Lead Software Engineer - Investment Trading Technology

About this role

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters – to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures.

THE ROLE

Lead Software Engineer, Derivatives Investments & Operations Technology, serves as a lead developer for MFS’s global investment professionals. This role is responsible for the successful implementation of the Derivatives Platform and support solutions that enable investment decision-making and research workflows that are aligned with the business strategy and technical architecture. The Lead Software Engineer also serves as a subject matter expert for the Derivatives platform and mentor’s members of the team.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Development, Solution Delivery, and Business Relationship Management

• Lead the development of Derivatives Platform capabilities by understanding business domains, workflows, and identifying opportunities for enhancement.
• Partner with product owners, business analysts, software developers and other agile teams to deliver high quality derivatives investment technology solutions for financial derivative instruments that meet client and business needs.
• Interpret business requirements, analyze environment, map requirements to design, codes, debugs, unit tests programs to deliver final product, define priorities, and coordinate delivery timelines across time zones and cross functional groups.
• Operate effectively within a global matrixed environment, collaborating with global teams (e.g., Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Data, Application Support) to resolve issues, track progress, and ensure follow through.
• Ensure local solutions are implemented in alignment with glo...