Senior Software Engineer (Kotlin)

About

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.

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.

Role Context & Responsibilities

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

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

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

Location

Hybrid remote in London, WV 25126

Pay

$100,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year