Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer Opportunities

BNY; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive compensation

Flexible global resources

Generous paid leaves

Paid volunteer time

Job summary

BNY, a leading global financial services company, is seeking a Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer to lead high-impact engineering teams in London. The role involves owning end-to-end delivery of mission-critical software, raising engineering standards, and collaborating with product and business stakeholders to create secure and scalable systems.

The ideal candidate will possess proven leadership experience, hands-on AI development skills, and deep expertise in Java (especially Spring). BNY offers competitive compensation and benefits in an inclusive work culture.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of software engineering teams in distributed systems and microservices.
• Hands-on AI development experience with modern tools and IDEs.
• Strong expertise in Java (preferably Spring) with scalable systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices and DevOps culture.
• Experience with Docker and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-performing engineering teams and set clear objectives.
• Own end-to-end delivery of critical software solutions.
• Enforce best practices and automation across development processes.
• Collaborate with product and design teams on architecture modernization.

Skills

Leadership in software engineering

AI development

Java expertise (Spring)

Modern engineering practices

Container management (Docker)

Talent development

Business domain understanding

JavaScript/TypeScript proficiency

API/platform design expertise

Background in financial services

Job description

At BNY, a leading global financial services company, we empower our employees to drive transformative solutions across the financial system. Joining our London team gives you the opportunity to build secure, resilient, scalable systems.

Role Overview

Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer leads high-impact engineering teams, owns end-to-end delivery, elevates engineering standards, and collaborates closely with product and business stakeholders to create secure, resilient, and scalable systems.

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—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.
• Partner with product, design, and ops to turn outcomes into measurable technical plans, steer architecture modernization, and integrations aligned to BNY’s principles and pillars.

Qualifications

• 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, test-driven development, and DevOps culture.
• Hands‑on experience with containers (Docker) and private cloud infrastructure, and 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.

Benefits

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence. We provide flexible global resources and tools, generous paid leaves, and paid volunteer time to support you and your family.

Equal Employment Opportunity

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, Females, Individuals with Disabilities, Protected Veterans.