Senior Platform Architect

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)

Greater London

On-site

GBP 110,000 - 150,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) in London is seeking a Principal Engineer to drive the technical direction, architecture, and delivery of complex software platforms. This senior individual contributor role provides hands-on engineering leadership without people management responsibilities, focusing on secure, scalable systems.

You will influence engineering standards, partner with product and security teams, and champion best practices across Kubernetes, microservices, and

Qualifications

Significant hands-on software engineering experience in Java.
Deep experience with microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures (Kafka) and integration patterns.
Define and influence engineering strategy, architecture standards, and technical roadmaps.
Design and build secure, cloud-native applications using modern engineering practices (Kubernetes).
Strong knowledge of secure software development, including authentication, authorisation, encryption, and secure-by-design principles.
Experience with Kubernetes, container platforms, and scalable production environments.
Practical DevOps expertise across CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, automated testing, and deployment automation.
Ability to lead technical design discussions, conduct reviews, and make pragmatic engineering decisions.
Proven ability to work autonomously and drive initiatives from concept to delivery.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, influencing both technical and non-technical audiences.