Job Description
We are seeking a VP-level Full Stack Engineer to join a global financial technology team building and modernising a business-critical front office platform. The role sits close to trading and front-office stakeholders and combines hands-on software engineering with financial markets domain knowledge. You will design and deliver resilient, scalable solutions across the full technology stack while helping modernise established platforms into cloud-native, service-oriented architectures. Key Responsibilities - Partner with business, trading, and operations teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions. - Build and maintain end-to-end applications across backend services, user interfaces, and data layers. - Drive platform modernisation by transforming legacy functionality into modular, container-ready services. - Develop system integrations across internal platforms, external services, and downstream/upstream systems. - Champion engineering standards including CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, observability, and secure development. - Troubleshoot complex production incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement both immediate and long-term solutions. - Contribute to technical architecture, scalability, performance, and platform evolution. - Strengthen production reliability through monitoring, alerting, data quality, capacity management, and operational controls. - Deliver solutions that balance business requirements, security, performance, resilience, and maintainability. - Identify opportunities to improve development efficiency, system scalability, and operational processes. Required Experience - Strong understanding of financial markets and front-office trading environments - Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Angular, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, and SQL. - Familiar with securities financing and stock lending workflows, including trade booking, recalls, returns, collateral, lifecycle processing, and settlements. - Experienced in cloud-native development, containerisation, Linux, Git, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices. - Strong foundation in software architecture, object-oriented design, refactoring, and maintainable code development. - Experienced with Agile/Scrum, automated testing, and test-driven development. - Strong analytical and troubleshooting capabilities, with experience resolving complex production and technical issues. - Effective communicator who can translate business requirements into practical technical solutions. - Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-pressure environments while working with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams. Senior-Level Expectations - Provide technical leadership and shape platform modernisation strategy. - Serve as a technical SME, guiding architecture and engineering decisions. - Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives across teams and systems. - Mentor engineers and promote technical excellence and knowledge sharing. - Partner with senior stakeholders on technology, risk, and business decisions. - Drive risk management, governance, and scalable solutions. - Solve complex problems and deliver practical, high-impact solutions.
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