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About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in Java/Kotlin, cloud-native development, and distributed systems to design, build, and support scalable production banking and financial services systems. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical leadership with hands-on engineering excellence and a proven ability to deliver scalable, resilient, and contributing across the full software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and support scalable backend services, APIs, and cloud-native microservices.
Build distributed and event-driven systems using messaging and asynchronous processing patterns.
Drive engineering excellence through architecture, coding standards, testing, and automation.
Support production systems, incident management, troubleshooting, and operational resilience.
Balance long-term architecture goals with short-term delivery priorities.
Collaborate across engineering teams, product owners, architects, and business stakeholders.
Mentor engineers, foster knowledge sharing, and shape technical direction.
Promote responsible adoption of AI-assisted software development practices.
Ensure engineering output meets stakeholder expectations, security, resiliency and compliance standards.

Requirements

Domain Experience: Banking, payments, fintech, or financial services experience.
Exposure to mission-critical, high-scale production systems, and payment network integrations.
Experience building customer-facing platforms and transaction processing solutions.
Understanding of security, compliance, resiliency, and operational risk requirements.
Strong hands-on experience with Java and/or Kotlin.
Expertise in REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
Experience with AWS/multi-cloud cloud-native environments.
Hands-on experience with messaging frameworks and event-driven architectures.
Strong understanding of relational databases and data architecture patterns.
Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, automation, and modern software delivery practices.
Strong testing capabilities across Unit, Component, Integration, End-to-End, and Performance Testing.
Familiarity with JVM ecosystem technologies, open-source frameworks, and production support.
Strong leadership, ownership, and problem-solving mindset.
Ability to thrive in ambiguous and rapidly changing environments.
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills.
Proven ability to influence engineering practices beyond immediate teams.
Experience coaching and developing engineers while driving continuous improvement.

Skills

Java
Kotlin
Cloud-native development
Distributed systems
REST APIs
Microservices
AWS/multi-cloud
Messaging frameworks
Event-driven architectures
Relational databases
Data architecture patterns
CI/CD
DevOps
Automation
Unit Testing
Component Testing
Integration Testing
End-to-End Testing
Performance Testing
JVM ecosystem technologies
Open-source frameworks
Production support
Leadership
Ownership
Problem-solving
Stakeholder management
Communication
Collaboration
Coaching
Continuous improvement

Location

London, UK (Canary Wharf)

Work Type

On-site
Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

About the Company

Fractal Analytics is Leading Fortune 500 companies leverage Big Data, analytics, and technology to drive smarter, faster and more accurate decisions in every aspect of their business.
Fortune 500 companies recognize analytics is a competitive advantage to understand customers and make better decisions. We deliver insight, innovation, and impact to them through predictive analytics and visual storytelling.