Summary
Nick Bailey is a director-level full stack engineer and development manager with 14+ years focused on global Fixed Income e‑commerce and over two decades building trading and pricing platforms for investment banks. He combines hands-on engineering across server and UI stacks with architecture and team leadership, having led platform decomposition, desktop composition (Finsemble), and resilient microservice monitoring at scale. Known for pragmatic, language-agnostic problem solving, he has driven performance optimisations (e.g., major UI memory and speed improvements) that enabled client-side joins, P&L and risk features. His recent work at BNY modernised FX program trading recoverability and platform architecture while continuing to deliver under tight deadlines. Comfortable bridging business and engineering, he’s respected for clear communication, delivery focus, and a methodical approach to troubleshooting. Outside of headlines, his background includes applied telephony/CTI integrations and bespoke IPC/desktop process management—skills that surface in complex, low-latency trading environments.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
M.Eng Electronics with Computing & Business, M.Eng Electronics with Computing & Business at Kingston University