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.