Lead the redesign of an Order Management System, driving strategy, architecture, and delivery with a focus on performance and stakeholder management.
We are seeking an Engineering Lead to drive the redesign of an Order Management System (OMS) for a top-tier financial services organization. You will help lead the full lifecycle of the rewrite from strategy and architecture to delivery and continuous improvement.
This is a hands-on leadership role requiring both technical depth and strong stakeholder management.
You will partner with trading, risk, and technology teams to deliver a scalable, resilient, and future-ready platform.
*Not open to C2C or external agencies.
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture, design, and delivery of C#, Python, and React-based solutions supporting high-volume trading.
- Ensure performance, scalability, resilience, reliability, and regulatory compliance across cloud environments (AWS/Azure).
- Collaborate with business and operations teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Mentor engineers, establish best practices, and build a culture of technical excellence.
- Oversee delivery execution: backlog management, sprint planning, and reporting.
Required Experience
- 12+ years of software engineering experience in financial services environments, with 5–8+ years in leadership.
- Experience building and modernizing trading platforms or financial systems (OMS, EMS, risk, or similar)
- Strong hands-on experience with C# and Python in production environments
- Front-end development experience using React for complex, data-driven applications
- Full-stack architecture experience across APIs, services, and modern web applications
- Cloud platform experience (AWS and/or Azure)
- Proven track record of modernizing legacy systems into scalable, distributed platforms.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Experience
- Exposure to fixed income or multi-asset trading workflows.
- Familiarity with high-throughput, low-latency system design.
- Exposure to messaging systems (e.g., Kafka) and real-time data feeds.
McLaren Strategic Solutions is a leading-edge global technology consulting firm, addressing critical challenges across industries such as retail, financial services, and healthcare. Integrating a powerful ecosystem of platforms with capital-efficient execution, McLaren specializes in digital transformation to help businesses optimize operations, accelerate revenue, and achieve scalable outcomes. McLaren’s expertise spans the development of customer-centric applications, modernizing systems for cost-effectiveness and security, and leveraging cloud scalability for future-ready architectures. With a deep commitment to operational excellence, McLaren provides comprehensive managed services, including application maintenance, cybersecurity, platform solutions, and AI-optimized operations, ensuring seamless, secure, and efficient performance.
From supply chain automation to compliance and analytics, McLaren drives measurable impact: improving workforce productivity, reducing inventory costs, and cutting technology ownership expenses. With its emphasis on automation and zero business downtime, McLaren facilitates seamless migrations from legacy systems to modern platforms, enabling organizations to harness the full potential of digital transformation. Backed by strategic partnerships and a proven delivery model, McLaren empowers clients to innovate, modernize, and achieve lasting success in today’s digital economy.
McLaren is a certified minority owned business through the NMSDC and has a mission to place more people from non-traditional backgrounds into sustainable technology careers. Through partnerships with non-profit technology programs in underserved communities and Veteran organizations, candidates transition from tech training programs into real IT careers at McLaren. Our unique recruitment policy allows us to create exceptional teams, bringing a broad spectrum of experience to our company and creating anything but a traditional consulting firm.
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Top Skills
Python,C#,Aws
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