Senior Software Engineer (Kotlin)

Do you have experience in Test-driven development?, This is a hands-on engineering role with strong emphasis on Extreme Programming (XP) practices, including mob programming, test-first development, and continuous refactoring. Engineers are expected to contribute across development, integration, and production support, working closely as a team to maintain a high standard of code quality and system reliability., * Strong commercial experience building backend services in Kotlin

• Deep experience with XP practices, including:

Mob programming as a primary way of working

Test-driven development (TDD)

Continuous refactoring and clean code discipline

• Cloud experience in CARE Cloud / GCP, including:

GKE and / or Cloud Run

Cloud SQL, Memorystore

Artifact Registry, Cloud Logging

Key Management

• CI/CD and SDLC experience in a regulated / enterprise environment
• Comfortable working in production systems with high availability and correctness requirements

Pulled from the full job description

• Referral program
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance, We are building a new issuance platform to replace a legacy bookbuilder. The system is akin to a real-time trading platform, used by ~1,000 global users who add and remove orders in real time during a tight ~5-hour execution window. The platform supports issuances totalling over a trillion euros annually.

Foundational services are already in place; the focus now is on expanding into core business features such as Sales screens, hedge workflows, and allocation processes. The work is delivered incrementally, with a strong emphasis on small, testable changes, frequent feedback, and sustainable pace.

Engineers in this role:

• Work primarily in mobs, sharing ownership of design and code
• Build, test, and evolve services with a strong focus on clarity, simplicity, and maintainability
• Support the platform in production, using incidents and defects as opportunities to improve system design and resilience

Pay: $100,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program

Leading BFSI Client require two senior, experienced Kotlin engineers to support and extend a cloud-hosted platform used for bookbuilding issuances across Investment Banking Capital Markets. These roles will join a high-calibre London front-office engineering team building a new issuance platform to replace a legacy bookbuilder.