Technical Lead

About Phi Partners

Phi Partners is the a market leader for capital markets technology services providing technology & quant services, solutions, and expertise to buy-side and sell-side financial institutions including some of the world's largest investment banks, hedge funds and asset management firms. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in London, Phi has a presence in all major continents. Our niche focus on Front Office Technology has been a differentiator and gateway into the world's best financial institutions. About Phi Partners Brazil Phi Partners has nearshore Centres-of-Excellence which are specialized in respective 'Lines of Business' (LoBs). Our latest São Paulo Centre-of-Excellence, houses our Quant, Front Office & Risk Technology Services (FORTS) & Murex teams. The São Paulo Centre-of-Excellence was opened with the goal to strengthened Phi's current relationship with our North America clients, as well with global clients with presence in São Paulo. Joining us means diving into truly groundbreaking work, pushing the limits of what modern technology can deliver while solving high-impact challenges for top-tier clients. You'll build cutting-edge solutions for the world's largest Investment Banks, leading Asset Managers, and market-defining Hedge Funds, working on projects where innovation is not an extra, but a fundamental expectation in everything we deliver. About The FORTS Practice Phi Partners is one of the largest consultancies specializing FORTS, with a dedicated team of over 175 consultants spread across multiple locations. Our team is distinguished by deep expertise in front-office and risk technology solutions, empowering top-tier financial institutions to optimize their trading and risk management capabilities. At Phi Partners, we are committed to a collaborative, high-performance culture where professionals work together to deliver complex front-office solutions to elite clients. We specialize in the end-to-end implementation of front-office and risk platforms, from initial requirements gathering to post-go-live support, ensuring that our clients are fully supported throughout the platform lifecycle. We focus on custom development and configuration, creating solutions that address unique client needs and regulatory requirements in real-time trading and risk management. Key Responsibilities Phi is seeking an experienced an Engineering Manager / Technology Lead to establish and run a local delivery team in São Paulo working on a modern, cloud-native, cross-asset Pricing & Risk platform for a global financial-services client. This role owns local delivery, team leadership, governance, and quality, allowing the global technical lead to focus on architecture and strategy. The successful candidate will be hands-on, delivery-oriented, and business-aware, with a strong Python-led engineering mindset and experience building and operating distributed systems in regulated environments. This role gives you the opportunity to: • Report directly to the Global Engineering & Technology Lead based in London • Lead the São Paulo delivery team • Own end-to-end delivery for the São Paulo team across development, testing, release, and BAU support • Translate high-level architectural direction into practical, incremental delivery plans • Ensure delivery against agreed milestones, quality standards, and non-functional requirements • Act as the local point of accountability for delivery outcomes • Own engineering governance, including: • Code quality and review practices • Testing strategy and coverage • CI/CD and release discipline • Documentation and operational readiness • Ensure solutions meet security, resilience, and auditability expectations typical of Pricing & Risk systems • Proactively identify and mitigate delivery and operational risks • Remain technically engaged, contributing where appropriate (design reviews, complex debugging, critical path work) • Act as a trusted local interface to client technology and business stakeholders The Ideal candidate Essential • Proven experience as an Engineering Manager, Technology Lead, or similar role • Strong hands-on engineering background, ideally with Python as a primary language • Experience leading small to mid-sized development teams in a delivery-focused environment • Demonstrated ownership of delivery, quality, and governance, not just design • Experience building or operating cloud-native platforms • Strong communication skills and confidence engaging with business and technical stakeholders • Fluent English (spoken and written) Highly Desirable • Experience in capital markets, pricing, risk, trading, or market data systems • Prior experience working with distributed or international teams • Background in regulated or high-reliability environment • Exposure to cross-asset systems or analytics platforms Why should you join Phi Parnters Join us as we build the next-generation team, an ambitious, fast-growing group delivering world-class, complex, and genuinely exciting projects to major financial institutions around the globe. We're in a pivotal expansion phase, working with leading-edge technologies and giving you the chance to shape our strategy, influence key architectural decisions, and deploy solutions that truly impact global Capital Markets. This is a rare opportunity to be part of a world-leading Capital Markets Technology Consultancy while working alongside one of the strongest banking organizations in the industry.