Job Description

Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From home working to job sharing, visit the remote and flexible working page on our website to find out more. This role is based in India and as such all normal working days must be carried out in India. Join us as a Lead Engineer, AVP

• This is an opportunity for a driven Lead Engineer, AVP to join us and support the technical delivery of a software engineering team
• You’ll be responsible for developing solution design options and explaining the pros and cons to key stakeholders for appropriate decision making
• Hone your existing technical skills and advance your career in this innovative and challenging role

What you'll do

In this role, you’ll support a team of developers in their deliveries, applying the principles and methodologies of software engineering to the technical design, development, testing, and maintenance of applications and services. You'll oversee the work quality of the software engineering team, making sure that it meets all technical standards, as well as implementing a culture of concise and comprehensive technical documentation as a continuous process. Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Monitoring the technical progress against plans, while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance and providing stakeholder updates
• Supporting and mentoring the team about relevant software languages and technical domains
• Driving the adoption of software engineering principles, processes and best practices
• Liaising with engineers, architects, business analysts and other key stakeholders to understand the objectives, requirements and options
• Designing and developing high-volume, high-performance and high-availability applications using proven frameworks and technologies

The skills you'll need

To be successful in this role, you’ll need over 8 years experience of IT development in Java/J2EE. You'll also need experience in software engineering and technical leadership for a software engineering team. You'll have knowledge of test-driven development, automated test frameworks, and key phases of the software delivery lifecycle. Building Microsoft-services based on architectures, containerisation and cloud technologies would also be advantageous. You’ll also demonstrate:

• Knowledge of core java, multithreading, micro-services, spring, datasynapse, coherence, Sybase, MS SQL, team city, maven and unix shell scripting
• The ability to develop software in an SOA or micro-services paradigm
• Experience of using industry recognised frameworks and development tooling, programming language and building large-scale distributed systems
• A background of implementing programming best-practice, especially around scalability, availability and performance
• Experience of building solutions for investment banking and working closely with global stakeholders