Lead Software Engineer - FIXED INCOME UK

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what’s possible. As a Lead Software Engineer at the company within the Commercial and Investment Bank - Post Trade Technology Group, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market‑leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Leads evaluation sessions with business stakeholders, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading‑edge technologies.
• Uses AI‑assisted tools to accelerate engineering work while maintaining controls, including: Drafting/refactoring code and documentation with validation via tests, code review, and static/security scanning; Generating and expanding test scenarios (edge cases, regression suites) and verifying correctness/coverage; Assisting with troubleshooting by summarizing signals (logs/alerts/traces) and proposing hypotheses, confirmed through reproducible investigation.
• Applies responsible AI practices: protect sensitive data, avoid inappropriate input of confidential information, and treat AI output as non‑authoritative until verified.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience.
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s).
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.).
• Proficient in full stack development skill Java 21, REACT or any other frameworks, building into Public Cloud and CD/CD strategies.
• Practical experience using AI‑assisted development tools to improve productivity and quality, with a strong verification mindset (tests + peer review).

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• In‑depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.
• Practical cloud native experience.
• Experience with observability tooling and practices (structured logging, metrics, distributed tracing) and incident/problem management.

Work Style / Ways of Working

• Strong communication skills, ownership mindset, and ability to collaborate across product, engineering, and operations.
• Commitment to inclusive teamwork and continuous improvement in engineering practices and delivery excellence.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.