Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead

Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead

Eligible To Provide Sponsorship

A leading Bank is hiring a Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead to drive the development and design of several greenfield retail banking platforms as our client rebuilds its brand to stay ahead of the competition. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead with a background in Java, Kafka, and Azure who can provide technical leadership and contribute to the vision and strategy as our client continues through its modernisation campaign. Our client is paying a basic salary of £100,000 + 25% bonus + benefits to be based in Wolverhampton on a hybrid basis.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead the development and implementation of a modern cloud foundation and data platform that is robust, scalable, fully automated, secure, and can support the growth of the business.
• Build Scalable Architectures: Leverage modern technologies to design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud-native solutions.
• Data Engineering and Analytics: Work closely with data teams to define robust data pipelines and scalable cloud-based data platforms using tools like Apache Kafka, Snowflake, or Databricks.

Core skill set for this position:

1. Strong experience building and scaling baking systems (Lending, Payments, or Mortgages) with a focus on security compliance and performance is a must.
2. Experience leading upon architectural challenges, system scalability, and guidance of engineering teams is a must.
3. A background in Java, C#, Python, or React development with experience providing hands-on technical leadership is a must.
4. New Product Ramping (approach to ramping up new products with less-experienced teams, providing clear strategies for facilitating MVP products in market and enabling teams to perform at scale) is a must.
5. Digita transformation experience, moving from on-premise to modern cloud service using Azure, is a must.

Benefits: £100,000 / 25% bonus / 28 days holiday / Holiday Purchase Scheme / Hybrid / Health Insurance / 13% pension / plus much more.

Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead