Java Technical Software Engineering Lead - Vice President

Responsibilities:

Lead the end-to-end design, development, and maintenance of our enterprise-grade Data Lake platform, with particular emphasis on optimizing data ingestion workflows and acquisition methodologies

Collaborate closely across various business lines to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions

Build and enhance sophisticated data quality tooling and frameworks to ensure the integrity, accuracy, and reliability of data throughout the acquisition pipeline

Architect and implement comprehensive data validation mechanisms, automated quality monitoring systems, and remediation processes that maintain the highest standards of data excellence

Drive technical initiatives that ensure our data infrastructure remains at the forefront of industry best practices while maintaining the highest standards of performance, reliability, and security

Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions

Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior team members while establishing architectural standards that guide development efforts

Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic improvements to enhance data acquisition capabilities and overall platform performance

Develop innovative approaches to data profiling, anomaly detection, and quality metrics reporting that provide stakeholders with comprehensive visibility into data health and lineage

Establish and maintain documentation standards, best practices, and governance frameworks for data acquisition and quality assurance processes

Lead architectural discussions and to technical design decisions

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:

Experience: Experienced Java Software Engineer with extensive professional development experience and a proven track record of delivering enterprise-level solutions.

Experience: Technical leader and ability to execute, hands on technical with ability to a lead small technical team.

Primary Skills:

Strong communication and documentation skills

Extensive expertise in architecting and developing enterprise-level, highly scalable, and fault-tolerant distributed systems with proven performance in mission-critical environments

Advanced proficiency in Java ecosystem technologies including Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Hibernate, JPA, and microservices architecture patterns, with demonstrated experience in RESTful API design and implementation

Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or alternative cloud platforms

Comprehensive knowledge of market data processing workflows across one or more asset classes including Fixed Income securities, Equity markets, and Foreign Exchange (FX) instruments

Hands-on experience integrating and optimizing market data feeds from multiple third-party vendor APIs, with understanding of data normalization and transformation requirements

Demonstrated leadership capabilities with a proven track record of mentoring and developing junior engineers, fostering technical growth, and knowledge transfer within development teams

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to create comprehensive technical documentation, present complex concepts to diverse stakeholders, and facilitate cross-functional collaboration

GitLab or GitStash, gitflow

Jenkins, Ansible, CI/CD

Desirable Skills:

KDB

Python

AWS

Fixed Income Products / Investment Banking experience

Nomura Leadership Behaviours

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Making Strategic Decisions : Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.

Inspire Entrepreneurship in People : Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.

Elevate Organizational Capability : Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.

Inclusion : Respect DEI, foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).

Right to Work

The UK Government have taken steps to reduce net migration to the UK by limiting the number of overseas workers coming to the UK for employment. Please note that whilst we are able to consider applications from overseas workers from outside the UK (who require a Tier 2 Skilled Worker visa) we can only employ them if we can provide evidence that this is a genuine vacancy for a qualified role.

Diversity & Inclusion

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