Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

Hackajob Ltd; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY in London is seeking a Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer to lead distributed systems and AI-driven products in a fast-paced, agile environment. You will drive architecture, delivery, and observability across teams, ensuring secure, scalable solutions.

Ideal candidates combine deep Java/Spring mastery with strong full-stack capabilities (Angular/TypeScript), DevOps culture, and a track record in regulated financial services contexts.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of software engineering teams building distributed systems and microservices.
• Hands-on AI development with modern tools and product integration experience.
• Strong Java expertise, preferably Spring, with scalable architecture focus.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, TDD, and DevOps culture.
• Experience with containers and private cloud, plus telemetry tools.
• Track record in talent development and building collaborative teams.
• Ability to translate business strategy into architecture and delivery plans.
• Corporate Actions domain experience strongly preferred.
• Full-stack experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and Angular preferred.
• Expertise in API/platform design and Spring framework.
• Background in financial services, risk and controls, regulated environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop inclusive, high-performing engineering teams; set objectives and coach talent.
• Own end-to-end delivery of mission-critical software from requirements to deployment and observability.
• Raise engineering excellence by enforcing best practices, automation, and reliability.
• Champion secure-by-design practices including logging, incident playbooks, and disaster recovery.
• Partner with product, design, and operations to turn outcomes into measurable technical plans and steer architecture modernization and integrations.

Skills

Leadership

AI development

Business domain understanding

Talent development

Strategic planning

Tools

Java

Spring

Angular

TypeScript

JavaScript

Docker

GitLab

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Splunk

JUnit

Job description

Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements

• Proven leadership of software engineering teams building distributed systems and microservices in agile environments such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Hands-on AI development using modern tools and IDEs and familiarity with integrating AI into products.
• Strong expertise in Java, preferably Spring, and architectural patterns for scalable, observable, and testable systems.
• Proficiency in modern engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, quality-focused test-driven development, and DevOps culture.
• Hands-on experience with containers and private cloud infrastructure, alongside familiarity with service telemetry tools.
• Track record of talent development including hiring, coaching, performance management, and building collaborative, learning-focused teams.
• Dedication to understanding the business domain and translating product strategy into architecture and delivery plans.
• Corporate Actions domain experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and Angular for full-stack development contexts preferred.
• Expertise in Spring Framework, software architecture, and API/platform design preferred.
• Background in financial services, risk and controls, and regulated environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop inclusive, high-performing engineering teams; set clear objectives, coach talent, and build succession plans while representing engineering in program reviews and governance forums.
• Own end-to-end delivery of mission-critical software from requirements and architecture to implementation, testing, deployment, observability, and reliability while ensuring compliance and operational excellence.
• Raise engineering excellence and resilience by enforcing best practices and automation across code, testing, microservices/APIs, performance, and infrastructure.
• Champion secure-by-design practices including secure coding, logging and monitoring, incident playbooks, and disaster recovery.
• Partner with product, design, and operations to turn outcomes into measurable technical plans and steer architecture modernization and integrations aligned to our principles and pillars.

Technologies

• AI
• API
• Angular
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Java
• JavaScript
• Kanban
• Spring
• TypeScript
• microservices
• Docker
• GitLab
• Support
• JUnit
• Splunk
• Windsurf
• Fullstack

More

We are BNY, a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, influencing nearly 20% of the worlds investible assets. We are partnering directly with hackajob to hire for this Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer opportunity based in London. Our culture supports employee growth and success, and we bring together cutting-edge AI, breakthrough technologies, and exceptional talent to deliver transformative solutions worldwide. This is a talent pipeline posting, so your application may be reviewed for multiple potential openings across our company. We offer highly competitive compensation, benefits, wellbeing programs, flexible global resources, generous paid leave including paid volunteer time, and a strong pay-for-performance philosophy. We are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer.

last updated 38 week of 2026