Job Description:
Job Title: Software Engineer III
Corp Title: Up to VP
Location: Bromley
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 and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.
We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
Job Description:
This job is responsible for developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the job include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design and architectural patterns.
Location Overview:
Join our bustling Bromley office, situated in one of London’s greenest boroughs. Here you’ll find plentiful and easy commuting routes, with central London just 15 minutes away by train.
Responsibilities:
Senior Developer primarily required to handle requirements coming from the EMEA Non Linear Trading Desk. Working closely with the Traders, Quantitative Analysts, Risk Managers and existing technology team, they will collect requirements, design solutions and deliver front to back. Key areas of focus will be new Product Enablement, management of Intraday and End of Day Risk and P&L explains.
Required Skills:
Extensive experience in software engineering, with a strong track record in Financial Services (ideally front office technology).
Deep knowledge of Risk Systems, Trading Platforms or Pricing Engines within Rates or similar Fixed Income asset classes.
Strong understanding of front office workflows.
Fluency in OO or Functional languages including but not limited to Python (preferred), C#, Java, or C++.
Track record of success working in Agile environments (e.g. SCRUM, Kanban) and continuous integration.
Excellent problem solving and analytical skills in a high-pressure environment.
Candidate must be a strong team player with excellent communication skills, comfortable in communicating with business users.
Skills that will help:
Degree in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, or relevant analytical degree.
Experience with large scale risk platforms such as SecDB, Athena, or Quartz.
Benefits of working at Bank of America:
UK
At Bank of America, we strive to prioritise employees’ health and wellbeing – it’s what makes us a Great Place to Work.
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.
We offer 26-weeks paid maternity leave, 16-weeks paid paternity leave and inclusive family leave arrangements for working parents and carers including 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum.
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, cycle to work etc.
Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan.
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 theUK’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.
