Senior Engineer

Bank of America; Bromley; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension plan

Health screens

Job summary

Bank of America in Bromley is seeking a Senior Engineer to shape the future of a strategic Post Trade Data Platform. You will join a global engineering team, driving architectural decisions, scalable data handling, and high-quality engineering practices to deliver value across Global Markets.

The role emphasizes leadership, hands-on technical depth in JVM languages, and experience with modern data and cloud ecosystems, within an in-office, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Deep solid expertise in Scala, Java, or another JVM language with performance optimization.
• Strong experience with Oracle Exadata, MongoDB, Elasticsearch or similar data platforms.
• Solid Cloud and DevOps knowledge including Linux/Unix, OpenShift/Kubernetes, Ansible.
• Experience building and supporting reactive, event-sourced systems.
• Hands-on Apache Spark and Apache Flink experience.
• Strong understanding of Apache HTTP, Envoy, and REST API design.
• Experience with Protobuf, Avro, and Parquet data formats.
• Knowledge of Iceberg, Databricks, and Hadoop ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Build innovative, scalable, and resilient solutions that advance the strategic data platform.
• Define and drive the architecture and strategy to support future needs of Operations and the business.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture, design, code reviews, and PR reviews, upholding high code quality.
• Mentor engineers and drive continuous improvement in platform capabilities and development practices.

Skills

Scala/Java JVM

Databases

Cloud/DevOps

Reactive systems

Spark/Flink

APIs/REST

Data formats

Big data ecosystems

Tools

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Ansible

Job description

Job Description: Job Title: Senior Engineer Corporate Title: Director 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 an 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. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role‑specific considerations. 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.

The Team

You will be joining a core Horizontal Engineering and Architecture team with members based across London, New York, and India, operating as a globally distributed engineering organisation. The team is structured into agile feature teams, each aligned to a distinct set of strategic products. We encourage a collaborative, engineering‑led culture with a strong emphasis on technical excellence, continuous learning, and personal development. Engineers are encouraged to challenge existing approaches and contribute to the evolution of our technology strategy and platform. Team is focused on building innovative, scalable, and resilient solutions that advance the platform while delivering measurable business value. Team members are given the opportunity to influence technical direction, contribute to architectural decisions, and solve complex engineering challenges that have a direct impact across Global Markets. This is an environment for engineers who are passionate about technology, enjoy working on large‑scale distributed systems, and want to play a key role in shaping the next generation of strategic platforms.

Role Description

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Engineer to help shape the future of our strategic Post Trade Data Platform, a critical component of our long‑term data strategy. This is an opportunity to join a horizontal engineering team at the centre of a major transformation programme, with upcoming initiatives requiring the platform to scale to 10x current ingestion volumes while significantly enhancing data accessibility, usability, resilience, and quality. The platform underpins a growing range of business‑critical capabilities, including operational intelligence, advanced analytics, and next‑generation AI‑driven use cases. As we continue to expand its global reach, we are looking for a technical leader who can combine deep engineering expertise with architectural vision to drive the platform forward.

Responsibilities

• Build innovative, scalable, and resilient solutions that advance the strategic data platform.
• Define and drive the architecture and strategy to support the future needs of Operations and the business.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture, design, code reviews, and pull request reviews, championing high standards of code quality and engineering excellence.
• Mentor engineers and drive continuous improvement in platform capabilities, development practices, and operational effectiveness.

What we are looking for

• Deep solid expertise in Scala, Java, or another JVM language, including performance optimisation and tuning
• Strong experience with database technologies including Oracle Exadata at scale, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, or similar data platforms.
• Solid Cloud and DevOps knowledge, including Linux/Unix, OpenShift/Kubernetes, and Ansible.
• Experience building and supporting reactive, event‑sourced systems.
• Hands‑on experience with Apache Spark and Apache Flink.
• Strong understanding of Apache HTTP, Envoy, and REST API design.
• Experience working with Protobuf, Avro, and Parquet data formats.
• Knowledge of Iceberg, Databricks, and Hadoop ecosystems.

Skills that will help

• Follows TDD, ATDD and Clean Coding practices and used to setting up or working in an environment using CI/CD using tools such as Jenkins with build tools like Gradle
• Experience of Scrum/ Agile methods
• Experienced in using design patterns and following best software engineering practices
• A team player with strong interpersonal skills, e.g. collaborative working skills

Benefits of working at Bank of America: UK

At Bank of America, we strive to prioritise employees’ health and wellbeing – it’s what makes us a Great Place to Work. 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. We offer 26‑weeks paid maternity leave, 16‑weeks paid paternity leave and inclusive family leave arrangements for working parents and carers including 20days of back‑up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20days of back‑up adult care per annum. 20days of back‑up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20days 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, cycle to work etc. Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan. 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

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. At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well‑being. Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi‑faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization. Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us! Partnering Locally Learn about some of the ways Bank of America is making a difference in the communities we serve. Global Impact Learn about the six areas that guide Bank of America’s efforts to help make financial lives better for customers, clients, communities and our teammates. Opportunity and Inclusion Each employee brings unique skills, background and opinions. We see opportunity and inclusion as our platform for innovation and a key component in our success. Our Values Learn about our four values that represent what we believe.