Senior Manager, Development

Job Purpose

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), presents a unique opportunity for a full-time hands-on Senior Manager of Engineering to lead a core engineering team responsible for trading systems development in a high throughput, low latency trading environment. This role carries significant ownership of the architecture, design, and delivery of key components powering NYSE Equity and Options markets on the cutting-edge Pillar platform. The Senior Manager of Engineering will lead a team of experienced engineers, contribute to the technical direction of the platform, and serve as a key technical voice in architectural and design decisions — ensuring reliability, performance, and continuous innovation within their area of ownership.

Responsibilities

• Architecture & Design
  • Drive system architecture and design decisions for assigned platform components, ensuring high performance, high availability, and high throughput.
  • Contribute to the broader technical roadmap and architectural vision in partnership with senior engineering leadership
  • Define and promote engineering standards, design patterns, and best practices within the team and across adjacent teams.
  • Evaluate new technologies and techniques to improve system performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Team Leadership & Development
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Senior Engineers, Staff Engineers, and individual contributors, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and ownership.
  • Drive hiring, onboarding, and retention of strong engineering talent; manage career development and performance reviews for direct reports.
  • Promote a team culture of knowledge sharing, code quality, and continuous learning.
• Delivery & Execution
  • Own planning, prioritization, and on-time delivery of engineering projects and feature work within the team's scope.
  • Partner with business, product, and operations stakeholders to understand requirements, resolve design challenges, and ensure solutions align with business needs.
  • Track and report on team performance metrics (delivery velocity, system reliability, code quality) and drive improvements against those benchmarks.
• Operational Reliability
  • Ensure the reliability, availability, and regulatory compliance of systems within the team's area of ownership.
  • Lead incident response, root-cause analysis, and corrective action efforts for team-owned components.
  • Collaborate with operations and infrastructure teams to optimize system stability and deployment practices.

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 12+ years of progressive hands-on software engineering experience, including strong depth in C/C++ development on Linux.
• 3+ years in an engineering leadership or management role with demonstrated experience leading and growing a team of engineers.
• Proven experience contributing to system architecture and design for high performance, low latency platforms.
• Strong expertise in data structures, algorithmic complexity, systems programming, and performance-oriented software design.
• Solid hands-on background with TCP/IP, Multicast network protocols, multithreading, and real-time systems.
• 3+ years of hands-on scripting experience and familiarity with automation in complex engineering environments.
• Experience with AI assisted coding tools and agents for automating development workflows

Leadership and Communication Skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop engineering talent
• Strong collaboration skills — ability to work effectively across engineering, business, and operations teams to align technical solutions with business objectives.
• Clear and effective communicator — able to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience operating within regulated financial services or exchange environments is a plus.