Senior Full Stack/Native Cloud Engineer (Vice President) in London

Jefferies is a global investment bank and securities firm that provides capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research, and asset management.

Role Overview

Jefferies is seeking a highly experienced Senior Full Stack / Native Cloud Engineer at Vice President level to join our London Technology team. This strategic, hands‑on engineering leadership role focuses on designing and delivering scalable, cloud‑native, event‑driven platforms that enable data‑driven solutions across Jefferies’ client‑facing business units. The role is part of the Madison CRM & Analytics programme and requires deep technical expertise, end‑to‑end delivery ownership, and engineering leadership. Success in this role will involve working closely with business stakeholders, product managers, and globally distributed technology teams to build resilient, high‑performance platforms and user‑facing solutions that support critical front‑office workflows. The role is well suited to an engineer comfortable operating across the full technology stack, from backend services and distributed data architecture through to responsive user interfaces, production support, and engineering best practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of backend services and platform components using Java 8+ / Spring Boot and Python / FastAPI.
• Build, enhance, and operate event‑driven, real‑time data pipelines using Kafka and related streaming technologies.
• Provide deep technical expertise in distributed systems, data architecture, and scalable platform design.
• Design, implement, and maintain Java‑based APIs and microservices, including REST, OpenAPI, GraphQL, and gRPC services.
• Work with modern data technologies including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Amazon Redshift.
• Deliver reliable, performant, and responsive user interfaces aligned to UX designs, using Angular or React.
• Own solutions end‑to‑end, from technical design and architecture through to production deployment, monitoring, support, and continuous improvement.
• Champion engineering best practices across code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, maintainability, and operational resilience.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid‑level engineers, setting high technical standards through code reviews, design reviews, and hands‑on technical leadership.
• Independently identify, analyse, scope, and propose solutions to complex technical challenges with minimal direction.
• Partner closely with business stakeholders, product managers, and cross‑functional technology teams to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Optimise systems for performance, scalability, resiliency, reliability, and low‑latency operation.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, contributing to sprint planning, estimation, execution, retrospectives, and continuous delivery improvements.
• Collaborate with globally distributed engineering teams to ensure consistency of architecture, delivery standards, and platform evolution.
• Support production systems, ensuring timely issue resolution, effective root‑cause analysis, and ongoing service improvement.

Required Skills And Experience

• Strong professional experience in full stack software engineering, ideally within financial services, capital markets, or another complex enterprise technology environment.
• Advanced backend engineering experience with Java 8+, Spring Boot, and microservices‑based architectures.
• Strong Python development experience, preferably with FastAPI or similar modern API frameworks.
• Proven experience designing and building cloud‑native, distributed, scalable, and resilient systems.
• Hands‑on experience with Kafka or similar event streaming technologies.
• Strong understanding of API design and service integration patterns, including REST, OpenAPI, GraphQL, and gRPC.
• Practical experience with relational and NoSQL data platforms, including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redshift.
• Frontend development experience using Angular or React, with a focus on reliable, maintainable, and responsive UI delivery.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, including automated testing, clean code, code reviews, CI/CD, observability, and secure development practices.
• Experience deploying and operating production‑grade systems in cloud or hybrid‑cloud environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical delivery, mentor engineers, and influence architecture decisions.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to operate independently in a complex delivery environment.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders, and product partners.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working on CRM, client intelligence, sales enablement, or front‑office data platforms.
• Experience in investment banking, equities, fixed income, wealth management, or broader financial services technology.
• Familiarity with AWS or other public cloud platforms.
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of observability tooling, monitoring frameworks, distributed tracing, and production support best practices.
• Experience working in globally distributed Agile engineering teams.
• Understanding of data governance, data lineage, entitlements, and regulatory considerations in financial services environments.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be a hands‑on engineering leader who combines strong technical depth with pragmatic delivery judgement. They will be comfortable moving between architecture, coding, code reviews, stakeholder engagement, and production support. They should demonstrate ownership, intellectual curiosity, strong communication skills, and a commitment to delivering high‑quality technology solutions in a fast‑paced environment. They will be expected to set technical direction, raise engineering standards, and help build scalable platforms that support Jefferies’ client‑facing businesses.