Role Description

Responsibilities include:

• Own end-to-end technical delivery of complex platform initiatives, remaining hands-on with coding and design.
• Set technical direction and engineering standards, mentoring junior and mid-level engineers across the team.
• Champion a test-first culture, ensuring automated testing at scale is built into the pipeline, not retrofitted.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering practices, tooling and delivery methodology across the platform.
• Lead engagement with business analysts, business stakeholders and production support to shape robust solutions.
• Take ownership of production issues and major incidents, actively participating in incident calls when required.
• Proactively identify, escalate and manage technical and delivery risks across the platform.

Skills, Experience, Qualifications and Knowledge Required

• Extensive hands-on software development experience in Java, with a strong track record of delivering complex systems at scale.
• Deep expertise in automated testing methodologies, including embedding test automation and TDD practices into CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong technical background across database, messaging/queueing, cloud and observability technologies, with the ability to ramp up quickly on specific tools.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership and mentoring engineers, without necessarily holding formal line management responsibility.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, engaging confidently with business analysts, business stakeholders and senior partners.
• Experience taking ownership of production issues and major incidents, including active participation in incident calls.
• Track record of driving continuous improvement in engineering practices, tooling and delivery methodology.
• Experience within financial services or Prime Brokerage is beneficial but not essential.

Nomura Leadership Behaviours

• Explore Insights & Vision: Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future.
• Making Strategic Decisions: Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.
• Inspire Entrepreneurship in People: Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.
• Elevate Organizational Capability: Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.
• Inclusion: Respect DEI, foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).

Right to Work

The UK Government have taken steps to reduce net migration to the UK by limiting the number of overseas workers coming to the UK for employment. Please note that whilst we are able to consider applications from overseas workers from outside the UK (who require a Tier 2 Skilled Worker visa) we can only employ them if we can provide evidence that this is a genuine vacancy for a qualified role.

Diversity & Inclusion

Nomura is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to ensuring we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. We welcome all applications and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer