Director, Principal Java Engineer (Investment Banking)

We are working with a global financial institution building a new engineering team focused on developing a large-scale internal platform within a critical business area. This will be a hands on engineering role. This is a greenfield initiative focused on modernising and scaling internal technology capabilities through high-quality engineering and platform design. The environment is highly technical, hands-on, and focused on building reliable distributed systems within a regulated environment. Key Responsibilities • Design and build scalable, distributed systems handling high volumes of financial and transactional data • Contribute directly to architecture, system design, and hands-on software development • Drive engineering best practices across automation, testing, observability, and performance • Build resilient, production-grade systems with a strong focus on reliability and scalability • Work across the full software development lifecycle from design through to production support • Partner closely with engineering and product leadership to shape technical direction • Mentor and support engineers within a small, high-performing team Key Requirements • Strong experience building large-scale distributed systems within financial services or other regulated environments • Expert-level Java engineering experience, ideally within microservices and event-driven architectures • Experience with Spring Boot and modern backend engineering practices • Exposure to Angular or TypeScript within full-stack environments • Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and high-availability systems • Experience building automated, production-grade platforms with minimal manual intervention • Familiarity with cloud-native technologies, CI/CD, and observability tooling • Strong engineering mindset with a hands-on approach to development • Interest in modern engineering tooling, including AI-assisted development workflows Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates