Vice President, Software Engineering This role is located in Manchester. This senior leadership role encompasses end‑to‑end delivery ownership, elevating engineering standards, nurturing talent, and collaborating closely with product and business stakeholders. The aim is to create secure, resilient, and scalable systems. This opportunity is ideal for a hands‑on leader who excels in agile environments and transforms complex business challenges into elegant, dependable solutions. Responsibilities Lead and develop inclusive, high‑performing engineering teams; set clear objectives, coach talent, and foster succession planning. Own end‑to‑end delivery for critical software: requirements, architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, observability, and reliability. Raise engineering excellence and resilience: best practices and automation across code, testing, microservices/APIs, performance, and infrastructure; secure‑by‑design with threat modeling, logging/monitoring, incident playbooks, and disaster recovery. Partner with product, design, and operations to translate outcomes into measurable technical plans; guide architecture modernization, integrations, cloud/container adoption, and technical debt remediation. Represent engineering in program reviews and governance forums; ensure compliance, risk management, and operational excellence—aligned to BNY’s principles and strategic pillars. Qualifications Proven leadership of software engineering teams building distributed systems and microservices in agile environments (Scrum/Kanban). Deep Java experience (Spring), architectural patterns for scalable, observable, testable systems; strong API design. Strong DevOps practices: CI/CD (e.g., GitLab), automated testing (JUnit/Spock), code reviews, telemetry/observability (Splunk, AppDynamics), containers (Docker), and cloud. Hands‑on AI development using modern tools and IDEs (e.g., Windsurf) and experience integrating AI into product workflows. Excellent communication and stakeholder influence; ability to simplify complexity, make evidence‑based decisions and drive continuous improvement. Corporate Actions domain experience is strongly preferred. Groovy/Spock and JavaScript/TypeScript with Angular for full‑stack contexts preferred. Financial services background with risk and controls in regulated environments preferred. Technology full product lifecycle ownership (build, test, deploy, monitor, iterate); growth mindset with continuous learning and knowledge sharing. Code: Java 17/21 (Spring, Maven), Groovy, JavaScript/TypeScript (Angular) Testing: JUnit, Spock Architecture: Microservices Deployment: Private Cloud (VMs/containers) Tooling: GitLab (git and CI/CD), IntelliJ, Windsurf, Docker, Splunk, AppDynamics #J-18808-Ljbffr
Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer employer: Convergex
Convergex is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture in the vibrant city of Manchester. With a strong focus on employee growth, we offer extensive training and development opportunities, particularly in cutting-edge AI technologies. Our commitment to diversity and teamwork ensures that every voice is heard, making it a rewarding environment for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the field of application support.
