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VP/SVP/ED Lead Java Software Engineer - Investment Bank, London (City of London)
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Location:
London (City of London), United Kingdom
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Other
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EU work permit required: Yes
Job Views: 4
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.
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