Lead Software Engineer (Java)

Ocho are delighted to be supporting an organisation seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join their expanding technology team. In this role, youll take ownership of designing and building enterprise-scale systems, supporting critical trading operations, and driving technical excellence across the business.

What Youll Be Doing

• Designing, architecting, and building enterprise-grade systems.
• Developing tools, reports, and data feeds to support trading, operations, and risk teams.
• Ensuring high standards of software quality, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and operational resilience.
• Contributing to cross-company technology initiatives to support broader business and operational goals.
• Working closely with Heads of business lines and front-office trading teams to implement and maintain core systems.
• Leading the engineering team and fostering a strong engineering culture.
• Coordinating with teams abroad and contributing to planning, hiring, and performance reviews.

• Minimum of 5 years experience in a technical role.
• Bachelors or postgraduate degree from a reputable university in a relevant field.
• AWS certification is a strong advantage.

Experience Required / Ideal Candidate

• Strong Computer Science fundamentals software architecture & system design.
• Experience working in cloud environments (AWS preferred).
• Expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS or other major platforms).
• Solid Java experience, ideally including Spring Boot.
• Database design and management experience (preferably PostgreSQL).
• Familiarity with queue-based systems (ideally Kafka).
• Experience with Agile methodologies Scrum, JIRA, Atlassian suite.
• Strong testing practices across unit, integration, and functional testing.
• DevOps experience CI/CD pipelines, containerised systems, automated deployments.

• Salary: £90,000 - £110,000
• Hybrid working
• Health Benefits
• Pension scheme