Lead Software Engineer
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Own the technical architecture and end-to-end delivery of the PRIIP Cloud platform, defining standards, design patterns, and roadmaps for frontend, backend services, APIs, integrations, and cloud infrastructure. Lead a multidisciplinary team of software engineers and subject matter experts, mentoring staff while collaborating with Product, Compliance, and Operations teams to ensure solutions meet regulatory requirements and performance expectations. Drive hands-on development across all layers, including automated testing, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code, while owning production reliability, incident management, and service restoration activities.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with significant full-stack development experience
- Previous experience operating as a Lead Developer, Technical Lead, Principal Engineer, or similar role
- Proven experience owning production systems and supporting live business-critical platforms
- Strong experience designing and building cloud-native distributed systems
- Hands-on experience across frontend and backend technologies
- Strong expertise in TypeScript / Node.js
- Strong expertise in React or modern web frameworks
- Strong expertise in REST APIs and event-driven architectures
- Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps practices
- Experience working in financial services or other highly regulated environments
- Strong stakeholder management, mentoring, and leadership capabilities
Desired Qualifications
- Java / Kotlin
- Experience working with structured products, equity-linked products, OTC derivatives, regulatory documentation, PRIIPs, or financial reporting platforms
- Experience working alongside quantitative analysts, product specialists, and regulatory subject matter experts
- Experience supporting SaaS platforms with demanding operational and customer support requirements
- Experience with Kafka and event-driven architectures
- Experience with OAuth2, OpenID Connect, SAML, and Keycloak
- Experience with Datadog, Grafana, Elastic, OpenTelemetry, or similar observability tooling
- Experience implementing AI-assisted software development practices
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