VP Full Stack Java Engineer - Investment Bank (multiple roles)

Robert Walters
London, United Kingdom
Today
£80,000 – £120,000 pa

Salary

£80,000 – £120,000 pa

Posted
17 Jul 2026 (Today)

A leading global financial institution is significantly expanding its engineering team and hiring multiple Java Full-Stack Engineers across various seniority levels. You will design and deliver secure, scalable and resilient financial technology solutions, developing Java services, APIs and batch-processing applications while contributing to modern Angular frontends.

What you'll do:

  • Build backend services, microservices, APIs and batch applications using Java and Spring.
  • Contribute to frontend development using Angular and TypeScript.
  • Own the full development lifecycle: design, coding, testing, deployment and monitoring.
  • Build automated tests and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Improve application security, performance, scalability and resilience.
  • Collaborate with product, design and operations teams.
  • Use AI-assisted development tools such as Windsurf.

What you'll bring:

  • Strong Java 17/21, Spring and Maven experience.
  • Knowledge of microservices, REST APIs and software-design principles.
  • Experience with JUnit or Spock, GitLab CI/CD and Docker.
  • Exposure to Angular, TypeScript or JavaScript.
  • Familiarity with Splunk, AppDynamics and cloud deployments.
  • Experience delivering applications across the full product lifecycle.

Technology: Java, Spring, Maven, Groovy, Angular, TypeScript, JUnit, Spock, GitLab, Docker, Splunk and AppDynamics.

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

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