Director, Principal Java Engineer (Investment Banking)

We are working with a global financial institution building a new engineering team focused on developing a large-scale internal platform within a critical business area.This will be a hands on engineering role.

This is a greenfield initiative focused on modernising and scaling internal technology capabilities through high-quality engineering and platform design. The environment is highly technical, hands-on, and focused on building reliable distributed systems within a regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, distributed systems handling high volumes of financial and transactional data
• Contribute directly to architecture, system design, and hands-on software development
• Drive engineering best practices across automation, testing, observability, and performance
• Build resilient, production-grade systems with a strong focus on reliability and scalability
• Work across the full software development lifecycle from design through to production support
• Partner closely with engineering and product leadership to shape technical direction
• Mentor and support engineers within a small, high-performing team

• Strong experience building large-scale distributed systems within financial services or other regulated environments
• Expert-level Java engineering experience, ideally within microservices and event-driven architectures
• Experience with Spring Boot and modern backend engineering practices
• Exposure to Angular or TypeScript within full-stack environments
• Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and high-availability systems
• Experience building automated, production-grade platforms with minimal manual intervention
• Familiarity with cloud-native technologies, CI/CD, and observability tooling
• Strong engineering mindset with a hands-on approach to development
• Interest in modern engineering tooling, including AI-assisted development workflows

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