Java Engineer

London Stock Exchange Group; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial services organization seeks a Staff Engineer to lead backend development with a focus on Java while mentoring a small team. The role includes architecting solutions and collaborating on technical strategies. Ideal candidates should have strong PostgreSQL knowledge, cloud experience with AWS, and familiarity with modern technologies such as Kotlin and Golang. This position offers a competitive salary up to £120k, benefits including enhanced parental leave, wellbeing budget, and the ability to work remotely for 80 days a year.

Benefits

Ability to work from anywhere for up to 80 days per year

25 days holiday plus extra time over the festive period

Enhanced parental leave

£40 per month wellbeing budget

£20 per month learning and development budget

Private medical care

X2 days per year for volunteering

Excellent career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience leading projects and mentoring others.
• Knowledge in cloud platforms and microservices.
• Strong collaboration skills in a team setting.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop the core platform focusing on backend engineering.
• Provide technical leadership to a small team.
• Collaborate on wider technical strategy with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Backend Java engineering

Database knowledge (PostgreSQL)

AWS

Experience with Python

Experience with Golang

Kafka

Kubernetes

Team leadership

Communication skills

Delivery focused

Job description

As a Staff Engineer you will take a lead role in architecting, developing and scaling the core platform with a focus on backend engineering with Java (there are also some services in Python and Golang) and rearchitecting the PostgreSQL database. As the most senior engineer you'll take project ownership, providing hands‑on technical leadership to a small team to drive improvements in a collaborative team environment with high engineering standards and multiple releases per day. You will also collaborate with the Platform, Support and DevEx teams on the wider technical strategy, reporting to the Director of Engineering in an influential role. Staff Software Engineer / Developer (Java Kotlin AWS API) Hybrid WFH to £110k. Would you like to progress your career in an impactful hands‑on Software Engineer role working on Tech for Good? You could be joining a HealthTech Start-up, founded by two highly successful,... You'll work on a wide variety of projects and gain exposure to technologies including Java, Kotlin, NodeJS, Spring Boot, RESTful microservices, React, NoSQL databases and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

• You’re a hands‑on technical leader with a focus on backend Java engineering.
• You have a strong knowledge of databases and PostgreSQL knowledge.
• You’re delivery focussed.
• You’re happy to mentor and develop others whilst leading projects and remaining hands‑on with architecture and development.
• You have experience with AWS.
• You’re familiar with Python, Golang, Kafka, Kubernetes.
• You’re collaborative and pragmatic with great communication skills.
• Salary to £120k.

Benefits

• Ability to work from anywhere for up to 80 days per year.
• 25 days holiday plus extra time over the festive period.
• Enhanced parental leave, up to 12 weeks paid leave for premature births and neonatal care, paid leave for IVF and fertility treatment and pregnancy loss.
• £40 per month wellbeing budget.
• £20 per month learning and development budget, plus access to larger budgets for qualifications.
• Private medical care, access to free therapy.
• X2 days per year for volunteering.
• Excellent career development opportunities.