Full-Time

Lead Full Stack Engineer

Updated on 9/4/2026

BNY

BNY

Global asset management and financial advisory

No salary listed

London, UK + 1 more

More locations: Manchester, UK

In Person

Bachelor's

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
NoSQL
SQL
Machine Learning
Java
Docker
Microservices
Observability
REST APIs
Spring

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Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience; advanced degree a plus.
  • Extensive professional software development experience, with demonstrated depth in full‑stack engineering and system / application architecture.
  • Prior experience in securities, financial services, or modern engineering-first organizations is a plus
  • Strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, SQL, and the design of RESTful and streaming‑based APIs.
  • Hands‑on experience delivering cloud‑native solutions, including microservices, containerization, and modern deployment patterns.
  • Working knowledge of NoSQL and distributed data stores, selected and applied appropriately at scale.
  • Experience leveraging AI‑enabled capabilities—including GenAI or ML‑driven services—to enhance developer productivity, system intelligence, or customer outcomes, with a pragmatic understanding of responsible use, scalability, and integration into enterprise platforms.
Responsibilities
  • Multiply team impact through hands‑on technical leadership, mentorship, and setting a high engineering bar
  • Build trust, share credit, and strengthen cross-functional execution
  • Design and build fit‑for‑purpose architectures that balance simplicity, quality, scale, and security
  • Simplify systems and workflows by removing friction, toil, and unnecessary handoffs
  • Create durable reusable patterns, guardrails, and tooling that accelerate team delivery
  • Quickly ramps-up in new domains, technologies, and problem spaces, adapting as needs evolve
  • Apply strong engineering fundamentals across software design, data, testing, and distributed systems
  • Use AI-enabled tools deliberately across design, coding, testing, review, and documentation, while keeping strong human accountability for high‑risk decisions, verification, and final quality
  • Build software with a reliability‑first mindset, incorporating secure coding practices, observability, testing, and disciplined rollout/rollback strategies
  • Ensure production systems meet required levels of resiliency, performance, scalability, and operability

BNY Wealth provides asset management services to individuals, corporations, and institutions around the world, helping clients manage and optimize their financial lifecycles. It earns revenue from asset management fees, financial advisory services, and transaction-based income. The firm covers a broad range of asset classes and uses an approach that considers global and domestic economic factors such as inflation and growth to identify investment opportunities. The company combines portfolio management, advisory support, and transaction services through a large, multinational workforce, emphasizing long-term client relationships and community impact. Its differentiators include its global reach, scale, diversified revenue streams, and a stated commitment to inclusion, sustainability, and innovation. The goal is to help clients grow and protect wealth over time by finding suitable opportunities across markets while focusing on responsible, client-centered service.

Company Size

N/A

Company Stage

Post IPO Equity

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1784

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • BNY's $500 million preferred raises extend balance-sheet flexibility through volatile 2026 markets.
  • RLUSD custody and Liontrust trading wins expand sticky fee income across two growth vectors.
  • BNY Wealth manages $2.1 trillion AUM, supporting cross-sell into affluent clients and institutions.

What critics are saying

  • BNY is closing Cork and Poole offices, risking roughly 400 jobs by 2027.
  • Liquidity needs drove two 2026 preferred offerings, diluting common holders and raising capital costs.
  • Digital-asset ambitions face regulatory delay; Galaxy staking waits for approval, slowing product monetization.

What makes BNY unique

  • BNY custody and administration reached $62.6 trillion by June 30, 2026.
  • Ripple chose BNY for RLUSD reserves custody in July 2025.
  • Liontrust outsourced trading to BNY's Buy-Side Trading Solutions in June 2025.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Paid Vacation

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Company News

Bournemouth Echo
Sep 21st, 2025
Bank of New York to close Poole office, affecting 200 jobs

Bank of New York to close Poole office, affecting 200 jobs.

Cork's 96FM
Sep 16th, 2025
US finance house to close Cork office

The American financial services firm BNY Mellon, which employs over 1,000 people in Ireland, is to close its office in Cork.

PR Newswire
Sep 3rd, 2025
BNY Announces Pricing of Public Offering of $500,000,000 of Depositary Shares Representing Interests in Preferred Stock

/PRNewswire/ -- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation ("BNY") (NYSE: BK), a global financial services company, today announced that it priced an underwritten...

Funds Global Asia
Aug 26th, 2025
AllianceBernstein names CEO and country head for India

AllianceBernstein has appointed Pawan Panjwani as chief executive officer and country head of India, effective immediately.

CoinGape
Jul 9th, 2025
Ripple Taps $2 Trillion AUM BNY Mellon for Custody of RLUSD Reserves

Ripple has partnered with BNY Mellon, a global financial institution managing over $2 trillion in assets, to serve as the primary custodian for RLUSD reserves.