Senior Director, Lead Engineer & Architect (Full Stack / Blockchain)

NextGig; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 150.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

BNY Mellon in London seeks a Senior Director, Lead Engineer & Architect to own the end-to-end technical architecture for a new platform combining modern web apps, distributed services and distributed ledger tech. You will lead a hands-on, full-stack team, set technical direction, mentor engineers and contribute code.

You will design front-end and back-end components and integrate with smart contracts and the ledger layer.

Formación

• Extensive experience in financial services technology and senior technical leadership of complex platforms.
• Hands-on architect who still writes production code while leading and developing engineering teams.
• Delivery experience on blockchain or distributed ledger projects, including smart contract development and security considerations.
• Broad full-stack depth across multiple back-end languages/frameworks and front-end frameworks.
• Deep knowledge of distributed/microservice architectures and API-first design.
• Experience in high availability, scalable, and cloud-native deployment.
• Strong CI/CD, testing strategies and DevOps practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management with senior leaders.

Responsabilidades

• Own end-to-end architectural design for a new platform combining web apps, distributed services and ledger tech.
• Lead and grow a full-stack engineering team; set direction, mentor, and contribute code.
• Design and integrate front-end, back-end and smart-contract components with the ledger layer.
• Define architecture decisions and API standards; document key decisions.
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to shape the technical roadmap.
• Drive engineering excellence: automated testing, CI/CD, code reviews, observability.

Conocimientos

Blockchain

Distributed ledger

Full-stack

Microservices

APIs

CI/CD

Cloud-native

Leadership

Herramientas

Front-end frameworks

Back-end languages

Descripción del empleo

Senior Director, Lead Engineer & Architect (Full Stack / Blockchain)

BNY Mellon

London, United Kingdom

Full-time

Last Seen: October 19, 2026

Added: Oct 9, 2026

Job Description

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Director, Lead Engineer & Architect (Full Stack / Blockchain) to join our team. This role is located in London.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

Own the end-to-end technical architecture of a new, high-profile platform that combines modern web applications, distributed services and distributed ledger technology.

Lead and grow a team of full-stack engineers as a hands-on player-manager: set technical direction, mentor and develop engineers, and stay in the code yourself.

Design and build front-end and back-end components, and their integration with smart contracts and the ledger layer, holding the team to a high standard of clean, well-tested, maintainable code.

Define and evolve the platform's architecture for usability, scalability, performance, security and resilience, making pragmatic trade-offs and documenting key decisions.

Shape how the platform integrates with internal and external parties through clear, versioned and well-documented APIs, in line with the firm's enterprise API standards.

Partner with product owners, business analysts, scrum masters and senior business stakeholders to turn complex business processes into a coherent technical roadmap and deliverable increments.

Drive engineering excellence across the team: automated testing, continuous integration and delivery, code review, observability and secure-by-design practices.

Represent the platform in architecture governance forums, and work with platform, security, infrastructure and enterprise architecture teams to take it from MVP to production and beyond.

Stay current with developments in digital assets and distributed ledger technology, and assess where they can benefit the platform and the business.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

Extensive experience in financial services technology, including senior technical leadership of complex, business-critical platforms.

A proven record as a hands‑on architect and engineer who still writes production code, combined with leading and developing engineering teams.

Delivery experience on blockchain or distributed ledger projects, including smart contract development and an understanding of its security, testing and operational considerations.

Broad full‑stack depth built over a career, across several back‑end languages and frameworks and several front‑end frameworks, with the judgement to choose and evolve the right tools for a problem.

Deep knowledge of distributed and microservice architectures, modular front‑end architectures, reactive and responsive UX design, and API‑first design.

Experience designing for high availability, scalability and resilience, including containerised and cloud‑native deployment.

A strong command of modern CI/CD, automated testing strategies and DevOps practices.

Experience in Agile environments, with the ability to balance delivery pressure against long-term architectural health.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management, with the credibility to influence senior technology and business leaders.

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting‑edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.