Join the Platform Services team as a high-impact IC (individual contributor)
Contribute immediately to designing, building, and operating internal platforms and services
Work effectively in a distributed team spanning London and North America
Provide senior-level autonomy in North American hours so progress continues even when the London-based team is offline
Design, implement, and maintain backend services and platform capabilities primarily in Java
Deploy and operate services on Kubernetes and virtualized infrastructure in an on-premises environment (no public cloud providers)
Work with Postgres and Oracle databases as core data stores
Contribute to and sometimes lead system design and architecture discussions, particularly for internal access management platforms and trade limits platforms used by risk and compliance stakeholders
Collaborate with engineers in London and North America using a mix of pair programming and asynchronous collaboration
Own work from design through implementation, automated testing, deployment, and production support (full lifecycle ownership)
Use AI-assisted development tools while maintaining high code quality and robust review practices
Participate in and improve team practices around code review, operational excellence, and documentation

Strong experience as a Senior Software Engineer or equivalent level
Solid Java development experience in production systems
Experience deploying to and operating on Kubernetes (on-prem or self-managed clusters preferred)
Working knowledge of relational databases (Postgres and/or Oracle)
Comfortable working close to infrastructure and platform concerns (deployment, environments, access, configuration, observability)
Proven track record with system design and architecture for complex backend/platform systems
Experience in full lifecycle development
Familiarity with or openness to AI-assisted development tools and workflows
Ability to operate with high autonomy in North American working hours
Strong collaboration skills in distributed teams

Senior Software Engineer, Platform

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