Principal Engineer

Job Description:

Job Title: Principal Engineer

Corporate Title:  Director

Location:  London

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth.  This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact.  Join us!

Location Overview:

Our London office is based just a stone’s throw from the magnificent St. Paul’s Cathedral on bustling King Edward Street. Here you’ll find modern workspaces and a state-of-the-art auditorium space. In addition, we’re proud to host an onsite restaurant that shares our commitment to sustainability by providing delicious seasonal menus which have been created with the planet in mind. Make sure to take time for yourself and head up to our rooftop terrace and take in the spectacular views across London. Finally, your physical wellness is well-catered for with our onsite gym facilities and medical centre.

The Team:

Welcome to the Horizontal Risk team. We are a team based across 4 regions of London, Dublin, New York and Mumbai but all focused on supporting the Global Markets business across the Globe. We work on a blend of initiative projects covering some of Global Markets biggest programs of work as well as business and market driven changes and supporting the smooth running of the systems day to day in partnership with our support team.

The London team consists of 7 people currently (but looking to expand further) and we work closely with our teams in Dublin and Mumbai. We also work closely with other Front office Risk teams in the wider Global Markets technology team.

We provide all new joiners with a comprehensive training plan which is a mixture of online resources, support from colleagues, training sessions and hands on learning that will help grow your skill set further and gain domain knowledge.

Some of our highlights over the last few years have been building an intraday risk platform for trading and providing enhanced and simplified cross asset finance reporting 

Role Description:

We are looking for highly motivated and experienced hands-on Principal engineer with proven ability writing elegant and maintainable python code as well as investment banking experience in the global markets space. The member will be working closely with various technology teams and business partners (Middle office, Front office, Business Supervision Officers, Finance) to build out Risk application for the FICC lines of businesses.

Responsibilities:

The primary responsibilities for this role will be analysing business requirements and design solutions in the target architecture as well as technically leading more junior developers. The technologies we primarily use are python. There will also be a requirement be fully engaged in the development lifecycle of the project including supporting UAT and regression testing. - Experienced in technical design with a strong background/track record of delivering large scale platforms. - Excellent problem-solving, design, development, debugging skills and enjoys solving complex technical problems.

Required:

• Solid years of software engineering experience
• Experienced in technical design with a strong background/track of solutions delivery
• Excellent problem-solving skills, design, development, debugging skills and enjoys solving complex technical problems.
• Strong understanding of programming paradigms such as distributed architectures and working with large data sets
• Develop, test and deliver complex software requirements to accomplish business goals
• Solid knowledge of contemporary development processes, build environments and testing tools
• Ideally 5+ years of experience in the Financial Services industry
• Good working knowledge of front office risk in any business within Global Markets
• Degree in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Mathematics or relevant analytical degree
• Knowledge or experience of agile development (e.g. XP, SCRUM, Kanban) and continuous integration
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to work closely with other technology teams, business groups including trading, finance, technology and middle office
• Team player, self-motivated and proactive

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum 
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.