Director - Principal Engineer (Java/Angular/AI)

Robert Walters
London, United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
£140,000 – £170,000 pa

Salary

£140,000 – £170,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Director
Education
Degree
Posted
7 May 2026 (3 weeks ago)

We are working with a global financial institution building a new engineering team focused on developing a large-scale internal platform within a critical business area.

This is a greenfield initiative focused on modernising and scaling internal technology capabilities through high-quality engineering and platform design. The environment is highly technical, hands-on, and focused on building reliable distributed systems within a regulated environment.


Key Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable, distributed systems handling high volumes of financial and transactional data
  • Contribute directly to architecture, system design, and hands-on software development
  • Drive engineering best practices across automation, testing, observability, and performance
  • Build resilient, production-grade systems with a strong focus on reliability and scalability
  • Work across the full software development lifecycle from design through to production support
  • Partner closely with engineering and product leadership to shape technical direction
  • Mentor and support engineers within a small, high-performing team
Key Requirements
  • Strong experience building large-scale distributed systems within financial services or other regulated environments
  • Expert-level Java engineering experience, ideally within microservices and event-driven architectures
  • Experience with Spring Boot and modern backend engineering practices
  • Exposure to Angular or TypeScript within full-stack environments
  • Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and high-availability systems
  • Experience building automated, production-grade platforms with minimal manual intervention
  • Familiarity with cloud-native technologies, CI/CD, and observability tooling
  • Strong engineering mindset with a hands-on approach to development
  • Interest in modern engineering tooling, including AI-assisted development workflows

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

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