Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven leadership of software engineering teams building distributed systems and microservices in agile environments such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Hands-on AI development using modern tools and IDEs and familiarity with integrating AI into products.
• Strong expertise in Java, preferably Spring, and architectural patterns for scalable, observable, and testable systems.
• Proficiency in modern engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, quality-focused test-driven development, and DevOps culture.
• Hands-on experience with containers and private cloud infrastructure, alongside familiarity with service telemetry tools.
• Track record of talent development including hiring, coaching, performance management, and building collaborative, learning-focused teams.
• Dedication to understanding the business domain and translating product strategy into architecture and delivery plans.
• Corporate Actions domain experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and Angular for full-stack development contexts preferred.
• Expertise in Spring Framework, software architecture, and API/platform design preferred.
• Background in financial services, risk and controls, and regulated environments preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop inclusive, high-performing engineering teams; set clear objectives, coach talent, and build succession plans while representing engineering in program reviews and governance forums.
• Own end-to-end delivery of mission-critical software from requirements and architecture to implementation, testing, deployment, observability, and reliability while ensuring compliance and operational excellence.
• Raise engineering excellence and resilience by enforcing best practices and automation across code, testing, microservices/APIs, performance, and infrastructure.
• Champion secure-by-design practices including secure coding, logging and monitoring, incident playbooks, and disaster recovery.
• Partner with product, design, and operations to turn outcomes into measurable technical plans and steer architecture modernization and integrations aligned to our principles and pillars.

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• Angular
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Java
• JavaScript
• Kanban
• Spring
• TypeScript
• microservices
• Docker
• GitLab
• Support
• JUnit
• Splunk
• Windsurf
• Fullstack

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We are BNY, a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, influencing nearly 20% of the worlds investible assets. We are partnering directly with hackajob to hire for this Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer opportunity based in London. Our culture supports employee growth and success, and we bring together cutting-edge AI, breakthrough technologies, and exceptional talent to deliver transformative solutions worldwide. This is a talent pipeline posting, so your application may be reviewed for multiple potential openings across our company. We offer highly competitive compensation, benefits, wellbeing programs, flexible global resources, generous paid leave including paid volunteer time, and a strong pay-for-performance philosophy. We are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer.

last updated 34 week of 2026