At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the development of innovative payment systems and scalable cloud solutions.
- Company: A leading financial services corporation with a strong reputation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, 25% bonus, health insurance, and generous holiday allowance.
- Other info: Onsite work 2 days a week in London, Chatham, or Wolverhampton.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the fast-paced world of digital banking.
- Qualifications: Strong Java skills and experience in payment systems required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
- Overview
- Principal Engineer (Payments)
Our long-term trusted partner, a leading financial services corporation, is hiring a Principal Engineer with strong hands-on capabilities in Java (17/21) and payment product experience.
The role contributes to real-time architectural decision making and leads vision & strategy across Faster Payments, Real Time Payments, Card payments, BACS, mobile wallets and APIs.
Salary: up to £110,000 (circa) + 25% bonus + benefits. Onsite work is required 2 days per week in London, Chatham (Kent) or Wolverhampton.
Seeking an experienced Principal Engineer with recent retail/digital banking experience who is hands-on (approximately 80%) and provides architectural leadership (approximately 20%).
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of a modern cloud foundation and data platform that is robust, scalable, fully automated, secure, and capable of supporting business growth.
- Build scalable architectures by designing and implementing secure, high-performing cloud-native solutions.
- API development and integration: design and build secure RESTful and Graph QL APIs, ensuring seamless integration with core banking systems (e. g., Mambu) and external services like Open Banking platforms.
- Data engineering and analytics: define robust data pipelines and scalable cloud-based data platforms using tools such as Apache Kafka, Snowflake, or Databricks.
- Monitoring and performance tuning: implement advanced monitoring and observability solutions using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog to proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
- Code and system optimization: proactively analyse and optimise existing systems for improved performance, scalability, and maintainability.
Qualifications
- Strong experience building and scaling banking payment systems including Faster Payments, Real Time Payments, Card payments, BACS, mobile wallets and APIs.
- Experience leading architectural challenges, system scalability, and guidance of engineering teams.
- Background in Java, C#, Python, or React development with hands-on technical leadership.
- Strong background in core banking systems/platforms (e. g., Mambu), cloud-native architectures, microservices, and Dev Ops practices.
- Solid understanding of regulatory, risk and compliance requirements (e. g., PSD2, PCI DSS, GDPR).
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) and modern data platforms.
Benefits
£110,000 circa, 25% bonus, 28 days holiday, Holiday Purchase Scheme, occasional travel, health insurance, 13% pension, plus more.
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