Lead Developer (No
Location
london, london
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Other-General
Posted
June 08, 2026
London | Investment Banking | Front Office | Hybrid Working Our leading Investment Banking client is looking for a Synthetics Lead Developer (VP level) to join a front office technology team supporting a global platform for synthetics and financing.
This is a hands-on leadership role working directly with Trading and product teams to build high-performance systems across pricing, risk and trade lifecycle.
Working closely with front office stakeholders to gather and deliver on business requirements
Building scalable microservices-based applications for equity derivatives platforms
Driving architecture, system design and performance optimisation
Contributing across pricing, risk capture and trade lifecycle management
Ensuring code quality through testing, reviews and engineering best practices
Strong Java development experience
Experience building event-driven / distributed systems (Kafka, Solace or similar)
Proven ...
This is a hands-on leadership role working directly with Trading and product teams to build high-performance systems across pricing, risk and trade lifecycle.
Working closely with front office stakeholders to gather and deliver on business requirements
Building scalable microservices-based applications for equity derivatives platforms
Driving architecture, system design and performance optimisation
Contributing across pricing, risk capture and trade lifecycle management
Ensuring code quality through testing, reviews and engineering best practices
Strong Java development experience
Experience building event-driven / distributed systems (Kafka, Solace or similar)
Proven ...