> Exactly. The Knight Capital incident springs to mind.
Sure, but was that the engineering team’s fault or the fault of bad management culture? I suspect it was management that failed to adequately support their engineers and ensure they were well staffed, compensated, and didn’t have to work extraordinary hours to meet absurd “deadlines” that resulted in that fiasco.
You obviously haven't worked in finance. Google is as far from high stakes as you can get.