Man Group is hiring a C# Engineer for a senior individual contributor role within the Risk Engineering team. This Staff Engineer will set multi-year technical strategy and deliver it through direct implementation and broad technical leadership across the Man Risk Platform, focusing on complex, cross-team systems.
What You'll Do
- 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
What We're Looking For
- 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
Nice to Have
- 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
Technical Stack
- C#, .NET, SQL Server, ClickHouse, MongoDB, Kafka, Python, numpy, pandas, scipy, Docker, Kubernetes, Airflow
Team & Environment
You will be joining the Risk Engineering team. The company culture embraces change and innovation, puts engineering at the heart of the operating platform, and fosters a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.
Benefits & Compensation
- 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
- Two annual 'Mankind' days of paid leave for community volunteering
- Competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave
- Additional location-dependent benefits may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership options and pet insurance
Work Mode
This role is based in London and operates on a hybrid work model.
Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, age or any other legally protected category or status.
