Lead Engineer
  • England,London,City of London
  • Full Time, Permanent
  • £110,000 - £130,000 per annum
Job Description:
Lead Engineer (VP) | Fixed Income Trading Platform Modernisation | London (Hybrid – 3 days onsite) | Up to £130,000 + strong benefits

Overview:
An opportunity has opened for a Lead Engineer (VP) to play a key role in transforming a Rates and Credit Fixed Income technology platform as part of a major multi-year front-office modernisation programme.

This is a hands-on engineering leadership role focused on building real-time, high-performance trading applications supporting business-critical workflows across the Fixed Income landscape.

You’ll work closely with traders, quants and senior stakeholders to design and deliver scalable systems across a modern event-driven architecture stack.

What you’ll be doing:
*Building real-time, high-performance microservices supporting rates and credit trading workflows
*Designing end-to-end full-stack solutions across distributed systems and trading UIs
*Delivering low-latency event-driven interfaces handling large streaming datasets
*Partnering directly with front-office stakeholders to shape platform evolution
*Driving engineering best practices across architecture, CI/CD, testing and code quality
*Influencing the long-term strategy of a major Fixed Income technology modernisation programme
What we’re looking for:
Strong experience building complex, high-performance Java applications in distributed environments, alongside:
*Expertise with modern Java, concurrency and reactive programming
*Experience building low-latency, real-time UIs
*Strong understanding of event-driven architectures
*Messaging technologies such as Kafka, Solace or RabbitMQ
*Experience with WebSockets, SSE or reactive UI frameworks
*REST + event-driven API design experience
*Strong SQL and relational database knowledge
*Experience deploying services using Kubernetes
*A track record of promoting engineering excellence across teams
Package:
*Salary up to £130,000
*Hybrid working (3 days per week onsite in London)
*Large-scale platform transformation programme
*Strong engineering culture with modern tooling
*Opportunity to influence long-term architecture direction
*Clear VP-level progression opportunities
Job number 3622696

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Company Details:
INTEC SELECT LIMITED
Company size: 10–19 employees
Industry: IT
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