Feature Lead

Bank of America; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Feature Lead in their Bromley office. This role involves technical leadership in Python for distributed systems and managing a team of engineers. The ideal candidate has a strong background in Python, experience with FICC/Equities products, and exceptional stakeholder communication abilities. Competitive benefits and opportunities for career growth are offered.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Competitive pension plan

Flexible benefits

Emotional wellbeing helpline

Volunteering opportunities

Qualifications

• Recent experience focused on Python in distributed systems.
• Proven experience in mentoring a team of engineers.
• Knowledge of pricing, risk, and P&L domains.
• Experience in agile software development.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of distributed systems using Python.
• Mentor a team of 7-8 engineers, fostering collaboration.
• Collaborate with global teams to align strategic goals.
• Architect high-quality software solutions.
• Refine technical processes to enhance code quality.

Skills

Python

Leadership

Team Management

Agile Methodologies

Stakeholder Communication

Tools

Quartz

Django

Flask

FastAPI

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Feature Lead

Corporate Title: VP

Location: Bromley

Company Overview:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Location Overview:

Join our bustling Bromley office, situated in one of London’s greenest boroughs. Here you’ll find plentiful and easy commuting routes, with central London just 15 minutes away by train.

Role Description:

This opportunity is best suited to individuals who have been specifically focused on Python-based development within distributed systems and pricing contexts in their most recent role. It offers the opportunity for involvement throughout the software development lifecycle and will include development of major green field components. There is significant buy-in from senior business partners and the successful candidate will gain experience of delivering directly to the Users. Challenges currently being worked on include producing consistent, consolidated risk reports spanning the whole Global Markets business, running high-performance risk calculations for trading desks across the global business. The team development environment is Quartz - the bank’s next generation trading and risk platform. Development takes place almost entirely in Python.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Individual contribution as well as lead the design, development and implementation of the large-scale distributed system using Python, ensuring high performance, scalability and reliability along with code reviews on a day-to-day basis.
• Team Management: Point of contact in the region, guide and mentor a team of 7-8 engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration and innovation.
• Cross-Group collaboration: Partner with globally dispersed teams who are highly skilled senior stakeholders/functions to align strategic goals, influence technical solutions, and drive cross-functional initiatives.
• Solution Architecture: Architect and implement high-quality, strategic software solutions in Python, ensuring alignment with strategic business requirements and technical standards.
• Technical process improvement: Challenge and refine technical processes to enhance code quality, development efficiency and system performance. Drive best practices in coding, testing and deployment.

What we are looking for

• We are seeking someone whose recent work has centered exclusively around Python, tackling complex challenges in distributed systems architecture and pricing models.
• Proven experience in leading and mentoring a team of engineers.
• Knowledge of FICC (Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities) or Equities products in pricing, risk and P&L domains.
• Software development and testing, deployment and support using agile development methodologies.
• Communicating effectively with various stakeholders across technology and the business.

Skills that will help

• Experience in platforms similar to Quartz.
• Lead technologist experience in Risk calculation projects.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python and related frameworks (e.g. Django, Flask, FastAPI)
• Ability to collaborate with various technology teams across the bank.

Benefits of working at Bank of America

• UK - Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner.
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons.
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum.
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters.
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution.
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.