Feature Lead

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth, including our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace, supporting teammates’ wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and impacting the communities we serve. We offer opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact.

Join our Bromley office, located in one of London’s greenest boroughs. Central London is just 15 minutes away by train.

This opportunity is best suited to individuals who have been focused on Python-based development within distributed systems and pricing contexts. It offers involvement throughout the software development lifecycle and will include development of major greenfield components. There is significant buy-in from senior business partners, and the successful candidate will gain experience delivering directly to Users. Current challenges include producing consistent, consolidated risk reports spanning the whole Global Markets business and running high-performance risk calculations for trading desks globally. The team develops on Quartz, the bank’s next-generation trading and risk platform. Development is primarily in Python.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Individual contributor as well as leading the design, development and implementation of large-scale distributed systems using Python, ensuring high performance, scalability and reliability; participate in code reviews on a day-to-day basis.
• Team Management: Point of contact in the region; guide and mentor a team of 7-8 engineers, fostering technical excellence, collaboration and innovation.
• Cross-Group Collaboration: Partner with globally dispersed, senior stakeholders to align strategic goals, influence technical solutions, and drive cross-functional initiatives.
• Solution Architecture: Architect and implement high-quality, strategic software solutions in Python, ensuring alignment with business requirements and technical standards.
• Technical Process Improvement: Challenge and refine technical processes to enhance code quality, development efficiency and system performance; drive best practices in coding, testing and deployment.

What we are looking for

• Recent work centered exclusively around Python, tackling complex challenges in distributed systems architecture and pricing models.
• Proven experience in leading and mentoring a team of engineers.
• Knowledge of FICC (Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities) or Equities products in pricing, risk and P&L domains.
• Software development and testing, deployment and support using agile methodologies.
• Effective communication with stakeholders across technology and the business.

Skills that will help

• Experience with platforms similar to Quartz.
• Lead technologist experience on risk calculation projects.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python and related frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, FastAPI).
• Ability to collaborate with various technology teams across the bank.

Benefits of working at Bank of America

• Private healthcare for you and family plus an annual health screen and options for partner coverage.
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection.
• Up to 20 days of back-up childcare and up to 20 days of back-up adult care per annum.
• Flexible benefits including wellbeing accounts, travel insurance, and critical illness coverage.
• Emotional wellbeing support, mental health resources and virtual GP services.
• Employee Assistance Program for confidential support; charitable giving matched by the bank.
• Arts & Culture corporate membership program with discounted access to cultural institutions.
• Volunteer opportunities to give back to the community and develop new skills.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subjected to less favourable treatment based on sex, gender identity, race, religion, belief, colour, nationality, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants, or disability. We strive to make recruitment accessible and encourage candidates to communicate any adjustment requirements.