Intec Select
Principal Engineer
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Principal Engineer (Payments)
Our long-term trusted partner, a leading financial services corporation, is hiring a Principal Engineer who has strong hands-on capabilities in Java (17/21) & payment product experience who can contribute to real-time architectural decision making leading vision & strategy across Faster Payments, Real-Time Payments, Card payments, BACS, mobile wallets and APIs.
Our client is paying a basic salary up to £110,000 (circa) + 25% bonus + benefits to be based in London, Chatham (Kent) or Wolverhampton onsite 2 days per week.
Our client is seeking experienced Principal Engineer with recent retail / digital banking experience who is happy to be hands-on (80%) and 20% architectural leadership by leading through example.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Lead the development and implementation of a modern cloud foundation and data platform that is robust, scalable, fully automated, secure, and can support the growth of the business.
- Build Scalable Architectures: Leverage modern technologies to design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud-native solutions.
- API Development and Integration: Design and build secure RESTful and GraphQL APIs, ensuring seamless integration with core banking systems (e.g., Mambu) and external services like Open Banking platforms.
- Data Engineering and Analytics: Work closely with data teams to define robust data pipelines and scalable cloud-based data platforms using tools like Apache Kafka, Snowflake, or Databricks.
- Monitoring and Performance Tuning: Implement advanced monitoring and observability solutions using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog to proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
- Code and System Optimisation: Proactively analyse and optimise existing systems for improved performance, scalability, and maintainability.
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- Strong experience building and scaling banking payment systems including either Faster Payments, Real-Time Payments, Card payments, BACS, mobile wallets and APIs is a must have.
- Experience leading upon architectural challenges, system scalability, and guidance of engineering teams is a must.
- A background in Java, C#, Python, or React development with experience providing hands-on technical leadership is a must.
- Strong background in core banking systems/platforms (Mambu), cloud-native architectures, microservices and DevOps practices
- Solid understanding of regulatory, risk and compliance requirements (e.g. PSD2, PCI DSS, GDPR)
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) and modern data platforms
Benefits: £110,000 circa / 25% bonus / 28 days holiday / Holiday Purchase Scheme / Occasional travel / Health Insurance / 13% pension / plus much more.
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