Lead Developer (Hybrid working)

London | Investment Banking | Front Office | Hybrid Working Our leading Investment Banking client is looking for a Synthetics Lead Developer (VP level) to join a front office technology team supporting a global platform for synthetics and financing. This is a hands-on leadership role working directly with Trading and product teams to build high-performance systems across pricing, risk and trade lifecycle. Working closely with front office stakeholders to gather and deliver on business requirements Building scalable microservices-based applications for equity derivatives platforms Driving architecture, system design and performance optimisation Contributing across pricing, risk capture and trade lifecycle management Ensuring code quality through testing, reviews and engineering best practices Strong Java development experience Experience building event-driven / distributed systems (Kafka, Solace or similar) Proven track record working on low-latency, high-performance platforms Experience working in front office or markets technology environments…