Lead Software Engineer - Java/Spring Boot

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts, with applied experience
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, including Java
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining Spring Boot microservices, including REST APIs with JSON, dependency injection, configuration management, and actuator-based monitoring
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Experience with relational and other databases, such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB
• Experience leading the effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools for coding, code review, testing, or troubleshooting, and setting expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, secure handling of inputs and outputs, and security and resiliency expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption
• Proficiency across all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies and practices such as CI/CD, pair programming, TDD, application resiliency, and security
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and its IT systems
• Preferred: Experience with modern cloud technologies, such as AWS services and frameworks including S3, Lambda, and Athena
• Preferred: Practical cloud-native experience; AWS is preferred
• Preferred: Experience building and supporting centralized and decentralized data architectures, such as data lakes and data meshes

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions through design, development, and technical troubleshooting, using approaches beyond routine methods to build solutions and break down technical problems
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review and debug code written by others
• Lead team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes
• Establish consistent validation standards for AI-assisted work, including secure coding, peer review, and automated testing, and promote reuse of effective patterns across the team
• Apply Software Development Life Cycle tools, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized from automation
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate recurring issue remediation and improve the operational stability of software applications and systems
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs, technical credentials, and suitability for existing systems and information architecture

Technologies

• AI
• AWS
• Lambda
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Support
• JSON
• Java
• MongoDB
• Oracle
• PostgreSQL
• REST
• Security
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• TDD
• microservices

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We offer an opportunity to contribute as a Lead Software Engineer specializing in Java and Spring Boot within our Commercial and Investment Banks Post-Trade Technology team. You will be a core technical contributor on an agile team delivering secure, stable, scalable technology products in support of our business objectives. We are a global financial services leader serving corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors. Our Commercial and Investment Bank provides banking, markets, securities services, and payments across more than 100 countries. We value the diverse talents of our global workforce, are committed to equal opportunity and inclusion, and provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees.

last updated 40 week of 2026