Senior Java Application Backend Lead

SMBC Bank International plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An international banking group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop front office applications that support trading, marketing, and research. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Java 21 and a strong background in distributed systems. Responsibilities include collaborating with risk teams and providing support. The company offers competitive benefits and a commitment to work-life balance within a diverse environment.

Benefits

Hybrid and flexible working

Private medical insurance

Access to learning and development opportunities

Ambitious remuneration package

Qualifications

• Proactive self-starter with the initiative to influence cross-discipline teams.
• Experience delivering applications from inception to production.
• Hands-on with dynamic scalability and cloud deployment.

Responsibilities

• Develop front office applications supporting trading and analysis.
• Collaborate with risk teams, trading desks, and DevOps.
• Provide level 3 support to users as needed.

Skills

Core Java development

Concurrency

Test driven development

Distributed systems

CI/CD knowledge

Agile methodology

Education

Strong fundamental Computer Science knowledge

Tools

Java 21

Kafka

Prometheus

Elastic Search/Logstash

Docker

EKS/Nomad

Job description

Who we are

United by a sense of purpose towards our customers - to be a trusted partner for the long-term - and our universal banking platform in EMEA, SMBC Group has an international growth agenda and award-winning products, meaning we provide exciting opportunities to work on a diverse range of projects and initiatives. We deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers as well as investment banking and advisory services, and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets. Read on to find out how you could enhance your skills and gain valuable experience, by joining us to support our clients transition to a sustainable future.

Role Summary

Is the next step in your career at SMBC Group EMEA? We're looking for a looking for a Senior Software Engineer for our front office suite of application supporting trading, marketing, trade analysis and research.

Senior Developer/ Lead with Hands‑on development using Java 21 as the primary language,

Work with other teams including Front office risk teams, trading desk, Quants, and DevOps to build state of the art front to back pricing and risk solutions,

Focus on non‑functional requirements from the start increasing maintainability and reliability,

Continuous improvement of the development and release environment, tooling, and processes,

Work closely with the operation team and users and provide level 3 support as required.

Business Area

Derivatives Front office Technology

Position Description

Strong fundamental Computer Science knowledge including Concurrency; Algorithms and data structures

Proactive self‑starter who is able to take initiative and roll up sleeves to get things done. Can influence cross discipline teams to achieve complex deliveries

Scrum/agile methodology (Product owner and/or Scrum master), or ability to deliver software on short cycles

Evidence of delivering application from inception, to design, and to production

String core Java development skills including streams, lambdas, and advanced concurrency APIs

Extensive experience and understanding of distributed systems, developing, profiling, and maintaining multi‑threaded, asynchronous applications

JVM monitoring, profiling, performance tuning, and debugging. Experience with analysis tools such as JConsole, JVisualVM, Elastic Search/Logstash, Prometheus; Open tracing

Extensive experience of test driven development

Knowledge of CI/CD on large complex systems

Experience from working in the Risk or pricing domain in investment banking, either in Front‑office, or Market/Credit risk with a good understanding of risk sensitivities and f2b processes.

Hands‑on experience with dynamic scalability; cloud deployment (EKS/Nomad), container/docker deployment, GRPC services, Cloud based services (Prometheus, Elastic Search, databases, Redis, ...),

Experience with Kafka or event processing thru message bus,

Experience with Workflow/Scheduling/State management

Competencies

• Customer Focus
• Driving Change
• Driving Results
• Embraces Diversity
• Enterprise Leadership
• Judgement and Decision Making
• Risk Management
• Strategic and Visionary
• Trust and Integrity

What we offer

For all the expertise and experience you bring to help us make a difference, it's only sustainable if we support you to build your career and be your best self so we offer competitive company benefits, centred around promoting positive well‑bring and work‑life balance. We also believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, where all team members perspectives and contributions are valued. Initiatives in place which promote a diverse and inclusive culture and healthy work life balance include hybrid working, Sport & Social Clubs and Diversity and Inclusion networks.

As an employee of SMBC you have access to a host of both useful and exciting benefit offerings. See below some of the benefits on offer to you:

• Hybrid and flexible working
• Competitive paid leave days
• Benefits to support your physical wellbeing, including private medical insurance and life and invalidity insurance
• Various policies to support your mental wellbeing, including a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services
• Access a wide range of learning and development opportunities and career progression opportunities
• Ambitious remuneration package

So, if you like a challenge and want to continuously grow and develop in a role where you will be supported along the way by a dynamic and diverse team, apply today!!

We recognise our role as a bank to support social change and welcome all applications, including those from groups often under‑represented in financial services. We value the uniqueness of professional and personal, backgrounds and perspectives as they play a vital role in continuing the sustainable growth of our organisation. We'll ensure reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process are offered due to a disability or long‑term condition whenever requested.

About SMBC

A trusted partner for the long term
United by a sense of purpose towards our customers - to be a trusted partner for the long-term - and our universal banking platform in EMEA, we deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers, including corporate, structured and trade finance, leveraged finance, loan market and treasury products. We can also provide investment banking and advisory services and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets.
Find out more about what we do and who we are at https://www.smbcgroup.com/emea/careers