Senior Java Software Engineer

JS Careers are partnering with a leading investment bank for a hands-on engineering role. This role is responsible for shaping architecture, delivery, and technical leadership while continuing to write production code across an evolving management platform. The ideal candidate has strong full-stack engineering credentials and is looking to step into a role that blends technical leadership with influence over platform direction. The role: You'll balance technical contribution with architectural leadership on a business-critical operations platform, acting as Lead across complex, cross-functional initiatives. You'll be responsible for: Providing end-to-end technical leadership across frontend (Angular) and backend (Java/Spring Boot) domains.Leading solution architecture activities and guiding engineering teams.Mentoring engineers and uplifting technical capability across the team.AI-assisted software engineering and embedding AI-enabled practices into day-to-day delivery. What we're looking for: Strong full-stack engineering experience across Java 17+, Spring Boot and Angular.Strong understanding of modern front-end architecture.Experience designing and evolving service-oriented and microservices architectures.Experience leading solution architecture activities and driving architecture decisions for complex, large-scale systems.Proven experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as Claude Code, Copilot or Gemini CLI.Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and business outcomes.AWS architecture experience and exposure to Kafka or event-driven architectures is highly regarded.Candidates with Australian working rights are strongly preferred.Experience in financial services is strongly preferred. If you are an experienced Java/full-stack developer with a passion for AI-assisted engineering and architectural leadership, please reach out to Reuben Godfrey for a confidential conversation (reuben.godfrey@jscareers.com.au).