Lead Engineer

Lead Engineer (VP) | Fixed Income Trading Platform Modernisation | London (Hybrid - 3 days onsite) | Up to £130,000 + strong benefitsOverview: An opportunity has opened for a Lead Engineer (VP) to play a key role in transforming a Rates and Credit Fixed Income technology platform as part of a major multi-year Front Office modernisation programme. This is a hands-on engineering leadership role focused on building Real Time, high-performance trading applications supporting business-critical workflows across the Fixed Income landscape. You''ll work closely with traders, quants and senior stakeholders to design and deliver scalable systems across a modern event-driven architecture stack. What you''ll be doing:Building Real Time, high-performance microservices supporting rates and credit trading workflowsDesigning end-to-end full-stack solutions across distributed systems and trading UIsDelivering low-latency event-driven interfaces handling large streaming datasetsPartnering directly with Front Office stakeholders to shape platform evolutionDriving engineering best practices across architecture, CI/CD, testing and code qualityInfluencing the long-term strategy of a major Fixed Income technology modernisation programmeWhat we''re looking for:Strong experience building complex, high-performance Java applications in distributed environments, alongside:Expertise with modern Java, concurrency and reactive programmingExperience building low-latency, Real Time UIsStrong understanding ..... full job details .....