Abu Dhabi Global Market

The Applied Innovation and Research team is looking for a motivated and talented developer to join our Research and Development team at the FSRA. The role will work on a range of cutting-edge projects, including building experimental proof-of-concepts (PoCs) and pilots for research and development purposes. The role will be working closely with regulators, academics, technologists, financial institutions and innovators in analysing emerging / promising trends in technology and sharing those insights with internal and external stakeholders of ADGM. The role will be primarily responsible for developing suptech solutions to enhance the FSRA’s supervisory and enforcement capabilities of both fintech and traditional financial services firms, as well as regtech tools to help FSRA’s supervised firms better achieve regulatory compliance and regulatory outcomes. The role will be responsible for carrying out research to identify trends in emerging technologies, and analysing their current and future impacts on financial services and regulators. In addition to these technical responsibilities, the role will also support communications and engagement with internal and external stakeholders. This includes building ADGM’s FSRA’s R&D and knowledge management capability and raising awareness of emerging trends in financial services. The role will also be responsible for assisting in the translation of insights and analysis into meaningful actions for the FSRA, including the development, prototyping, and adoption of tech solutions. Finally, the role will contribute to FSRA's thought-leadership research pieces for external publication, relating to technology and/or regulatory policy for fintech. Build experimental PoCs and pilots for research and development of cutting-edge use cases Develop regtech tools and solutions to help our supervised firms achieve regulatory compliance in a more efficient and cost-effective manner Develop Suptech tools to enhance the FSRA’s supervisory and enforcement capabilities of both fintech and traditional financial services firms Carry out research to identify trends in emerging tech / suptech / regtech / fintech and analyse their current and future impacts on financial services and regulators Support communications and engagement with internal stakeholders and external stakeholders to build R&D and knowledge management capability and raise awareness of emerging trends in financial services Support the translation of insights and analysis into meaningful actions for the FSRA, for example the development, prototyping and adoption of suptech solutions within the FSRA to enhance our supervision and enforcement of both fintech and traditional financial services firms Assist in the authoring of FSRA’s thought-leadership research pieces for external publication relating to technology and/or regulatory policy for fintech Deliver additional tasks that may be delegated from the Line Manager Experience Essential Minimum 6+ years of professional software development experience Relevant degree Experience in software development, object-oriented programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Java/Python/C#) Experience with at least two of the following: Front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Database technologies such as MySQL, Oracle, or MongoDB Cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Agile development methodologies and tools such as JIRA and Scrum Strong technical understanding of current technology trends including at least one of: NLP Machine learning DLT/Blockchain DeFi (DAOs/Smart contracts) Excellent communication and engagement skills, with the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders Experience in translating insights and analysis into meaningful actions and delivering projects from start to finish A passion for emerging technologies and regulatory compliance in the financial services industry The ability to take initiative, work independently and as part of a team Desirable: Experience of working in the financial services sector Experience working in an innovation team, in a startup or participating in hackathons. Experience in developing regtech tools and solutions to help firms achieve regulatory compliance Qualifications / accreditation in software engineering, cybersecurity, data governance, finance, or related disciplines Experience in carrying out research to identify trends in emerging technologies and analysing their impacts on financial services and regulators, including publication of research reports Arabic language skills