Lead Back-end Engineer

Randstad (Schweiz) AG; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job description

Location: London
Office attendance: 3 days per week in-office (Baker Street)

About the company

Vega is building the distribution operating system (“AltOS”) for the alternatives industry, empowering asset managers to efficiently service and scale their client base in an era of hypergrowth for alternatives.

Through a single unified Core engine, Vega orchestrates previously siloed offline processes across pre-trade, execution and post-trade client operations, while enabling asset managers to distribute their products through a scalable “Alternatives-as-a-Service” framework. Vega’s modular, API-driven architecture ensures compatibility with a broad range of existing point solutions and third party stakeholders, setting the foundations for the first purpose-built infrastructure layer for the alternatives industry.

Vega's founding team consists of alternatives specialists from investment firms such as KKR, Blackstone, Elliott and Goldman Sachs, along with top product and engineering talent from successful fintech scale-ups like Revolut and Trade Republic. Vega has raised over $28m in funding from Apollo, Motive Ventures, Picus Capital, Citi Ventures, and 60 senior executives from the alternative investment industry. To learn more, please visit www.vega-alts.com.

Key responsibilities

• Technical Architecture: own the backend architecture and technical direction of back-end services for our SaaS B2B platform, ensuring scalability, performance and security
• Microservices: lead the design and maintenance of microservices using Java 21 and Spring Boot, ensuring best practices in modularity, resilience and maintainability
• Cloud & Infrastructure: play a crucial role in our cloud infrastructure with Kubernetes (K8s) on AWS, leveraging Docker for containerisation
• API Development: develop and optimise RESTful APIs to support our frontend applications built with React and TypeScript
• Platform Integration: ensure seamless integration of our platform with third-party systems used by PE firms, distributors, private banks, and fund administrators
• Performance & Optimization: proactively identify performance bottlenecks, optimize data flow, and ensure backend services operate with maximum efficiency
• Security: implement best practices for securing data, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations
• Best Practices & Code Quality: advocate for clean code, automated testing, and DevOps best practices, ensuring high-quality software development and deployment processes
• Mentorship & team growth: provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, building a culture of excellence, innovation and continuous learning

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in back-end development, with a strong focus on Java (preferably Java 21) and Spring Boot
• Proven experience in designing and developing microservices-based architectures
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, including EC2, and a strong understanding of Kubernetes (K8s) for container orchestration
• Strong experience in building RESTful APIs and integrating with frontend frameworks such as React and TypeScript
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
• Proficiency with SQL including migrations (Flyway), ensuring data integrity and optimal performance
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on delivering scalable solutions
• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Technologies

• Back-end: Java 21, Spring (Boot 3+/Cloud/Data/REST), Postgres/Jooq/Flyway, JUnit/TestContainers/Mockito, AWS (EC2, RDS, k8s, Cognito, S3)
• Front-end: TypeScript, React, and Tailwind CSS