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

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment banking firm is seeking a VP/SVP/ED/Principal Engineer Level Software Engineer to lead the design and development of a cutting-edge cloud-based risk calculation platform. You will utilize modern technologies including Java, Spring Boot, and AWS to enhance system performance, coaching junior developers along the way, all while working in a hybrid model approximately three days a week in the office.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of Java-based distributed systems.
• Experience with AWS and Google Cloud technologies.
• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Build a cross-asset risk calculation system using Java Cloud-based architecture.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers.
• Lead engineering activities for platform onboarding.

Skills

Java

JVM

Event-driven architecture

Spring

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder management

Team management

Java debugging

Job description

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- 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 office.

Desired Skills and Experience

Software Engineering Leadership Java AWS GCP Cloud Software Coding JVM distributed architecture Kafka multithreaded Investment Banking Retail Banking Challenger Bank Spring Boot Spring Management

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