Lead Full Stack Engineer

BNY; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous paid leaves

Access to flexible global resources

Job summary

BNY is seeking Engineers who enhance team impact through leadership and advanced technical skills. You will develop secure and scalable software solutions, utilizing AI to innovate workflows. This role emphasizes delivering robust architectures and fostering team excellence through mentorship.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, extensive software development experience, and proficiency in Java and Spring Boot. BNY offers competitive compensation and a strong culture of excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.
• Extensive professional software development experience and depth in full-stack engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, SQL, and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Multiply team impact through hands-on technical leadership and mentorship.
• Design and build fit-for-purpose architectures balancing quality and security.
• Create reusable patterns and tooling that accelerate team delivery.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

SQL

Microservices

Cloud-Native Solutions

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline

Job description

Job Description

BNY is seeking Engineers who amplify team impact through technical leadership and force‑multiplier behaviors. In this role, you will elevate those around you by raising engineering standards, accelerating delivery, applying sound technical judgment to complex problems, providing thought leadership and coaching others. You will use AI‑enabled capabilities to improve how work gets done, while ensuring what ships is secure, scalable, resilient and truly worth building.

Responsibilities

• Multiply team impact through hands‑on technical leadership, mentorship, and setting a high engineering bar
• Build trust, share credit, and strengthen cross‑functional execution
• Design and build fit‑for‑purpose architectures that balance simplicity, quality, scale, and security
• Simplify systems and workflows by removing friction, toil, and unnecessary handoffs
• Create durable reusable patterns, guardrails, and tooling that accelerate team delivery
• Quickly ramps‑up in new domains, technologies, and problem spaces, adapting as needs evolve
• Apply strong engineering fundamentals across software design, data, testing, and distributed systems
• Use AI‑enabled tools deliberately across design, coding, testing, review, and documentation, while keeping strong human accountability for high‑risk decisions, verification, and final quality
• Build software with a reliability‑first mindset, incorporating secure coding practices, observability, testing, and disciplined rollout/rollback strategies
• Ensure production systems meet required levels of resiliency, performance, scalability, and operability

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience; advanced degree a plus.
• Extensive professional software development experience, with demonstrated depth in full‑stack engineering and system / application architecture.
• Prior experience in securities, financial services, or modern engineering‑first organizations is a plus
• Strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, SQL, and the design of RESTful and streaming‑based APIs.
• Hands‑on experience delivering cloud‑native solutions, including microservices, containerization, and modern deployment patterns.
• Working knowledge of NoSQL and distributed data stores, selected and applied appropriately at scale.
• Experience leveraging AI‑enabled capabilities—including GenAI or ML‑driven services—to enhance developer productivity, system intelligence, or customer outcomes, with a pragmatic understanding of responsible use, scalability, and integration into enterprise platforms.

Our Benefits And Rewards

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay‑for‑performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.