Principal Engineer - Full Stack Java at Broadridge in London

Job description

At Broadridge, we've built a culture where the highest goal is to empower others to accomplish more. If you’re passionate about developing your career, while helping others along the way, come join the Broadridge team. We are seeking an exceptional Principal Engineer – Full Stack Java to provide technical leadership and architectural direction for client-facing solutions supporting the implementation and ongoing evolution of the Gloss product. In this role, you will set the technical vision for complex, business-critical capabilities across the platform. You will lead the design and evolution of scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performing solutions; influence engineering strategy and standards; and ensure the successful delivery of complex features, enhancements, integrations, and production improvements against key programme and client commitments. You will combine deep hands-on engineering expertise with broad technical influence across teams. You will partner with architecture, product, delivery, quality assurance, operations, and client stakeholders to shape technical roadmaps, manage technology risks, resolve complex cross-system issues, and raise engineering capability across the organisation. You will also promote the appropriate use of AI-assisted development tools to improve quality, productivity, and delivery outcomes. Responsibilities Define and drive the technical vision, architecture, and engineering strategy for the International Processing Engine (IPE) application and its associated integrations. Lead the design, development, and evolution of scalable back-end services, front-end components, RESTful APIs, and enterprise integrations across the platform. Provide principal-level technical leadership across multiple workstreams, ensuring solutions are robust, secure, maintainable, performant, and aligned with strategic business and technology objectives. Own and govern complex technical decisions, including architectural patterns, integration approaches, data design, resilience, scalability, security, operational supportability, and technology risk management. Lead the delivery of critical platform capabilities, strategic enhancements, high-priority production fixes, technical remediation initiatives, and complex cross-system change in line with client and programme deadlines. Establish, evolve, and champion engineering standards covering architecture, coding practices, code reviews, automated testing, documentation, security, observability, release readiness, and operational excellence. Provide technical oversight of solution designs, code, test strategies, and deployment approaches, ensuring consistency with agreed architecture and engineering standards. Act as a senior technical authority for complex production incidents, leading root-cause analysis, defining sustainable corrective actions, and driving improvements to platform resilience and reliability. Drive the adoption and effective use of containerisation, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and modern DevOps practices across the engineering lifecycle. Mentor and coach Technical Leads, Senior Engineers, and development teams, strengthening technical capability, engineering discipline, and knowledge sharing across the organisation. Work closely with product, delivery, quality assurance, architecture, operations, and client stakeholders to shape roadmaps, manage dependencies, resolve technical risks, and support successful delivery outcomes. Support and enhance settlement-related workflows including trade confirmations, reporting, books and records, and collateral management. Provide technical leadership for solutions across the securities trade lifecycle, including Debt, Equity, and Financing Transactions. Drive continuous improvement in engineering practices, platform architecture, automation, quality, performance, security, operational support, and the use of AI-assisted engineering tools. Requirements 12+ years of professional softwar