GBM Prime Services Custody Engineering Bengaluru Vice President Software Engineering

Your Impact

You will be part of a diverse globally distributed engineering team focused on solving critical business problems across Prime Services Clearing. You will collaborate with business operations and technology stakeholders to design build and deliver scalable distributed systems that directly impact client experience and the firms bottom line. Our team operates with a data-driven approach identifying problems proposing solutions and delivering them iteratively in an agile environment.

How Will You Fulfil Your Potential

• Apply a wide range of technical analytical and interpersonal skills to automate and optimise the client problem space across the Global Markets Division.
• Work in a fast-paced environment driving large-scale re-engineering of systems supporting Prime Services Clearing clients globally.
• Own end-to-end delivery across the full SDLC from design through implementation producing robust testable and intuitive solutions.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders advocate a clear technical path forward and be comfortable making independent well-reasoned decisions.

Basic Qualifications

Technical Skills:

• Strong programming skills inCore Java including concurrency collections etc.
• Hands-on experience with theSpring Framework(Spring Boot Spring Integration Spring Data)
• Experience withApache Kafkafor event-driven and streaming architectures
• Working knowledge ofKubernetesfor container orchestration and deployment
• Experience withTerraformfor Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Experience with one or more of:DB2SybaseSnowflake
• Proficiency inShell Scriptingfor automation and operational tooling
• Version control withGit
• Proficient in usingIntelliJ IDEAand/orVS Code

Soft Skills:

• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail and follow-through
• Excellent interpersonal communication problem-solving and analytical skills
• Comfortable managing complexity and ambiguity in software delivery
• Self-starting mindset able to drive work forward with minimal direction
• Openness to acquiring new skills and adopting emerging technologies
• Ability to collaborate effectively within a global cross-functional team

Preferred Qualifications

• 10 years of professional experience in Java-based backend development
• Familiarity withREST API designand enterprise integration patterns
• Solid understanding ofData Modellingprinciples
• Experience designing and enforcingdata contractsbetween backend services and UI consumers
• Exposure toAWScloud services (EC2 S3 Lambda IAM or equivalent)
• Proficiency withAI-assisted development tools:GitHub CopilotClaude Code
• Experience in financial services or capital markets applications
• Exposure to observability tooling (logging metrics distributed tracing)
• Exposure to mainframe application development tools.

Responsibilities

• Design develop test and deploy high-quality software across the Prime Custody engineering stack
• Build and maintain event-driven services using Kafka and cloud-native infrastructure on AWS/Kubernetes
• Contribute to data modelling and schema design
• Manage infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle using Terraform
• Write and maintain shell scripts for build automation and operational support
• Conduct unit testing and root cause analysis of system issues
• Clearly and regularly communicate progress risks and technical decisions to management and peers
• Collaborate with experienced team members to uphold engineering standards across the SDLC