Senior Manager, Technology

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), presents a unique opportunity for a full-time hands-on Senior Manager of Engineering to lead a core engineering team responsible for maintenance and modernization of web-based test management platform for exchange testing. This role carries significant ownership — the test platform underpins quality assurance for all trading systems at NYSE.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical roadmap for consolidating test systems into a unified platform: centralized test repository, modern execution engine, and web-based UI for authoring, monitoring, and analysis.
• Drive architectural decisions, focusing on React/TypeScript frontend, Java/Python async backend, Kafka event streaming, and integration with existing C++/Java execution infrastructure.
• Define system requirements for performance, scalability, reliability, and security (SLAs, throughput, latency targets).
• Promote engineering standards, design patterns, and best practices across the team Own planning and prioritization of the platform roadmap in quarterly increments; track progress against commitments.
• Proficiency in using of AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or equivalent) as a daily part of the development workflow Knowledge and Experience Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 3+ years with cloud-native systems (microservices, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, distributed systems).
• Solid hands-on background with TCP/IP, Multicast network protocols, multithreading, and real-time systems.
• Strong expertise in building data-intensive platforms (databases, real-time streaming, event-driven architectures, message queues).

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive hands-on software engineering experience across multiple technology stacks.
• 3+ years in an engineering leadership or management role with demonstrated experience leading and growing a team of engineers.
• 4+ years building full-stack web applications (React/TypeScript frontend, Python/Java/Node.js backend).

Preferred

• Knowledge and Experience Prior experience working on development of Trading Systems Test tools is a plus Hands-on experience with C/C++ Knowledge of FIX protocol or other message-based communication protocols Experience building UIs that consume real-time data streams (WebSocket / SSE / gRPC-Web)
• Familiarity with Kafka concepts New York Base Salary Range The expected base salary for this role, if located in New York, is between $190,000 - 215,000 USD.

Pay

• The base salary range does not include Intercontinental Exchange’s incentive compensation.
• While we provide this range as general guidance, at ICE we compensate employees based on the skillset and experience of the individual.

Benefits

• Regular full-time ICE employees are eligible for a suite of competitive employee benefits, including healthcare coverage (medical, dental and vision), a 401(k) plan, life insurance, time off, and paid leave for qualifying circumstances. #LI-MA1 ---------- Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.