnose complex production issues under pressure.
• Experience with incident management, on-call rotations, and post-incident reviews.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• A proactive mindset and ability to take ownership of reliability initiatives.

Advantageous

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and source control workflows (Git, Jenkins, TeamCity).
• Administration of Linux and Windows systems and exposure to cloud technologies (AWS/Azure).
• Understanding of networking concepts, load balancing, and distributed architectures.
• Knowledge of AI/LLM concepts (context windows, prompt tuning, MCP servers).
• Interest in FinOps principles, desire to understand the true cost of our decisions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits

• Modern office located in the OfficeX campus with easy access to transport and amenities.
• Hybrid working model
• Competitive compensation package
• 25 days holiday allowance
• Premium Health insurance
• Employee Assistance program
• Referral Bonus
• Additional days off for long service and volunteering
• Multisport card
• Opportunities for professional development including internal tech talks
• Conference attendance, and engagement with the open-source community.

The Team

We are seeking an experienced System Engineer to join our End User Engineering team. You’ll play a critical role in building and maintaining the automation frameworks that underpin our End User infrastructure operations. This position offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies at scale, supporting our End User platforms.

You should have the enthusiasm for leveraging AI development tools to accelerate delivery and driving their adoption across the team.

Role Responsibilities

As an System Engineer, you’ll design, implement, and maintain infrastructure-as-code solutions, configuration management, monitoring systems, whilst also supporting business-as-usual activities.

You’ll work closely with the entirety of our infrastructure organization, and other platform teams to drive automation initiatives that help us further provide platforms that drive our delivery. The role is subject to on-call rotation.

Key Competencies

Required

• Experience supporting End User platforms such as Microsoft 365 and Slack.
• Exposure to identity management and associated technologies (Active Directory, Entra ID).
• Experience supporting End User clients such as Windows, MacOS, and mobile devices.
• Proficiency with automation tools (Ansible, Terraform) and scripting/programming languages (Python, Go, PowerShell).
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across distributed systems, with the ability to diagnose complex production issues under pressure.
• Awareness of security best practices, and infrastructure architecture patterns.
• Embracing agentic engineering — willingness and ability to work effectively with AI -assisted development tools as part of daily workflow

Advantageous

• Experience with device management, including Intune and Jamf
• Hands-on experience with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Loki, or similar).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and source control workflows (Git, Jenkins, TeamCity).
• Knowledge of AI/LLM concepts (context windows, prompt tuning, MCP servers).
• Self-organised with the ability to prioritise and effectively manage time across multiple projects. 
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.  

Benefits

• Modern office located in the OfficeX campus with easy access to transport and amenities.
• Hybrid working model
• Competitive compensation package
• 25 days holiday allowance
• Premium Health insurance
• Employee Assistance program
• Referral Bonus
• Additional days off for long service and volunteering
• Multisport card
• Opportunities for professional development including internal tech talks
• Conference attendance, and engagement with the open-source community.

The Role 

We’re seeking Senior Python Engineers to join various teams across our technology organisation, working on diverse challenges spanning systematic trading, quantitative research, a petabyte-scale data platform, and AI solutions. 

The role offers the opportunity to collaborate with and learn alongside highly skilled engineers whilst developing core technical and financial services knowledge. You will work with cutting-edge technologies and systems that power critical areas of Man Group’s business. 

Role Responsibilities 

• Design and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs that support quantitative research and trading infrastructure 
• Develop distributed compute applications, optmise performance, and implement monitoring and observability tooling to ensure system reliability 
• Build high-performance data pipelines for processing large-scale financial datasets using timeseries, SQL, and NoSQL databases 
• Partner with engineers, researchers, and platform teams to translate complex requirements into technical solutions that integrate with Man Group’s technology estate 
• Participate in production support rotations and contribute to architecture decisions, code reviews, and engineering best practices across the team 

Our Technology 

You’ll work in a modern, Linux-based infrastructure where Python is the primary development language, utilising the full scientific stack including pandas, numpy, scipy, and scikit-learn. A key component of our data infrastructure is ArcticDB (https://arcticdb.io/), our internally developed DataFrame database that you’ll use extensively. We maintain a dynamic technology landscape, continuously evaluating and adopting new tools and libraries that enhance our capabilities. man.com/technology 

Key Competencies 

Essential 

• Minimum 3 years professional software development experience, primarily using Python  
• Strong academic record with coursework focused on mathematical and computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Science 
• Experience developing mission-critical production systems, with knowledge of best practices for testing, monitoring, and deployment 
• Proficient on Linux platforms and strong understanding of Git 
• Strong knowledge of one or more relevant database technologies e.g. MS SQL, Postgres, or MongoDB 
• Demonstrated experience working with large data sets, both structured and unstructured 
• Ability to work independently and gather requirements from stakeholders 

Nice to Have 

• Deep understanding of the Python scientific stack (pandas, numpy, scipy, scikit-learn) 
• Familiarity with distributed systems and orchestration 
• Knowledge of modern data engineering practices including data pipeline & ETL tools, distributed storage & processing and data warehousing 
• Contributions to open-source projects 
• Experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs) 
• Experience mentoring junior team members and managing projects 

Why Man Group? 

• Work on challenging problems at the cutting edge of technology and finance  
• Collaborate with world-class engineers, researchers, and investment professionals 
• Receive on-the-job training to develop and succeed at the firm  
• Entrepreneurial, innovation-driven culture 
• Small, agile teams with high autonomy 
• Opportunity to make a real impact on investment strategies managing billions in assets 

Benefits  

• Modern office located in the OfficeX campus with free parking, easy transport access and onsite amenities  
• Hybrid working model  
• Generous parental leave 
• Opportunities for professional development including internal tech talks and external conference attendance