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Lead Engineer (Fullstack - Java/Typescript)
  • Kraków
Lead Engineer (Fullstack - Java/Typescript)
Kraków, Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Polska
IG Group
12. 10. 2025
Informacje o stanowisku

Lead Engineer (Fullstack - Java/Typescript)

Miejsce pracy: Kraków

Technologies we use

Expected

  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • Java
  • TypeScript

Optional

  • QuickFix

About the project

Your team

We are seeking an exceptional Staff Engineer to join our APAC technology team, driving technical excellence across our investment platform operations spanning Singapore, Australia, Japan, and Dubai markets. This role will be instrumental in scaling our IG One investment app, expanding crypto and leverage trading capabilities, and establishing technical standards across our multi-region engineering teams.

Your responsibilities

  • Technical Leadership: Lead architectural decisions for trading systems, multi-region AWS deployments, and regulatory compliance implementations including Travel Rule and Chainalysis integration
  • Platform Development: Oversee trading platform development and integrations (IBKR, exchange protocols), customer engagement systems (Braze-Intercom), and external APIs with Akamai/ECS orchestration
  • Engineering Excellence: Establish coding standards across global teams (UK, Singapore, India, Poland), mentor senior engineers, and drive adoption of modern development practices
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product, compliance, and infrastructure teams to support crypto trading expansion and business objectives through reliable technology delivery

Our requirements

  • Experience: 8+ years software engineering with 3+ years in senior/staff roles; strong fintech/trading systems background
  • Technical Skills: Distributed systems, microservices, AWS cloud platforms, FIX protocol, container orchestration (ECS/Kubernetes)
  • Leadership: Technical leadership experience, mentoring engineers, cross-functional collaboration across distributed teams
  • Domain Knowledge: Financial regulations (APAC markets), DevSecOps practices

Optional

  • QuickFix library and financial messaging protocols
  • Multi-currency trading systems and exchange connectivity
  • Compliance technology platforms (Notabene)
  • Mobile trading platforms and investment app UX
  • Knowledge of crypto trading systems and digital asset infrastructure preferred

This is how we organize our work

This is how we work

  • in house

Team members

  • fullstack developer

What we offer

  • Opportunity to shape technical direction for a leading investment platform in APAC
  • Work with cutting-edge trading technology and expand into emerging markets
  • Collaborate with talented engineering teams across four countries
  • Contribute to products serving thousands of active trading clients

Benefits

  • sharing the costs of sports activities
  • private medical care
  • sharing the costs of professional training & courses
  • life insurance
  • flexible working time
  • fruits
  • integration events
  • retirement pension plan
  • corporate library
  • no dress code
  • video games at work
  • coffee / tea
  • parking space for employees
  • leisure zone
  • extra social benefits
  • charity initiatives
  • birthday off
  • Multikafeteria system

Job Description

So, who are we?

Hello, we’re IG Group. We are a publicly-traded FTSE250 FinTech company who run mobile, web and desktop platforms that help our clients trade stocks & shares, leveraged products, Futures & Options and Crypto.

We are ambitious. Over 340,000 people already use our platforms. We’re global with offices in 18 countries and products in 16 regions. We’re hungry to move faster, ship better product for our customers and grow our user base. We believe in high autonomy, and we want people who are looking to do things differently in order to create better experiences for our customers.

We work in cross-functional teams and are laser focused on increasing the number of active clients we serve to drive sustainable growth.

How we work

We try to take a thoughtful approach to our ways of working as a company. We follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office -- which we think balances the need to collaborate effectively and connect with each other. When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, better learning and career satisfaction:

• Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm

• Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes

• Champion the client: Understand and prioritise clients needs

• Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth;

• Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback

We believe that diversity is vital to success, it fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. Were committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills to help us realise our vision and strategy, thats why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey.

The Perks

Your growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work.

• Home office equipment reimbursement

• Performance relate bonus

• Private medical cover for you and your family/partner (Medicover)

• Multikafeteria system (you can choose a multisport card, vouchers, etc.)

• Life insurance (Generali)

• LinkedIn Learning platform free access

• Share Plans for Employees

• Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women’s, Black, and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organizing events & projects that foster an open, diverse, and inclusive culture

• Career-focused technical and leadership training in-class and online, incl. unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning platform

• Well-being events as well as Employee Assistance Programme

• Summer picnic, New Year party and other social events

• Three additional days off a year - one to celebrate your Birthday and two for voluntary work

• App-based parking spots booking system

• Stretching sessions

IG Group

We’ve been at the forefront of trading innovation since 1974, taking on the challenge to deliver an unmatched experience for our clients and raise the bar for tomorrow’s opportunities. Today, we’re a global fintech company incorporating the IG, tastytrade, IG Prime, Spectrum and DailyFX brands, with a presence in 20 countries across five continents and over 400 000 active clients worldwide.

But we know our success is only possible because of our people, who we encourage and empower to be brave, determined and inventive. Join us if you’d like to work in an inclusive, collaborative team that will recognise your talent and allow it to shine.

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