VP/SVP/ED Lead Java Software Engineer - Investment Bank

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment banking firm is seeking a VP/SVP/ED Lead Java Software Engineer for their London office. This role involves building a next-generation risk calculation system, utilizing cutting-edge technologies in a hybrid cloud environment. Candidates should be equipped with expert Java knowledge and proven leadership skills to guide junior developers. The position offers a hybrid work model with considerable responsibility in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of Java based distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud services such as AWS and GCP.
• Strong coding, mentoring and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering activities and design decisions for a cross-asset risk calculation system.
• Mentor junior developers on coding and architecture best practices.
• Conduct code reviews and provide feedback.

Skills

Java

Event-Driven Architecture

Spring

Stakeholder Management

Java Debugging

Technical Leadership

Cloud Technologies

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Posted: 31.05.2025

Expiry Date: 15.07.2025

Job Description:

Global Investment Banking firm seeks a VP/SVP/ED/Principal Engineer Level Software Engineer.

In this role, you will build the firm's next-generation cross-asset risk calculation system utilising a highly scalable Java Cloud-based architecture. Leading various engineering activities, including design decisions regarding the technical direction of the platform with short, medium, and long-term changes, with a key focus on public cloud onboarding.

The platform is a Greenfield build using modern technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Kafka, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Solace, Apache Ignite. The platform runs in a hybrid mode both on-premises and in AWS utilising technologies such as EKS, S3, FSX.

Objectives

• Steering platform onboarding into AWS and Google Cloud
• Provide solutions in terms of performance, robustness and cost-effectiveness
• Identifying and defining necessary system enhancements to improve current processes and architecture
• Hands-on coding of fixes, features, and improvements
• Conduct Code Reviews from other team members and giving robust critique/feedback
• Mentoring/coaching junior developers on coding/architecture approaches and best practices

Skills required

• Expert knowledge of Java based distributed systems, including event-driven architecture
• Expert knowledge of Java, JVM, memory management, garbage collection
• Expert knowledge of Spring, SpringBoot framework and associated technologies
• Stakeholder management, Team and resource management skills
• Expertise in Java debugging, including remote debugging of services deployed to K8s
• Experience and good understanding of core technologies provided by GCP/AWS, such as S3, FSX, EKS, SQS, SNS, Kinesis, AmazonMQ, DynamoDB, GKE, CloudStorage, PubSub, Filestore

Apply for more details and full job specifications. Hybrid working circa 3 days a week in the office.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on any grounds.