Emma Bruce

CTO

London, England, United Kingdom30 yrs experience

Key Highlights

Led multiple teams in high-stakes financial technology projects.
Expert in regulatory technology and stress testing frameworks.
Proven track record in software engineering leadership.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech leader with extensive experience in regulatory technology and software engineering.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipSoftware ManagementDevopsStress TestingRegulatory Technology

Other Skills

Python (Programming Language)Apache KafkaMetricsFinancial ServicesAmazon Web Services (AWS)Leading Development TeamsAndroid DevelopmentC#GraphQLMicrosoft AzureNext.jsMicrosoft SQL ServerScenario TestingBasel IIICCAR

Experience

30 yrs

Total Experience

5 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 4 mos

Current Experience

Funding circle uk

Head of Software Engineering - Core Services

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Hybrid

Managed the Core Services engineering department, overseeing nine teams and around 70 people.
Delivered software platforms and shared services used across all of Funding Circle's business areas.
Jointly delivered significant projects to expand and enhance Funding Circle's products, and to improve internal controls.
Used metrics to identify areas of concern in the department and then jointly drove a series of improvement initiatives.

DevOpsPython (Programming Language)Apache KafkaMetricsLeadershipFinancial Services+3

Marks and spencer

Head of Software Engineering - Platforms & Store Operations

Jan 2023 – Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Hybrid

Managed teams developing internal developer platforms for Web, GraphQL, and Runtime/Events within the Platforms area.
Within Store Operations, oversaw teams responsible for building technology used by colleagues in store.
Spearheaded a major project to modernize technology in Store Operations, including a key system for stock management.

Android DevelopmentC#GraphQLDevOpsApache KafkaMicrosoft Azure+4

Barclays investment bank

2 roles

Development Manager - FRTB, CCAR & Stress Testing

Nov 2015 – Mar 2021 · 5 yrs 4 mos · London, United Kingdom

Responsible for architecting and managing end to end development on global FRTB stress testing for Barclays Investment Bank. Working as part of the Risk & Analytics department.
Designing an end-to-end architecture for FRTB (ES, NMRF & SBM)
Led the team responsible for implementing an orchestration system for both Fed CCAR and FRTB
Managed development on the end to end FRTB Proof of Design
Led the DevOps initiative for the department.

Scenario TestingC#Stress TestingBasel IIICCARLeadership

Regulatory Technology Development Manager

Mar 2014 – Nov 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos · London, United Kingdom

Responsible for managing technology development on the system used for global regulatory reporting under PRA rules for Barclays Investment Bank
Managing development for delivery of major regulatory initiatives linked to Basel 3, CoRep & CRD IV
Led the DevOps initiative for the department. Responsible for the rollout of JIRA Agile, continuous integration (TeamCity) and automated deployment (Nolio)
Managing five agile scrum teams totaling around 60 developers, analysts & testers across multiple locations

Leadership

Citi

EMEA Head of Regulatory Technology, Senior VP

Jun 1997 – Aug 2013 · 16 yrs 2 mos · London, United Kingdom

Responsible for technology platform used for Basel 2/3 and CRD4 regulatory reporting in 30 countries.
In depth experience of building technology systems under Basel 2/3 & CRD4 rules
Knowledge of regulatory rules for credit risk, market risk, foreign exchange risk, large exposure liquidity and statistical reporting
Managed a team of around 50 people in both onshore and offshore locations
Strong technical/application development experience

PerlSybase Adaptive ServerC++Basel IIILeadershipCRD+2