Greater London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
About the Role We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer-Platform Services to drive our core platform ecosystem. In this role, you will drive technical excellence across dual-stack (Node.js/TypeScript and Java/Kotlin) …
Skills: Node.js, TypeScript, Java, Kotlin, Kafka
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Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh · Hybrid
We are looking for a Senior Java Engineer with a strong focus on Backend development and a minimum of 5 years of experience. You will be working with cutting-edge tools and technologies in an international work environme…
Skills: Java, Spring Boot, Vue.js, TypeScript, MongoDB
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Lead the technical direction and operation of platform services, including customer portals and document management. Drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and maintain engineering standards across distributed systems.
Requires over 10 years of backend engineering experience with distributed systems and proficiency in Node.js/TypeScript and Java/Kotlin. Must have expertise in Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, and experience in regulated or high-reliability environments.
About the Role
We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer-Platform Services to drive our core platform ecosystem. In this role, you will drive technical excellence across dual-stack (Node.js/TypeScript and Java/Kotlin) distributed systems.
Job Role
• Own and operate platform services that include customer and developer portals and centralised document management plus other cross-cutting services
• Lead architectural decisions across the platform
• Mentor engineers and drive technical quality
Responsibilities
• Maintain and evolve engineering standards, shared libraries, service templates, API/event specifications, and Kafka integration patterns
• Own performance and reliability: distributed tracing, benchmarks, latency optimisation, incident response
• Continue Keycloak migration and identity infrastructure work
• Lead development of developer portal and internal tooling
Required experience
• 10+ years backend engineering with distributed systems at scale
• Strong in Node.js/TypeScript and Java/Kotlin
• Kafka and event-driven architecture
• AWS, Kubernetes, Docker in production
• Postgres, Elasticsearch; observability tooling (Datadog, Elastic APM)
• Financial services or other regulated/high-reliability environments
Desirable
• Identity/auth experience: Keycloak or similar, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML
• Zero-downtime migration experience
• Developer experience/platform tooling (Backstage, service templates, DORA metrics)
• Technical leadership or product ownership of platform services
If you have the skills, experience and drive to excel in this challenging and rewarding role, we would love to hear from you. Apply today and take the next step in your career with us!
WSD is an employer that values diversity. We highly encourage applications from appropriately qualified and eligible candidates irrespective of age, race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law.
Through the strength of our people and technology, we empower ambition and transform complexity into clarity.
WSD (www.wsd.com) is an innovative technology company, backed by leading U.K. mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital. Specializing in comprehensive SaaS-based solutions for the structured products and OTC derivatives markets, our cutting-edge platform and related services streamline document generation for legal, marketing, and investor communications while offering workflow automation, data and lifecycle management, and seamless integration with industry platforms and portals. While our core focus is on structured products, our versatile technology platform has broader applicability within the banking sector. As a market leader, we are dedicated to continuous innovation, incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into every aspect of our solutions to drive efficiency and deliver unmatched value to our clients.
Offices: London, London E145NR, GB
Through the strength of our people and technology, we empower ambition and transform complexity into clarity.
WSD (www.wsd.com) is an innovative technology company, backed by leading U.K. mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital. Specializing in comprehensive SaaS-based solutions for the structured products and OTC derivatives markets, our cutting-edge platform and related services streamline document generation for legal, marketing, and investor communications while offering workflow automation, data and lifecycle management, and seamless integration with industry platforms and portals. While our core focus is on structured products, our versatile technology platform has broader applicability within the banking sector. As a market leader, we are dedicated to continuous innovation, incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into every aspect of our solutions to drive efficiency and deliver unmatched value to our clients.
Offices: London, London E145NR, GB
