VP Full-Stack Engineer: Lead AI-Driven Financial Systems

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation; Warrington; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is seeking a Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer in the UK. You will lead distributed teams, own end-to-end software delivery, and shape modern, secure architectures in a fast-paced financial services environment.

Ideal candidates bring hands-on Java/Spring, API design, strong DevOps, and experience with cloud, containers, and observability. You’ll influence product decisions and drive continuous improvement in a regulated industry.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of software teams in agile environments.
• Strong experience in Java/Spring and API design.
• Hands-on DevOps with CI/CD and automated testing.
• Familiarity with observability tools and cloud deployments.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-impact engineering teams delivering secure, scalable systems.
• Own end-to-end delivery: requirements, architecture, implementation, testing, deployment.
• Promote secure-by-design practices, incident playbooks, and disaster recovery.
• Collaborate with product and design to translate outcomes into technical plans.
• Represent engineering in governance and risk management reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Java (Spring)

API design

DevOps

CI/CD

Testing

Observability

Docker

Cloud

AI development

Windsurf

Groovy/Spock

JavaScript/TypeScript

Angular

Tools

GitLab

Splunk

AppDynamics

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is seeking a Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer in the UK. You will lead distributed teams, own end-to-end software delivery, and shape modern, secure architectures in a fast-paced financial services environment.

Ideal candidates bring hands-on Java/Spring, API design, strong DevOps, and experience with cloud, containers, and observability. You’ll influence product decisions and drive continuous improvement in a regulated industry.