Development Manager

Job title : Development Manager
Location : London
Job type : Permanent
Salary : £85000 - £95000 per annum
Sector : Sell Side
Reference : BHJOB6067_BH-17994
Development Manager – Engineering Manager, Real-Time Data, Java, Hadoop, Big Data

I am currently recruiting for a Development Manger to work with a major Financial Services Data Analytics firm who will be responsible for leading a large, global development team. This is a permanent opportunity and offers a fully remote working pattern bar the occasional London travel for key meetings.
This will work on a key product which is a real-time big data system that utilises highly distributed data sets for their clients, predominantly within Investment Banking and Wealth Management. They are about to start a major migration to AWS and this position will play a key part in managing this transition. Tech stack is Java, Oracle and the Hadoop stack; and they are major promoters of Agile, TDD and CI/CD principles.

Key Skills Required

  • Expertise in managing large development teams including offshore 3rd party resources across multiple time zones
  • Experience with Big Data
  • Experience with Real-Time data processing
  • Background in software engineering, ideally on Java, with the ability to code review (no hands-on coding is required for this role)
  • Ideally experienced with Cloud deployment on AWS but other cloud experience accepted
  • Key driver in Agile development practices particularly around DevOps, CI/CD, Test Automation
This is an excellent opportunity to work for a world leading organisation on a brand-new set of projects that will revolutionise the product offering.




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