Engineering Manager
MCO
Job Description
About the Role: The Engineering Manager position entails the leadership of MCO global product development teams across the entirety of the software development life cycle. Key responsibilities encompass ensuring the quality of team outputs and optimizing customer experiences, along with maintaining strict adherence to coding standards and promoting automation initiatives. Moreover, the role involves mentoring and guiding engineers, proactively identifying and mitigating technical risks, and facilitating effective communication between engineering and other stakeholders.
The manager oversees deployment processes, monitors system performance, and provides decisive technical leadership during incidents. Ultimately, this role aims to uphold the highest standards of professionalism and innovation in MCO software development practices. Responsibilities: • Own the effectiveness of the Scrum Agile process and adherence to good agile practices for the team. • Be responsible for the quality of the teams' outputs and the customer experience of our products. • Lead product development teams through all stages of the SDLC. • Hands-on participation in all technical activities including architecture & design reviews, code reviews, coding, troubleshooting, defect triage • Define and enforce coding standards and best practices within the engineering team. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate product requirements into technical specifications. • Conduct code reviews and ensure high code quality and adherence to engineering standards. • Drive Automation in the engineering teams • Drive continuous improvement in development processes and tools to increase efficiency and quality. • Mentor and coach engineers to foster their technical growth and career development. • Identify technical risks and challenges early in the project lifecycle and propose mitigation strategies. • Act as a technical liaison between engineering, product management, and other stakeholders. • Coordinate with Platform Test teams to ensure thorough testing and validation of software products. • Oversee deployment and release processes to ensure smooth and reliable product launches. • Monitor system performance and address technical issues promptly to maintain product stability. • Provide technical leadership during incidents and outages, facilitating root cause analysis and resolution. • Foster a collaborative and innovative engineering culture focused on delivering high-quality software products.
Experiences and Skills: • 10 years of experience (including up to 3 years in management) product development. • Strong java full stack engineering experience in a product development environment • Maintain hands-on involvement with coding approximately 20% of the time • Expertise in architecture & design reviews, system design, code reviews, customer issues, troubleshooting, defect triage, etc. • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to resolve complex issues. • Demonstrates resilience and flexibility, consistently adapting while managing priorities with efficiency • A strong willingness to learn and a growth mindset. • Excellent communication and servant leadership skill • Possess knowledge and experience of agile development methodology. (Scrum, AGILE and KANBAN) • Experience in a product driven SAAS or financial services company is a plus. Architect experience is a plus. About MCO (MyComplianceOffice) MCO is a global leader dedicated to empowering Financial Services firms to manage compliance programs with ease and efficiency.
Our mission is to foster a fair, transparent, and trusted financial environment worldwide by helping organizations meet their regulatory obligations to society. At the heart of MCO’s offering is our unique, unified platform, which seamlessly integrates compliance monitoring and data into a single, comprehensive view. This holistic approach enables firms to maintain compliance across all internal systems, structures, and processes— ensuring peace of mind in an ever-evolving regulatory landscape.
Headquartered in Dublin, MCO has an international footprint, with offices in London, Singapore, Hyderabad, New York, Chicago, Fort Worth, Switzerland, South Africa, Slovenia, and the UAE. Since our founding in 2008, we have evolved from a specialist provider of “best of breed” employee compliance solutions to a pioneer in integrated compliance technology. In recent years, MCO has rapidly expanded its product suite by tripling investment in internal development and acquiring four innovative companies: Pythagoras, Fair words, Schwab Compliance Technologies and Governor Software.
These strategic moves have strengthened our capabilities in regulatory governance, third-party management, and communications compliance. Today, our team of over 400 professionals supports more than 1.5 million users in 128 countries. Our diverse customer base includes small businesses, large enterprises, four of the world’s top ten asset managers, twenty of the top seventy-five global banks, and three of the top five investment banks for global M&A transactions.