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About the Role

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Engineer to help shape the future of our strategic Post Trade Data Platform, a critical component of our long-term data strategy. This is an opportunity to join a horizontal engineering team at the centre of a major transformation programme, with upcoming initiatives requiring the platform to scale to 10x current ingestion volumes while significantly enhancing data accessibility, usability, resilience, and quality. The platform underpins a growing range of business-critical capabilities, including operational intelligence, advanced analytics, and next-generation AI-driven use cases. As we continue to expand its global reach, we are looking for a technical leader who can combine deep engineering expertise with architectural vision to drive the platform forward.

Responsibilities

• Build innovative, scalable, and resilient solutions that advance the strategic data platform.
• Define and drive the architecture and strategy to support the future needs of Operations and the business.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture, design, code reviews, and pull request reviews, championing high standards of code quality and engineering excellence.
• Mentor engineers and drive continuous improvement in platform capabilities, development practices, and operational effectiveness.

Requirements

• Deep solid expertise in Scala, Java, or another JVM language, including performance optimisation and tuning
• Strong experience with database technologies including Oracle Exadata at scale, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, or similar data platforms.
• Solid Cloud and DevOps knowledge, including Linux/Unix, OpenShift/Kubernetes, and Ansible.
• Experience building and supporting reactive, event-sourced systems.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Spark and Apache Flink.
• Strong understanding of Apache HTTP, Envoy, and REST API design.
• Experience working with Protobuf, Avro, and Parquet data formats.
• Knowledge of Iceberg, Databricks, and Hadoop ecosystems.

Skills

• Follows TDD, ATDD and Clean Coding practices and used to setting up or working in an environment using CI/CD using tools such as Jenkins with build tools like Gradle
• Experience of Scrum/ Agile methods
• Experienced in using design patterns and following best software engineering practices
• A team player with strong interpersonal skills, e.g. collaborative working skills

Location

• Bromley

Work Type

• Office-based

Experience Level

• Senior Engineer
• Director

Benefits

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover
• 26-weeks paid maternity leave
• 16-weeks paid paternity leave
• Inclusive family leave arrangements for working parents and carers
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs
• 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• Ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness, cycle to work etc.
• Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters.
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution.
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

About the Company

• At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
• Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.
• Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.
• At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Equal Opportunity

• We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.
• We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.