About this role
Salary: £30,000 - 50,000 per year
Requirements: Strong commercial experience building backend services in KotlinDeep experience with Extreme Programming practices, including mob programming, test-driven development, continuous refactoring, and clean code disciplineCloud experience in CARE Cloud or GCP, including GKE and/or Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Memorystore, Artifact Registry, Cloud Logging, and key managementCI/CD and SDLC experience in a regulated or enterprise environmentComfortable working in production systems with high availability and correctness requirements Responsibilities: Work primarily in mobs, sharing ownership of design and codeBuild, test, and evolve services with a strong focus on clarity, simplicity, and maintainabilitySupport the platform in productionUse incidents and defects as opportunities to improve system design and resilienceContribute across development, integration, and production supportHelp expand the platform into core business features such as sales screens, hedge workflows, and allocation processes Technologies: BackendCI/CDCloudGCPSupportKotlinSQLJavaTDDXP More:
We are HCLTech, a global technology company with 219,000+ people across 54 countries, delivering digital, engineering, and cloud capabilities across major industry sectors. We are hiring two senior Kotlin engineers to join our high-caliber London front-office engineering team, building a new cloud-hosted issuance platform for Investment Banking Capital Markets to replace a legacy bookbuilder. This is a hands-on role focused on Extreme Programming practices, small testable changes, frequent feedback, and sustainable delivery. The platform supports real-time bookbuilding activity for around 1,000 global users and annual issuances totalling over a trillion euros.
last updated 33 week of 2026